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The
compact hatchback has just been
from the
. The organization had
the car before, and it had high test scores, but the driver door unlatched in a side impact, increasing the chance of the occupant being ejected.
redesigned the driver door, and a fresh test showed the fix worked. In addition, Hyundai improved the headlights on all the
models, bringing the rating up to “Acceptable.” These changes allowed IIHS to give the award to the car.
The improved driver door is found in all Velosters built after January. And for owners of Velosters built before then, Hyundai will be sending out recall notices to have the doors updated. Hyundai won’t be updating or upgrading anyone’s headlights though, and IIHS notes that only
models built after August 2018 have “Acceptable” headlights, and Turbo models built before then have lights rated as “Poor” for excessive glare. The non-turbo models of all years have headlights rated as “Poor,” mainly for glare, but also low visibility in some situations.
Regardless of trim, the
does earn the highest “Good” rating in all crash tests, including the difficult passenger-side small overlap test. Automatic emergency braking also earned high marks for stopping the car ahead of a collision even at 25 mph. The IIHS didn’t find the warning part of the system good enough on the base forward collision prevention system, though. Child seat LATCH anchor access was also rated as “Acceptable.”
from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2HMKQvk