The GV70’s pre-crash front seatbelts will tighten automatically in the event the vehicle detects an impending crash, improving protection against injury significantly. The CX-70 doesn’t offer pre-crash pretensioners.
Both the GV70 and CX-70 have child safety locks to prevent children from opening the rear doors. The GV70 has power child safety locks, allowing the driver to activate and deactivate them from the driver's seat and to know when they're engaged. The CX-70’s child locks have to be individually engaged at each rear door with a manual switch. The driver can’t know the status of the locks without opening the doors and checking them.
The GV70 has a standard front seat center airbag, which deploys between the driver and front passenger, protecting them from injuries caused by striking each other in serious side impacts. The CX-70 doesn’t offer front seat center airbags.
Using vehicle speed sensors and seat sensors, smart airbags in the GV70 deploy with different levels of force or don’t deploy at all to help better protect passengers of all sizes in different collisions. The GV70’s side airbags will shut off if a child is leaning against the door. The CX-70’s side airbags don’t have smart features and will always deploy full force.
Both the GV70 and the CX-70 have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, all wheel drive, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, blind spot warning systems, rearview cameras, rear cross-path warning, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does 35 MPH front crash tests on new vehicles. In this test, results indicate that the Genesis GV70 is safer than the Mazda CX-70:
|
GV70 |
CX-70 |
|
Driver |
|
STARS |
4 Stars |
4 Stars |
Neck Injury Risk |
30.5% |
37.5% |
Neck Stress |
194 lbs. |
318 lbs. |
Neck Compression |
24 lbs. |
133 lbs. |
Leg Forces (l/r) |
279/317 lbs. |
324/335 lbs. |
|
Passenger |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
4 Stars |
HIC |
249 |
255 |
Neck Injury Risk |
28.5% |
42.3% |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does side impact tests on new vehicles. In this test, which crashes the vehicle into a flat barrier at 38.5 MPH and into a post at 20 MPH, results indicate that the Genesis GV70 is safer than the Mazda CX-70:
|
GV70 |
CX-70 |
|
Front Seat |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
Abdominal Force |
137 lbs. |
137 lbs. |
Hip Force |
146 lbs. |
174 lbs. |
|
Into Pole |
|
STARS |
5 Stars |
5 Stars |
HIC |
286 |
410 |
New test not comparable to pre-2011 test results. More stars = Better. Lower test results = Better.