The Hyundai New Verna, manufactured in India and Mexico, with one frontal airbag as standard and no standard ESC was rated with zero stars. The compact sedan achieved 9.23% in Adult Occupant protection, 12.68% in Child Occupant protection, 53.11% in Pedestrian and Vulnerable Road User protection and 6.98% for Safety Assist. India made Verna gets a dual airbag which should make a different case here in India.
The New Verna was tested in frontal impact, side impact, whiplash and pedestrian protection. The model showed poor performance in the frontal impact showing a red chest for the adult passenger and leading to zero points in this test and marginal to good side impact protection for adult protection. The side pole impact test scored zero points as it could not be performed due to the lack of standard side head protection airbags. Whiplash protection was marginal.
The bodyshell and footwell area were rated as stable. Child Occupant Protection performance was poor because Hyundai declined to select the Child Restraint Systems (CRS) for the tests. Pedestrian protection was over all marginal to weak in the head, good for the upper leg and weak to adequate for the lower leg. This car does not offer AEB for Vulnerable Road Users as an attempt to compensate the pedestrian protection described before in order to avoid or mitigate the impact.
Safety Assist showed only SBR points. The version with two frontal airbags would have obtained the same star rating because of the non recommendation of CRS, the lack of standard head side airbags and the lack of the standard ESC. Latin NCAP proposed Hyundai to volunteer to test a better equipped version to show consumers the benefits of more safety equipment but the manufacturer declined.
