Hyundai Creta II crashed in a crash test: the result is not very

The non-profit organization Global NCAP has tested the safety of the second-generation Hyundai Creta compact crossover (code SU2).

Global NCAP is testing cars for emerging markets, so Cretu was taken in Indian production, that is, with right-hand drive. The experimental car is made as standard for India - it has only two airbags (front).

The Global NCAP protocol includes a frontal impact at 64 km/h on a deformable barrier with 40% overlap.

Creta II performed very mediocrely: the organization's experts note that the power structure of the body was severely deformed, which increases the risk of injury to the driver and passenger. The floor in the driver's seat was crumpled - this threatens with fractures and lacerations of the legs.

For the safety of the driver and adult passenger, the car received only 8 points out of 17 possible, that is, 47%.

The driver's head protection was rated as sufficient, the passenger's as good. Also, the crossover provides a low risk of neck injuries. Driver's chest protection is minimal, passenger's is good. There is a high probability of serious injuries to the driver's knees, since during the impact they reached the dangerous parts of the internal frame of the front panel of the passenger compartment.

The mannequin, imitating a three-year-old child, received “injuries” to the chest due to excessive displacement of the seat, at the same time, the design protected the imitator of a one-and-a-half-year-old child reliably.

The final result of Hyundai Creta II is 3 stars out of 5 possible, or 28.29 points out of 49.

Here it is necessary to make several reservations. Everything described applies only to the Indian-made right-hand drive Kreta. The left-hand drive version of the model, oddly enough, has not yet been tested in independent car safety ratings. For Russia, Creta SU2 is produced at the Hyundai Motor plant in Sestroretsk (St. Petersburg).

Large car companies have repeatedly come across that they are trying too hard to reduce the cost of cars for the Indian market, so Indian-made cars of world brands regularly fail in the Global NCAP. In 2020, the Indian-assembled Kia Seltos crossover platform with Creta SU2 also earned three stars. In 2016, a real scandal erupted due to the fact that the Indian-made Renault Kwid crossover showed a zero level of passive safety in a frontal impact, comparable to the VAZ-2107 and Izh Oda cars.