Following the zero-star safety rating obtained by the airbag-less Kia Morning (aka Picanto) in the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP), the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has released the results of an audit test conducted on the Kia Picanto sold in the country.
Unlike the Picanto destined for emerging markets, the Australian-spec model comes decked out with standard safety kit like six airbags, ESC, ABS and traction control, just to name a few. These features are also available on the Malaysian-spec Picanto, which scored four stars in ASEAN NCAP.
The audit test only covered the frontal offset test, where the Picanto score 12.95 (out of 16), a reduction from the original 15.12 scored by the vehicle tested by Euro NCAP in 2011. Despite this, the Picanto still managed to to retain its five-star ANCAP safety rating obtained in May. It should be noted that the score is almost identical to the Malaysian-market model’s ASEAN NCAP score of 12.67.
However, the audit test revealed that there was a higher risk of serious injury to the driver, with driver chest and lower leg protection now rated “Marginal,” indicating a moderate risk of serious injury.
“The trigger for this audit test was the considerable variation in structural performance seen on the Indonesian-sold Picanto, We wanted to confirm the validity of our existing rating for the safety of Australian and New Zealand consumers with the key driver being to provide assurance they can rely on ANCAP information when buying a new car,” said James Goodwin, CEO of ANCAP.
“The score obtained in the audit test is still within the 5 star range but it is important that consumers are made aware of these findings so they can make an informed decision in this highly competitive market segment,” he added.
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KIA? Killed In Accident! BAd RV, Bad safety, no star NCAP!
pleask check for this title, safaty!
Thanks for pointing it out.
Civic scored better than preve but in real world the HPF parts make preve much much much safer than any rubbish jepunis cars.
Preve score when compared to other C segments in ANCAP is positioned in the middle lower bracket of the pack. In fact some B segment cars got even higher score than Preve also.
If even in lab test the score is inferior compared to many other vehicles what makes you think it will do better in real world test?? A very tough chassis might protect the car from major damage but won’t fare so well to passengers in the cabin as less of the impact is absorbed. Have a look at the child occupant protection score on the Preve and it is absolutely dismal with high risk of injury for the child at the back.
SEA lives are cheap if we go by carmakers logic
According to bashers, ANCAP results r tipoo cuz them Aussies dah kena dedak. Thats why they cannot belip Preve got 5stars ANCAP.
Paul Tan,
I’ve been following your blog since you’re still writing articles.
Since many writer’s joined you, many spelling/grammatical mistakes are being made.
More effort needed to eliminate such small oversights.
No malice intended. Tq
many writers , not ” writer’s “.
Proton models should be test under ANCAP for convincing results. If 1MDB billion ringgits can be covered in bolehland, why not the reports of these few models in ASEANCAP?
Never heard of Preve and Exora, have u? Pitiful.
ASEANNCAP less star ANCAP > ANCAP lower score than EURONCAP > EURONCAP > LatinNCAP > IndiaNCAP
So means ASEANNCAP is most difficult? ASEANNCAP winrar?
Looks like the asean ncap much stritcher then the ancap,yer loh this picanto just obtain 12.6 but still maintain 5 star,new saga13.33 for 4 star whit esc for premi hmmmm
below 13 out of 16.
why is it 5 stars?
the A pillar is crashed too.
buy iriz..thats it
It shows how low a Korean business etique can get. Get a 5-star from advance country, do a cost down for an emerging country and advertise a 5-star rating for that cost down car. Do not go far, even damn TCM is doing it too (use rating from Japan).