Not very good for a new model to be honest. Be curious to see how it affects sales.
Not very good for a new model to be honest. Be curious to see how it affects sales.
4* with the safety pack. Which just goes to show how little the basic safety structure is valued in the tests! AEB and lane safety system adds a star it seems - probably no knee airbag was the last star......
Actually it looks pretty good in the video, certainly in terms of where the occupants are sitting.
You can't tell just from the looks of a video. There is more to it that the lack of deformation to the safety cell. I personally disregard all of the active safety systems on the new crash ratings, when you do this you can almost compare to old ratings then, which means this is no better than a mk3 Panda, designed 13/14 years ago now
But if a HGV runs head on into you - a 4* or 5* is gonna do jack ****e.... Your getting squished
Not intending to start arguments, but Ziggy does make a point...
Something I had been thinking was this: the NCAP test was designed to replicate 2 vehicles of similar size and weight crashing into each other. Whilst family hatchbacks are still very much popular, there's an awful lot of taller crossovers and SUVs on the roads these days, which does make me wonder about how a normal car would stand up to an impact with 1 of those.
just my opinion.
It's not just lower priced cars like the Tipo that aren't scoring top marks in NCAP these days: the new BMW Mini and Audi TT score 4 stars as well.
There should be a drop down menu that allows you to search by make, category, or both.