Euro NCAP - car safety rating
The European New Car Assessment Program, or Euro NCAP for short, has been conducting crash tests since 1997, measuring the level of reliability of a car.
According to the results of these tests, each model is awarded points for various indicators:
- Adult - protection of adult passengers;
- Child - protection of children;
- Pedestrian - protection of a pedestrian in the event of a car collision;
- Safety Assist is a vehicle security system.
Standards and approaches are constantly changing as safety requirements for cars on European roads are getting tougher all the time.
It should be noted that in the Euro NCAP itself, ratings are not compiled as such. On the official website of the commission, you will not see the usual TOP-10 or TOP-100. But on the other hand, you can easily find many brands of cars and compare them with others. Based on this analysis, it can be concluded that such and such a model is more reliable and safe.
Ratings 2014
In 2014, 40 new models were tested.
All cars are divided into categories:
- midgets - Citroen C1, Hyundai i10;
- small family - Nissan Qashqai, Renault Megane;
- big family - Subaru Outback, C-class Mercedes, Ford Mondeo;
- official - in 2014 only Tesla Model S was tested, in 2013 - Maserati Ghibli, Infiniti Q50;
- small / large minivan;
- small all-wheel drive SUV - Porsche Macan, Nissan X-Trail, GLA-class Mercedes, etc.;
- large SUV - in 2014 they tested Kia Sorento, in 2012 - Hyundai Santa Fe, Mercedes M-class, Land Rover Range Rover.
Separate classes are roadsters, family and commercial vans, pickups.
That is, we see that the tests are carried out exactly in the year of the release of a new or updated model. Each indicator is indicated as a percentage, and the overall reliability is set by the number of stars - from one to five. Interestingly, out of 40 models that passed tests in 2014, only 5 made it into the ratings.
Rating results
Ultra small class
13 models of compact cars were tested.
Only Skoda Fabia earned 5 points here.
4 stars received:
- Citroen C1;
- Ford Tourneo Courier;
- Mini Cooper;
- Opel Corsa;
- Peugeot 108;
- Renault Twingo;
- Smart Fortwo и Smart Forfour;
- Toyota Aigo;
- Hyundai i10.
Suzuki Celerio and MG3 received 3 stars.
Small family
9 new products of 2014 were tested.
Excellent results have been shown by:
- Audi A3 Sportback e-tron - a car with a hybrid engine;
- BMW 2 Series Active Tourer;
- Nissan Pulsar and Nissan Qashqai.
4 stars:
- Citroen C-4 Cactus;
- Renault Megane Hatch.
Renault Megan Sedan, Citroen C-Elisee and Peugeot 301 pulled only three stars.
It is worth noting that compact cars, due to their size, do not have the proper level of safety. This is clearly seen in the example of these tests. When we move to large cars, the situation changes radically.
Big family
In the Large family category, all tested cars received 5 stars: Ford Mondeo, Mercedes S-class, Subaru Outback, VW Passat. The same situation was in previous years: Skoda Superb, Mazda 6, Volvo V60, Chevrolet Malibu and other models received 5 stars.
The only brands that have earned 4 stars are:
- Geely Emgrand EC7 - 2011;
- Seat I'm Out - 2010
Well, until 2009, crash tests were carried out according to a slightly different methodology and there you can find more bad ratings.
Executive
The situation is similar to the previous category. In 2014, the Tesla S Model, a five-door executive class electric car, was tested.
As expected, it earned 5 stars.
Infiniti Q50, Maserati Ghibli, Audi A6, Lancia Thema, BMW 5-Series, Mercedes E-Class, Saab 9-5 - all these models earned 2009 points from 2014 to 5. But Jaguar XF in 2010 and 2011 - 4.
Small SUVs
Based on crash test results, compact and mid-size SUVs and crossovers can be classified as a very reliable category of vehicles.
In 2014 tested:
- Jeep Renegade;
- Land Rover Discovery Sport;
- Lexus NX;
- Mercedes GLA-class;
- Porsche Macan;
- Nissan X-Trail.
All these cars received five stars.
- Mercedes - the most reliable in terms of safety for adults and children;
- Nissan - for pedestrian safety;
- Land Rover - passive and active safety systems.
In previous years, this class of cars showed excellent results.
There were, however, low ratings:
- Jeep Compass - three stars in 2012;
- Dacia Duster - 3 stars in 2011;
- Mazda CX-7 - 4 in 2010.
Large all-wheel drive SUV
In 2014, they tested the Kia Sorenta, the Korean SUV received 5 stars. Hyundai Santa Fe, Mercedes M-class, Land Rover Range Rover in 2012 earned five stars. But in 2011, the Jeep Grand Cherokee let us down, earning only 4 stars.
In this model, the level of pedestrian safety was only 45% versus 60-70% for other cars, child safety - 69% (75-90), security systems - 71 (85%).
Other Categories
Small minivans - a very poor average. Popular Citroen Berlingo, Dacia Logan MCV, Peugeot Partner received three stars. Four stars earned Kia Soul.
VW Golf Sportsvan proved to be the most reliable - 5 stars.
Big minivan.
In 2014 tested:
- Fiat Freemont - five;
- Lancia Voyager - four.
Pickup:
- Ford Ranger - 5;
- Isuzu D-Max—4.
Mercedes V-class received 5 stars in the category family and commercial vans.
Well, the Roadster category was last tested until 2009.
The best were:
- MG TF (2003);
- BMW Z4 (2004);
- Vauxhall Tigra (2004);
- Mercedes SLK (2002).
Video crash test Mercedes-Benz C-class.
Crash test Tesla Model S.
Logan test.
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