Not that it matters an iota to Ford Fiesta fans and owners, but here’s more proof that the car is – besides being fun to drive – one safe bag of tricks. The car has obtained a maximum five-star safety rating from the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC), which recently released its C-NCAP (China New Car Assessment Program) ratings.
The Fiesta 1.5 litre MT scored 12.32, 15.38 and 14.77 in the frontal 100% overlap rigid barrier, side impact and 40% offset impact respectively in the CNCAP crash test, and received an additional three points for having other safety features such as six airbags, in this case driver and co-driver seat airbags, new side-chest airbags and inflatable air curtains for front and rear seat occupants.
While this should make the car an even more convincing proposition for Chinese consumers, the car already doesn’t have a problem winning lots of new friends – introduced in China in 2009, over 75,000 new Fiestas were sold there last year, a 59% increase compared to the year before.
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Actually, I have not seen many fiestas around. How are sales here since the launch?
I’ve been driving for a month… Seeing a dozen for a month as well…
China NCAP buat apa… depa sendiri buat keter macam cardboard, tau apa tentang safety…
Nevertheless, I’m pretty confident this will get 5-star EURO NCAP :) Has the Fiesta gone through EURO NCAP edi? anyone knows n can share?
Proton Persona only scored 3-star in China NCAP…
FIesta scored 5-stars in Euro NCAP but it is not applicable to the model sold in Malaysia. Our Fiesta only got 2airbags in the top specced model…
they got 6 airbags, we got 1 airbag for sedan and 2 airbag for hatchback. lol.
Just few questions here:
1. Did the NCAP standard is same even in different country?
2. Any any1 standardized the NCAP test standard all over the world?
Ford Fiesta Mark 6 has undergone Euro-NCAP test – result is 5-Stars. See this link http://www.euroncap.com/tests/ford_fiesta_2008/333.aspx
The sales of Fiesta was quite poor in China… At such a big market, they only managed 6000+ units every months combined the sedan and hatchback…
Ford fiesta vs Honda Jazz…….i like it RM?? VS RM???
I saw a few 2-3 fiesta here in my neighbourhood, but the fiesta sedan looks ugly , but the hatchback is cool and nice.
good move for china to begin their own NACP….soon the euro NACP should close down….china is better in quality control…
lol there r several more NCAP…. Australia NCAP, Latin NCAP, NHTSA-ANCAP, EuroNCAP
FoFi.. i gonna buy one for my future wife.. coz the safety is high on tis car.. :)
Are you sure? Well, i think you’re just kidding so you’re forgiven. I understand deep down inside your heart, you are not 100% sure. Crap car
Sour grape here?
China SIRIM.
Can we trust it???
No corruptions can be involved, good. Ha ha.
Sounds like better than thundercatland.
Oh sorry, no local NCAP, it’s just SIRIM.
Have our thundercat got SIRIM?
Is the HALAL-labelled food really halal, my dear?
You see the problems?
Ford fiesta is one of the worst car I’ve ever seen. Despite all the advertisement, hype, stupid radio songs, you don’t see lots of this rubbish on our roads. That means, people are smart now, not to spend such money for crap like this. Rubish
Bullshit rubbish car. This car will smoke the City & Vios anytime!
hello must be drvive i world greatest myvi/saga. hahaha. i own a fiesta. dun wan say smoke vios n city lah coz 100cc different, in term of comfort n noisy fiesta is on upper.
I not think so, this car (hatchback) look great and nice, the handling is good too..
If this car also consider as rubbish car, then what car consider as good car?
You are talking based on experience or emotion?
As for myself, my concern with Ford is the after sales service that can be provided by Sime Darby Autoconexxion. I do not know that…. the only way to know is to ask people who has used it and lived with it. So I am not an early adopter… And I think so does millions of other road users. So if everyone wait and see… would you see many on the road immediately?
I know the car is good in terms of handling and quality and also pricing… what about servicing. Hope it does not unexpectedly blow a hole in my pocket. To reassure this…. Sime Darby Autoconnexxion needs to do something.
Chinese NCAP?? u must be kidding.. LFOL!!
if malaysia have our own NCAP…. do u trust?