Euro NCAP has released results of the first cars to be tested against its 2017 test regime, and one of these, the Ford Mustang, has scored a low two-star rating for overall safety. The safety organisation cites concerns about the sixth-gen S550s crash protection of adult and child occupants as well as a worrying lack of safety equipment commonly available on the European market.
It adds that the results reveal the American “DNA” of the Mustang that is designed to score well in less wide-ranging US consumer tests. The European variant has seen only minor updates required to meet the continent’s pedestrian safety regulation, and the Forward Collision Warning system was removed when the car was introduced in Europe.
In the frontal offset test, the airbags of both the driver and passenger inflated insufficiently to properly restrain the occupants. Meanwhile, in the full-width frontal test, a lack of rear seatbelt pre-tensioners and load-limiters meant that the rear passenger slid under the seatbelt, implying higher risk at abdominal injuries in real life accidents.
Elsewhere, in the side impact crash, the head of the 10-year-old dummy contacted the interior trim, bottoming out the curtain airbag. All these are of concern, Euro NCAP’s secretary-general Michiel van Ratingen said, and he had a strong opinion on the matter.
“Ford did not expect Euro NCAP to test the Mustang and chose not to fit safety technology in Europe which is available to its American consumers, and available on several other sports cars for that matter. Such an attitude to safety should trouble Ford’s customers, whether they are buying a high-powered muscle car or a regular family car,” he stated.
Ford says that the facelifted Mustang will be available later this year with Pre-Collision Assist and Lane Keep Assist as standard. The agency expects to test the safety of the updated model when it is available on the European market.
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ouch… so much focus on the power & looks, forgotten the safety! typical American car
you test a 2015 car in 2017 new rule, stupid or what?
And president Trump asked why Japanese don’t buy Murican car.
Time to make American car great again!
Proof that bigger doesn’t always mean safer
Tat’s why ar P2 sa told us that VR-tested Bezza is much much much much safer than Civic
WHAT???? this is preposterous. wake up Ford!!!!
Are you sure this car 2 stars?
Eh? What happen to the NHTSA that was suppose to be much stricter than EUNCAP?
But it all okays. Just need pay a little deadak, put pressure to EUNCAP to retest with “updated” spec car, and VOILA! Instant 5 stars. At whitemanland, anything illegal can become legal, with sufficient deadak.
Don’t worry, asean ncap will give it 4-5 stars.
Mebe d facelift will fare better
Don’t be fooled … those Mustangs were banged at much higher speed 150KM/H.
OMG…this car look “Solid” but actually not at all…so fragile…yucks…puihhh…
No vignale variant in europe…?
That would be interesting….
Dont buy ford mustang
With standard comparison, this only show one thing, how *”kopi liar”* of ASEAN NCAP in bolehland …!!! Be reminded perodua Bezza score 15.38/16 AOP, even better than Civic(14.74), Sienta(15.26), Pajero.Sport (15.26), Elantra(14.73), Navar(14.44), T.Calya(22.93), Daihatsu.Sigra(12.93), H.Brio(12.88) …
This is EUNCAP, nothing to do with ASEANNCAP. Troll much?
Dont be silly. Why dont u check how they score. Almost all Japan brand crash test for ASEAN NCAP is done at Japan and that include Bezza. Check the logo at the car the lab use for the crash test is at JARI. The same place for JapanNCAP n ANCAP test. The only different is that ASEAN NCAP dont do side impact at the same facility.
Toyota > All
Since when?
proton/perodua get 4 stars rating they will get bashed kaw2… but if imported cars with 6 figures price tag get 2 stars rating, nobody say anything LOL
Proton and perodua will only get 2 star max too (or maybe 1 star rated) if tested out by euro ncap 2017.
Ceh.. thats mean ford is on par with national car
Ford is stuggling for relevance and looks like they are putting all their focus towards USA and China..they seem to be in this weird limbo where their range of cars have well equipped and well built models all the way down to under engineered and badly built cars…this inconsistency is weird as they were all about ‘ONE Ford’ a few years ago.. FORD of Europe and the cars engineered by them are so much better than the American counterparts..they are in a weird situation to say the least…
Ouch, expensive car wasted.
ASEAN NCAP can score 5star
Wow… :o great..!! Heheheheh :p
this is boleland. hahaha Proton or Perodua if dapat 2 star… kaw2 kena..
What was the last EUNCAP scores for Nissan GT-R?
Mustang driver : everyone will die, i’m not scared for this.
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