Kia and Chevrolet score bad Euro NCAP scores

colm_mcm

"The Chevrolet Aveo, a facelifted version of the former Daewoo Kalos, was singled out for the “unacceptably” high risk of life-threatening injury to the driver’s chest, which was highlighted by the frontal test.

As a result, the car’s final star was struck through. Although the Aveo scored enough points overall to qualify for three stars, Euro NCAP insists on a minimum level of performance in each of the frontal and side impacts. While the Aveo’s performance in side impact was good, it did not score enough points in the frontal test to be given a three-star rating."



The Kia Cerato didn't do much better either.

maidhc

colm_mcm wrote:

"The Chevrolet Aveo, a facelifted version of the former Daewoo Kalos, was singled out for the “unacceptably” high risk of life-threatening injury to the driver’s chest, which was highlighted by the frontal test.

It is a bit of a marketing gimmick though, isnt it. If you hit anything head on doing over 40mph in any car you are probably dead, I presume a much lower will do the trick if you hit a wall or a tree.

colm_mcm

maidhc wrote:

It is a bit of a marketing gimmick though, isnt it. If you hit anything head on doing over 40mph in any car you are probably dead, I presume a much lower will do the trick if you hit a wall or a tree.

I'd rather stay in my 5 star car thanks!

maidhc

colm_mcm wrote:

I'd rather stay in my 5 star car thanks!

I guess


If we take them all to be objecitve assessments, it is pretty bad if a 2006 car scores worse than an escort which dates back to pre-famine times:
http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_ratings/ratings.php?id1=2

BrianD3

There's a lot of marketing and hype associated with EuroNCAP these days. But the basic idea behind the tests is good and they are far more representative of real life crashes than the old type approval crash tests.

No crash test can ever fully simulate what happens in real life. But if I were in an offset head on crash (which is probably the most common fatal crash) I'd rather have it in a 5 star car than in a 3 star car of the same size. Also, modern cars are generally way ahead of their older cars in terms of passive safety and strength of the passenger cell, a lot of this is due to EuroNCAP. Here's an example of old vs new - Golf Mk4 hits Golf Mk2
http://leszno.edu.pl/~matt5/crash/golf.html

colm_mcm

The ironic thing is that Chevrolet Ireland uses the slogan "born Strong"

Born in korea and rebadged more like...........