Not the works but enough to make you feel secure!

Although the Terracan is yet to be subjected to Euro NCAP crash tests, its sibling, the Santa Fe achieved four stars, and we hope that the Terracan would achieve at least that rating, if not better it.

The body on frame construction has been designed to disperse crash energy evenly across the car’s length. Terracan’s single piece bumper unit has a chassis-mounted steel back beam to provide better protection to the vehicle’s structure and its occupants. In addition the specially reinforced front cowls-A-pillar bond helps reduce the risk of cabin deformation in the event of a collision.

There are ten mountings attached to the frame, while there are side member reinforcements to make the structure even more secure. To ensure body stiffness, Hyundai has used high-tensile strength steel body mountings, added to centre-cowl bulkhead, front door vertical cross members, a horizontal backbone and rear floor lattice-type members.

The Terracan comes with seatbelt pre-tensioners as standard. The instant a collision takes place, the seatbelt pre-tensioner reduces seatbelt slack to hold the occupant in place. The load limiter absorbs any extra energy placed upon the occupant when the pre-tensioners are activated. Driver and front passenger airbags are also standard, and are depowered to reduce the risk of injury.