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Citro?n C3 4 stars 2 stars
Seat Ibiza 4 stars 2 stars
Ford Fiesta 4 stars 2 stars

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10.00 am (CET)
Tuesday, November 26th, 2002
New Renault Megane first small family car to achieve 5 stars
Latest test results from Euro NCAP launched in Rome
For the first time a small family car, the Renault’s Megane II, has achieved five stars in Europe’s leading independent crash tests, confirmed Euro NCAP today (26). Three other cars, the Saab 9-3, the Renault Vel Satis and the Mercedes E-class also achieve
d five stars.
Crashworthiness results for executive cars, family cars, small family cars, super-minis, off-roaders and MPV’s were launched at a press conference in Rome co-hosted by Euro NCAP, the FIA Foundation and the Automobile Club d’Italia.
All three “five star” manufacturers have met the requirements of Euro NCAP’s new seat belt reminder protocol. Euro NCAP’s star rating is based on occupants wearing their seatbelts, thus seat belt reminder systems are vitally important. All of the safety ga
ins achieved by Euro NCAP over recent years would be completely wasted if car occupants did not buckle up before every journey.
In the latest tests pedestrian protection has improved overall but for the first time one car, the Suzuki Grand Vitara achieved no score.
There is an increasing use of the so called ISOFIX child restraints which in many cases provided good protection in our tests.
Max Mosley, Euro NCAP Chairman and President of the FIA said,
“In our latest tests we continue with the assessment of off-roaders and a range of new cars across all of the size categories.
“I am delighted to say that for the first time a small family car has gained the top Euro NCAP rating of five stars. This car is Renault’s new Megane.
“Whatever type of car you prefer to drive, whatever price you can afford, it’s clear that there is now a wider choice of models than ever before offering
stronger levels of protection.”
Summary of latest results:
Executive cars

Renault Vel Satis 5 stars, 1 star
Mercedes E-Class 5 stars, 1 star


Family cars

Saab 9-3 5 stars 1 star
Nissan Primera 4 stars, 1 star
Subaru Legacy Outback 4 stars, 1 star
Chrysler PT Cruiser 3 stars, 1 star


Small family cars

Renault M?gane II 5 stars, 2 stars
Toyota Corolla 4 stars, 2 stars


Super-minis

Citro?n C3 4 stars, 2 stars
Seat Ibiza 4 stars, 2 stars
Ford Fiesta 4 stars, 2 stars


Large off-roaders

Mercedes M-Class 4 stars, 1 star
Hyundai Santa-Fe 4 stars, 1 star
Suzuki Grand Vitara 3 stars, No Stars


Small off-roaders

Nissan X-Trail 4 stars, 2 stars
Land Rover Freelander 3 stars, 1 star


Large MPV

Peugeot 807 4 stars, 1 star


Small MPV

Mercedes Vaneo 4 stars, 2 stars


David Jamieson, UK Transport Minister said,

“I am pleased that manufacturers are continuing to improve the overall safety of car occupants and that there was an increase in the number of cars achieving the maximum 5 stars.

However in a period when some cars have been improving pedestrian protection, it is very disappointing that in this phase one car failed to score at all for pedestrian protection.”

Josep Tous, Director of Consumer and Industrial Safety at the Generalitat de Catalunya said,

“The Government of Catalonia is participating for the first time in this phase in the Euro NCAP programme. It has been demonstrated that Euro NCAP has succeeded to encourage the industry to provide enhanced safety to the occupants of passenger cars all acr
oss Europe. We would like to see most safety features fitted as standard vehicle equipment in all European markets. We believe that our contribution to Euro NCAP is going to make it easier for consumers to have access to accurate information about vehicle
safety and will convince the car manufacturers to reduce the number of countries where safety is sold as an option. We are looking forward to seeing seat belt reminders fitted to most vehicle models and will welcome further improvements in pedestrian and
cyclist protection, child protection and active safety.”

Wilfried Klanner, Testing and Technical Manager for the ADAC said,

“Phase 11 results reveal that due to Euro NCAP the occupant safety in cars are increasingly rising. 4 out of 18 tested vehicles were awarded with the maximum of 5 stars, and for the first time a middle-class car was among them. 10 models are already equipp
ed with seatbelt reminders, a decisive contribution to reduce the number of severe injury accidents with unbelted occupants.”

Guido Adriaenssens, ICRT Chief Executive said,

“ICRT is excited to see a breakthrough, with the first small family car, as well as several family sized cars, being awarded the five star rating. This makes good design more accessible and affordable and is clearly a design aim for many manufacturers.

In fact, a four star rating is now the absolute minimum one expects in crash safety tests. So it is very disappointing to see three cars in the Phase 11 Group fail to meet this requirement, mainly due to shortcomings in the frontal impact protection.

The scores for pedestrian safety are also still a cause for concern with the Suzuki Grand Vitara delivering the worst results ever seen in the Euro NCAP tests.”



Editors note:

1. Organisations contributing to Euro NCAP include the Departments of Transport of Sweden, The Netherlands, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Catalonia as well as the European Commission, the FIA Foundation, the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (
ADAC) and the International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT) on behalf of the European consumer organisations.

2. The results are announced in Italy.

3. Future Phases will continue with testing of more off-roaders and two seater sports cars as well as catching up on important new cars in the existing groups.

4. Australia has adopted the same testing protocols as Euro NCAP and they are publishing results from Euro NCAP that are applicable in their market. The Euro NCAP testing protocols are unique in that they include tests for front, side impact and pole impac
t and also gives information on pedestrian and child protection.

5. The front impact test is conducted at 64km/h (40mph) into an offset deformable barrier, the side impact test 50km/h (30mph), the pole test at 29km/h (18mph) and the pedestrian tests at 40km/h (25mph).

6. The full results will be on the web site www.euroncap.com from 26 November.

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Latest Test Results from Euro NCAP Released on the Website

Crashworthiness results for a new group of cars are released on the Euro NCAP website today (28).

Results for the latest cars tested are as follows:


Family car

Skoda Superb
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: No stars

Super-mini

Opel/Vauxhall Meriva
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 star

Large off-roader

BMW X-5
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 star

Small off-roader

Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin
Occupant Protection: 3 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 star

Two seater roadsters

Audi TT
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: No stars

MGTF
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 3 stars

For the first time a two-seater roadster, the MGTF, achieved a three star pedestrian protection rating in Europe?s leading independent crash tests.

Two other cars, the Audi TT and the Skoda Superb achieved no points and no stars for pedestrian protection and join the Suzuki Vitara as zero pedestrian star cars.

There is an increasing use of ISOFIX child restraints which in some cases provided good protection in our tests.


Editors note:

1. Organisations contributing to Euro NCAP include the Departments of Transport of Sweden, The Netherlands, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Catalonia as well as the European Commission, the FIA Foundation, the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC) and the International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT) on behalf of the European consumer organisations.

2. Future Phases will continue with testing of more MPVs as well as other important new cars in existing groups.

3. Australia has adopted the same testing protocols as Euro NCAP and they are publishing results from Euro NCAP that are applicable in their market. The Euro NCAP testing protocols are unique in that they include tests for front, side impact and pole impact and also gives information on pedestrian and child protection.

4 The front impact test is conducted at 64km/h (40mph) into an offset deformable barrier, the side impact test 50km/h (30mph), the pole test at 29km/h (18mph) and the pedestrian tests at 40km/h (25mph).

5. More information on the programme and a full set of results from the latest tests are available from the Euro NCAP web site at www.euroncap.com.