Hyundai’s Genesis luxury brand GV80 luxury recreational vehicle shows excellent safety protection in Tiger Woods accident.
American golf star Tiger Woods was involved in a serious accident in Los Angeles recently.
Tiger Woods was involved in a serious car accident in the suburbs of Los Angeles on February 23rd. According to the scene rescue personnel said, “Mr. Tiger Woods was lucky to survive, is very very lucky, even the result of nine lives.”
As seen from the photos at the scene, the front end of the car was severely damaged, but the structure of the car was not substantially deformed, and it was the Genesis GV80 he was driving at the Time of the accident that allowed Tiger Woods to escape without Life-threatening injuries.
Although the real cause of the accident has not yet been released, but from the extent of the damage to the vehicle, the Los Angeles police interviewed by the media pointed out that “the reason why Mr. Tiger Woods was lucky to survive is very, very lucky, even the result of nine lives.” It was even said that because Tiger Woods had properly fastened his seat belt and the car’s auxiliary airbags functioned correctly, coupled with the excellent safety protection of Hyundai’s Genesis GV80, Tiger Woods was able to escape without life-threatening injuries, “only” suffering from broken legs and shattered ankles.
U.S. golfer Tiger Woods was involved in a serious accident in Los Angeles recently.
The front and rear of the car was severely damaged, but the cabin space remained intact.
The GV80 is the first LSUV model launched by Hyundai’s Genesis sub-brand to capture the luxury car market. Lexus RX, Mercedes-Benz GLE and Volvo XC90. The GV80 also features a full digital instrument panel, a 14.5-inch wide screen central multimedia information system control interface and a touch-screen air conditioning panel to create a luxurious and technological cabin atmosphere.
The GV80 is targeted at Audi Q7, BMW X5, Lexus RX, Mercedes-Benz GLE, Volvo XC90 and other luxury recreational vehicles.
The safety equipment is based on nine airbags, including dual front seat front, dual front seat side, left and right side air curtains, dual rear seat side and driver’s knee, and further implanted front seat center airbag, equipped with up to 10 auxiliary airbags, and a highly rigid body structure to build the GV80 passive protection foundation.
In the Tiger Woods accident, the GV80’s highly rigid body structure and 10 airbags worked successfully to reduce the damage caused by the accident to Tiger Woods.
The GV80 is equipped with up to 10 airbags, including dual front seat front, dual front seat side, left and right side air curtains, dual rear seat side and driver’s knee, and integrated front seat center airbag.
In addition, GV80 is also equipped with SCC-ML intelligent cruise control with driving habit learning function, HDA II highway driving assistance system with integrated lane change assistance function, FCA collision prevention assistance system that can detect pedestrians and oncoming traffic at intersections, BCA blind spot detection assistance system, RCCA rear lateral traffic assist system and DAW driver fatigue warning system, etc. ADAS advanced driver assistance systems. The GV80 is powered by a turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine with 304 horsepower, a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 engine with 380 horsepower and a 3.0-liter V6 diesel engine with 278 horsepower.
Although the GV80 thoroughly demonstrated the safety and protection level of the Korean luxury brand in this accident, however, Taiwanese buyers are not currently entitled to such safety and protection. As Hyundai is currently implementing the Genesis brand business in only a few countries, Taiwan is not in the scope of Genesis brand business implementation, and there is no Genesis brand introduction plan, and no chance to introduce GV80 and other vehicles.
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