Comments on: First Hyundai Genesis Coupe crash, airbags fail

By: Racing775vdmeer

Racing775vdmeer — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 11:51:00 +0000

the air bags dont deploy if the safety belt’s are not on, otherwise they will break your neck

By: Naturalselection

Naturalselection — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:54:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ekm3HS0evE
this is another accident with same hyundaiand same airbag fail
the driver DEAD.

By: Einsteindrieu

Einsteindrieu — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:14:00 +0000

LUCKY THE STEERING WHEEL SLOWED THE DRIVERS FACE DOWN-HA HA !

By: Einsteindrieu

Einsteindrieu — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:14:00 +0000

LUCKY THE STEERING WHEEL SLOWED THE DRIVERS FACE DOWN-HA HA !

By: Brant Parrish

Brant Parrish — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:53:00 +0000

I think we should be looking at the real issue here.. Women Drivers.. mhm

By: Brant Parrish

Brant Parrish — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:53:00 +0000

I think we should be looking at the real issue here.. Women Drivers.. mhm

By: Www Hamid_khalili_1987

Www Hamid_khalili_1987 — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:02:00 +0000

oOoHHH:-o
how wonderful

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:48:00 +0000

Unopened air bags, interesting

By: Stefan

Stefan — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 16:48:00 +0000

Unopened air bags, interesting

By: Bleatherman28

Bleatherman28 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:05:50 +0000

a car has its limits don't be stupid

By: chan man

chan man — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:34:56 +0000

Whoever wrote this article sucks. Brakes can only do so much. Most of the times the brakes over power the amount of friction between the ground surface and the tire, which is why most cars have ABS these days.

Also, that was an offset crash and front airbags only deploy during a front impact. Cars are designed not to deploy front airbags during a offset crash because it can cause more harm than good. For example. Side impact where glass shatters near the occupants face. If the front airbags go off it can send broken glass to the occupants face at speeds of up to 100 mph with the force of Mike Tyson's punch.

Also, if you look at the actual structure, the occupant space still retains a somewhat of its structure. The front crumples to absorbe impact, lowering the impulse force to a minimum. As you can see by that picture, the occupant space remains intact which means the design of the impact structure is working.

I could have wrote a better article. Whoever did this article seems bias and scared of the koreans making a decent car. I've driven a few in my field of work and these cars are pretty decent quality for the price. Korean automakers are slowly stepping onto Multi National Soil. Americans do your homework.

By: chan man

chan man — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:34:56 +0000

By: D.N.

D.N. — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:18:31 +0000

EPIC FAIL. HYUNDAI FAILS AT MAKING CARS. THEY NEED TO STOP COPYING DESIGNS FROM OTHER MANUFACTURER'S.

By: gio

gio — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:36:59 +0000

its easy is a hyundai… im not like wow!! if this was o honda or a bmw… but not..its hyundai i repeat.

By: Weird

Weird — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:13:57 +0000

Your reason doesn't seem to make sense. Typically a well built car should have 2 or even 3 impact sensors in the front. At the magnitude of that crash, it would have easily triggered the airbag to deploy (even if there is only one as u suggest). Also the whole front end of the car is gone..where do u think the sensor(s) would be?. The airbag cover on the steering wheel (among other components to it ) did break loose a bit.

I think it would be wise to hold off ur orders for the gensis until crash tests are done at the national scale.

By: 바람 정신

바람 정신 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:06:08 +0000

기원이 세계, 그것에 있는 제일 스포츠 쿠페형 자동차인 Hyundai는 긍지를 사용 한국 인력으로 만들어졌다

By: indianautosblog.com

indianautosblog.com — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 07:50:11 +0000

if you don't wear seatbelts, how do you expect air bags to blow up?

By: TakeItEasy

TakeItEasy — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:55:35 +0000

Hey, let's not just blame Hyundai here too much. To back it up, there are plenty of exotic cars crashed all the time in the hands of inexperienced drivers. Although it seems like the air bags should have deployed, it seems to absorb the crash really well on the other hand. Notice how the front end is almost gone but the cabin is still pretty solid?
And at least now, Hyundai is actually able to “encourage” the drivers to “experiment” with their cars' performances (although this one here is a negative example).