The latest Euro NCAP results from this year provide information on the safety of fourteen cars. A surprise could be five stars for a trio of Chinese cars, while several Europeans only got four.
The Euro NCAP organization has published the latest results of this year’s crash tests, which inform about the safety of fourteen new cars. It’s a diverse group of cars, from city buggies to pick-up trucks, internal combustion engines to electric cars, and there’s also a trio of Chinese cars. Before testing protocols were changed, most received top marks, but there were some surprising exceptions.
American automaker Lucid is bringing its luxury electric car to Europe Air, which achieved a full score in the Euro NCAP tests. Even a cool electric car with a retro design dares to do this. Volkswagen ID. Buzz. After all, five Euro NCAP stars were also awarded to a couple of pick-ups sharing a technical basis, Volkswagen Amarok a Ford Ranger.
The premium SUV lives up to its price point and offers maximum protection for crew and pedestrians, rated at five stars. In particular, to the full assessment proboural Lexus RXsmaller Mercedes-Benz GLC and more field oriented Land Rover Discovery Sport, which was re-evaluated this year. He went through that too Skoda Octaviawho defended its five-star rating.
And how did the Chinese automakers mentioned in the introduction do? The Chery brand is bringing a small SUV called the Omoda5the manufacturer Maxus comes with a large MPV Myth 9 and thirdly, we can expect an electric sedan MG 4, which, according to the first foreign reviews, is a very good car with a sporty touch. All three models have received five stars from Euro NCAP.
Four cars did not reach full rating. It passed the re-evaluation Ford Puma a Volkswagen Touran, while both cars did not reach the fifth star mainly due to the protection of adults. Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, a couple of new releases come out with a four-star rating. They are French crossovers peugeot 408 a Citroën C4 X.
| EuroNCAP 2022 – crash test results | |||||
| Vehicle | Protection of adults | Child protection | Pedestrian protection | Security systems | Overall rating |
| Citroën C4 X | 80% | 83% | 57% | 63% | **** |
| Ford Puma | 75% | 84% | 70% | 69% | **** |
| Ford Ranger | 84% | 90% | 74% | 84% | ***** |
| Chery Omoda5 | 87% | 87% | 68% | 88% | ***** |
| Land Rover Discovery Sport | 84% | 89% | 71% | 85% | ***** |
| Lexus RX | 90% | 87% | 89% | 91% | ***** |
| Lucid air | 90% | 91% | 78% | 84% | ***** |
| Maxus Mifa 9 | 93% | 89% | 73% | 83% | ***** |
| Mercedes-Benz GLC | ninety two % | 90% | 74% | 84% | ***** |
| MG 4 | 83% | 80% | 75% | 78% | ***** |
| peugeot 408 | 76% | 84% | 78% | 65% | **** |
| Skoda Octavia | 86% | 84% | 68% | 81% | ***** |
| Volkswagen Amarok | 84% | 90% | 74% | 84% | ***** |
| Volkswagen ID. Buzz | ninety two % | 87% | 60% | 90% | ***** |
| Volkswagen Touran | 77% | 81% | 61% | 66% | **** |
