The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has published results for three new cars, the Honda HR-V, Ford Mustang Mach-E, and internal-combustion versions of the LDV Mifa people mover, with one model falling short of top marks.
The Honda HR-V small SUV has been given only four stars by the safety authority, with two of its key areas being scored below average.
For child occupant protection and safety assist, the latter scoring active systems like crash avoidance, the HR-V was given relatively low marks.
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Its ‘child occupant protection’ category score totalled 77%, with 37.73 points out of a possible 49.
The report supplied by ANCAP states that “in the frontal offset test, protection of the neck of the 10 year dummy was ‘adequate’, while in the side impact test, protection of the head of the 10 year dummy was ‘weak’”.
For its ‘safety assist’, the HR-V’s scoring was marked down as “‘good’ scores were recorded for the HR-V’s lane-keeping and forward-travel autonomous emergency braking ability”, while ANCAP notes that AEB Backover functionality isn’t featured to prevent impact when reversing.
The score applies to all variants of the HR-V, including hybrid drivetrain variants.
ANCAP also rated the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric car and the ICE version of the LDV Mifa people mover, both of which were awarded five stars.
The latter matches up with the already announced five-star score for its electric version, while the Mach-E still hasn’t had an Australian launch locked in, so is relevant only to New Zealand - for now.
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