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Hyundai s Equus Selected as Safest Car of 2009

Summary: Hyundai Motor s Equus has been chosen as the safest car among cars newly released from the first half of last year to first half of this year The Ministry of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs MLTM announced on December 11 that Equus has been selected as the Safest Car of the Year among 10 vehicles including eight domestic cars and two foreign cars that are currently sold in the domestic auto market based on the safety evaluation conducted by the Korean Transportation Safety Authority KOTSA In subcompact model under 1600CC level Kia Motors Soul has been chosen Equus received five stars in five categories out of the total seven categories including frontal collision partial frontal collision side collision seat safety pedestrian safety overturns and brake safety Equus missed five stars only in the categories of pedestrian safety and seat safety The MLTM has been announcing the results of vehicle safety evaluation since 1999 Subsequent to the introduction of partial frontal collision safety evaluation where safety during a collision between two drivers seats is being tested this year the Ministry plans to add a side collision safety evaluation where safety during a collision with trees and telegraph poles is being tested next year Furthermore the Ministry is to introduce a comprehensive ranking system based on collision sectors to provide an easier understanding on evaluation results and announce the results twice a year written by Jae man Ko Joo hyun Lee edited by Jae yoon Jung ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper mk co kr All rights reserved Hyundai Motor s Equus has been chosen as the safest car among cars newly released from the first half of last year to first half of this year The Ministry of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs MLTM announced on December 11 that Equus has been selected as the Safest Car of the Year among 10 vehicles including eight domestic cars and two foreign cars that are currently sold in the domestic auto market based on the safety evaluation conducted by the Korean Transportation Safety Authority KOTSA In subcompact model under 1600CC level Kia Motors Soul has been chosen Equus received five stars in five categories out of the total seven categories including frontal collision partial frontal collision side collision seat safety pedestrian safety overturns and brake safety Equus missed five stars only in the categories of pedestrian safety and seat safety The MLTM has been announcing the results of vehicle safety evaluation since 1999 Subsequent to the introduction of partial frontal collision safety evaluation where safety during a collision between two drivers seats is being tested this year the Ministry plans to add a side collision safety evaluation where safety during a collision with trees and telegraph poles is being tested next year Furthermore the Ministry is to introduce a comprehensive ranking system based on collision sectors to provide an easier understanding on evaluation results and announce the results twice a year written by Jae man Ko Joo hyun Lee edited by Jae yoon Jung ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper mk co kr All rights reserved

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