The Genesis, a high-end passenger car by South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co., has been named the safest car of the year in a vehicle safety test that evaluated 12 other cars including the Audi A6 and the Ford Explorer, the Transport Ministry said Wednesday.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Genesis scored 96.6 points out of a possible 100 in four crash tests that covered frontal and side-impact tests.

The Sorento sport utility vehicle from Kia Motors Corp., an affiliate of Hyundai Motor, came in second with 92.1 points, followed by the Kia Carnival minivan with 91 points.

The safety tests were conducted on seven locally produced vehicles, including the Hyundai Sonata, the Spark EV and the Cruze of GM Korea, a local unit of U.S. automaker General Motors, and Kia’s Soul and Sorento. (Yonhap)