The introduction of the CKD locally-assembled Volvo S60 T8 earlier today revealed the presence of an safety rating label from the system that was first announced a year ago by ASEAN NCAP and the ministry of domestic trade and consumer affairs (KPDNHEP), and endorsed by the transport ministry. The label was also spotted on a 2020 version of Hyundai Santa Fe R 2.2 CRDi Premium during a showroom photoshoot.
The labelling system was introduced in February last year, but its use only became mandatory on March 1 this year. The idea of the label, which is compulsory on all display vehicles in showrooms and on roadshows, is to enable consumers to determine the safety rating and equipment of a vehicle in simple, clear fashion.
These report cards, which are affixed to the front windscreen and side windows, display the car’s ASEAN NCAP safety rating (if applicable), along with crash test results from other new car assessment programmes around the world – the latter will be verified by the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) to ensure they match the safety specifications of vehicles sold locally.
The labels also list the particular variant’s safety features, including the airbag count and ABS, stability control, blind spot monitoring and lane departure warning as well as the availability of seat belt reminders and autonomous emergency braking features.
There’s also a QR code feature, in which the scanned code takes users to the ASEAN NCAP website to offer more in-depth safety info about the car – in the case of the Volvo, the code redirects to the car’s Euro NCAP test results. The QR code doesn’t look to be a mandatory feature, as evidenced by the Santa Fe label, which doesn’t have a link code.
At its introduction, ASEAN NCAP said that the safety rating label will prevent customer confusion due to misleading information and the misuse of NCAP ratings from other countries, as the safety specifications of the same model may differ from one country to the next.
This isn’t the only label being affixed to new cars in the showroom – there’s also a Malaysia Automotive, Robotics and IoT Institute (MARii) EEV label, which offers key specifications of a particular vehicle, including its fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions. Unlike the ASEAN NCAP label, the EEV label scheme – first seen on the Proton X70 CKD in February – is voluntary and not compulsory.
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Very glad to see this.
More importantly can they please ensure the cars sent for testing must be those variants sold in showrooms. No more nonsense like unknown G-spec variant Aruz getting 5Stars but dunno how relevant is to those X and AV variants sold in showrooms. Safety must be real! Safety First!
I alwiz told pipu that scam. P2 is cheating pipu even worse than Dieselgate scandal as this involves lives.
Even if possible, by the time authorities finds out a roadgoing Aruz is smashed from an eksiden that wud not be a problem from ASEANNCAP testing with Gspec car, it is too late. Pipu inside alredi early afterlife.
How to compensate then? Ask every P2 Jepunis boss to harakiri for every life loss inside Anuz?
PERODUA is PEnipu scammeR Otai DUA. Otai scammer PERTAMA is Toyota.
asean ncap got value one ah? i trust the real ncap much more.
Which was why Proton went for Aussie ANCAP. Trust in Proton stonk!
Shame that not all followed gamechanging Proton in certifying their cars to ANCAP standards. Instead, Perodua just paid off ASEAN NCAP testers by sponsoring them. How come my fake National Carmaker are still cheat us by selling fake model to us?
a national carmaker makes as much sense as a national toilet paper maker.
Does makes sense. As long human exist, people will still need to pangsai. So nationalising toilet papermaking makes sense.
ASEAN NCAP is also part of Global NCAP. No such thing as “real” NCAP.
read more please.
Hope people more aware or these safety features, and go for a brand that offer it down the variants. Not some stripped-down overpriced garbage.
Not like Honda Malaysia, they sell their honda cars to showroom but kosong spec with no land departure warning, no blind spot monitor and no AEB
ASEAN NCAP standards is lower than Euro NCAP or Australia ANCAP. It is lower by at least 1 Star/Level.
Those cars that are tested/designed only to ASEAN NCAP will generally fare worse under Euro NCAP. If you were to score 5 Stars in ASEAN NCAP then you’ll score 4 Stars in Euro NCAP, at the very best.
NCAP of any region considers living and economic standard of the region. In this ASEAN region, if they set safety features too high, vehicles will be much more expensive for this region average people.
Mere excuse given by greedy Japanese brands to give us inferior cars at expensive prices.
Hear! Hear! No more Japanese!
Ha, ha, ha. Some of the European marques whom we all know who that had been giving Malaysian buyers a raw deal with their under specs cars and no active safety features (even though they come standard in most overseas markets) will find themselves embarrassed and shown naked by this. Imagine all the features boxes left blank.
The snobbish days when they think they can sell their cars just by their logo only and nothing much else should hopefully be gone. Buyers should be given a better specs car (at least as an add on option and not take it or leave it attitude by the dealers). Likewise buyers should also be wiser.
Not mentioned those Japanese brands too which is giving Malaysian a RAW DEAL with under specs cars without active safety couple with Takata air bags like Nissan Almera, Honda City, Civic , Toyota Vios, Corolla, Avanza and Subaru XV
Not mentioned those Japanese brands too which is giving Malaysian a RAW DEAL with under specs cars without active safety couple with Takata air bags like Nissan Almera, Honda City, Civic , Toyota Vios, Corolla, Avanza and Subaru XV
Same like monroney sticker in the US.
NCAP is not a regulation, why is it mandatory to have this label?
In EU, NCAP ratings and testing became defacto standard despite not mandated by EU law.
They should also put info like “Govt taxes %” for each car.
How does that help your safety in a car?