The Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) has evaluated five more vehicle models for 2019, and all have been awarded with a five-star rating. The models tested were the new Mazda 3, Toyota RAV4, Volkswagen Touareg, Lexus UX and Range Rover Evoque, with the maximum star rating being given to all variants of each model.
The Mazda 3 scored a 98% rating in adult occupant protection (AOP), the highest of the five vehicles tested, and its high level of physical protection was praised by ANCAP CEO James Goodwin. The car scored 37.54 points out of a possible 38, and aced the full width frontal, side impact and oblique pole tests.
In terms of child occupant protection (COP), the Mazda scored 43.81 points out of 49, while its road user protection returned a score of 39.22 out of 48 points. As for safety assist, its autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system also scored highly, although its lane support system (LSS) only retured adequate results in lane keep assist (LKA) tests.
The Toyota RAV4, which went on sale in Australia and New Zealand this month, scored 35.7 out of 38 points in the AOP, giving it a 93% rating in the category. It did well in most of the AOP tests, although engineers noted an issue with the deployment of the side curtain airbag during the oblique pole test, incurring a penalty for that. For COP, the Toyota managed 43.85 points out of 49, while its road user protection score was 40.95 points out of 48.
Next, the Volkswagen Touareg obtained a AOP score of 34 points out of 38, offering good protection of occupants in side impact testing but marginal levels of protection were noted for the chest of the driver in both frontal crash tests and the oblique pole test. Its COP was 43.37 points out of 49.
The SUV didn’t fare so strongly in terms of road user protection, registering 34.61 points out of 48, with some marginal or adequate results being noted in some areas during pedestrian impact tests.
As for the Lexus UX, the SUV scored well in AOP tests, managing 36.69 points out of a maximum 38, and received full marks for its side impact and oblique pole performance. It registed a score of 43.13 points in COP performance, while its road user protection obtained a 39.44 point rating.
Finally, the new L551 Range Rover Evoque, which only goes on sale in the two countries from next month, but which already has an Euro NCAP five-star rating, as revealed last month. This has been carried over to the ANCAP result. To recap, the second-gen Evoque received 35.96 points out of a possible 38 for its AOP score, and the resulting 94% achievement is the highest ever achieved by any Jaguar Land Rover product.
Elsewhere, its COP score was 43.74 points out of 49, and its road user protection (34.79 points) and safety assist (9.49 points out of 13) gave the SUV a 72% and 73% rating respectively in those categories.
GALLERY: Mazda 3, 2019 ANCAP test photos
GALLERY: Toyota RAV4, 2019 ANCAP test photos
GALLERY: Volkswagen Touareg, 2019 ANCAP test photos
GALLERY: Lexus UX, 2019 ANCAP test photos
GALLERY: Range Rover Evoque, 2019 Euro NCAP/ANCAP test photos
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I am not sure how many points our Perodua Bezza and Myvi can get.
Can get quite a lot. This is why sales are so good. Perodua has already sold 150,000 2018 Myvis already since it was launched in November 2018.
This joins the current 1.1 million Myvis on our road today.
Rakyat know quality.
RAV4 got 5⭐. Bezza and Myvi oso Toyota based , so same 5⭐.
Perodua cars have Toyota quality. This is why Proton lingkup
U r so ‘smart’. Bet u did not notice there is a side impact test which both Bezza and Myvi will surely fail due to the figure of 500. Spend some time to search what i mean by 500 and then u will understand.
Must be 5 stars because every accident that involves both of that game changers, the passengers are safe. Reason must be because many people drive that best selling car and Perodua created Myvi and Bezza with a tough structure to reduce damage.
Easy. They don’t dare to test in Australia.
All these cars get 5 star but they also sell very well. Sales are shooting so high.
Proton Iriz and Proton Preve also got 5 stars but both cars are super low sales.
I wonder why?
Hi. Would like to say something on NCAP … frontal impact. Most of tests was when the vehicle hit static object or vehicle represent as flat surface block and yes the tested vehicle manage to protect occupant. But did NCAP do a test when a vehicle hit an object like back of lorries where when vehicle hit the lorry, the front portion of vehicle will went under first and then the front portion of vehicle will now hit the back portion of lorry (as what happen to Dynas cosmetic founder and other cases … cars worst!). When this kind of accident occurred, front portion of our vehicle is useless!. No point claiming 5 star NCAP.
They should make it mandatory for lorries to have fix solid bar behind the lorries all the way down until suitable height as the NCAP test. Tq
now a day car is 5 star but the test is at the set speed. what if they increase the test speed, then this will increase the manufacturer to improve even more on their safety. reason why i say so is that now a day car come with turbo and sure driver with turbo engine will tense to floor on the pedal. just my own opinion.
Traditionally the European Cars would have fared better in terms of crash tests. But in this article, it would seem that Japanese car manufacturers have made great improvements in their cars. They are as good and even better than their European equivalent.
Japaneses cars are no loner the ‘Tin Milo’. They have grown up to be KUAT dan SIHAT.