Korea‘s Transport Ministry crowned the BMW 520d, Mercedes-Benz E220d and Kia Motors Stinger sedans the safest cars of the year.
In this year‘s vehicle safety test conducted by the government, BMW’s top-selling 520d sedan proved to be the safest, with 99.1 points out of 100.
That marked the highest point total ever since the ministry started its annual testing in 2013.
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BMW 520d (BMW Korea) |
The Benz E220d received 97.4 points, followed by Kia’s performance sedan Stinger at 92.6 points, the ministry said.
A total 11 models -- seven local and four imported vehicles -- were evaluated in the categories of collision and accident prevention.
By Kim Bo-gyung (
lisakim425@heraldcorp.com)
