Hyundai Motor Group tops 2025 IIHS Top Safety Awards

By Moses Akaigwe

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has reaffirmed its global leadership in automotive safety by securing a combined 21 Top Safety Pick (TSP) and Top Safety Pick+ (TSP+) awards in the 2025 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) evaluations — the highest total among automotive groups — for the second consecutive year.

Of the 21 awarded models, 18 models achieved the highest 2025 TSP+ ratings, representing a significant increase from 12 TSP+ ratings in 2024 and underscoring the Group’s ability to meet increasingly demanding safety requirements.

Among the 2025 TSP+ recipients, Hyundai Motor Group’s flagship electric SUVs — including the all-new 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 9 and 2025-26 Kia EV9 — delivered strong performance across all IIHS evaluation categories, earning the top ‘good’ ratings in every applicable crashworthiness and crash-avoidance test.

The Group’s brands achieved the following results in 2025

•Hyundai Motor Company leads all automakers with eight TSP+ and two TSP ratings

•Genesis received five TSP+ ratings and one TSP rating

•Kia secured five TSP+ ratings

These results demonstrate the Group’s commitment to advancing safety technologies and meeting the industry’s most rigorous testing standards.

Which Hyundai, Genesis, and Kia Models Are IIHS Top Safety Picks?

Hyundai Motor Company earned 2025 TSP+ ratings for the following models:

•2025 TUCSON

•2025 IONIQ 5

•2025 IONIQ 6

•2026 IONIQ 9

•2025-26 ELANTRA (built after October 2024)