It looks like all Kia Stinger variants have now been rated five stars in ANCAP’s stringent safety tests, following a poor three-star score for all base S models during initial tests last year. According to ANCAP’s website, all Stinger models on sale from April 2018 are rated five stars. These […]
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2018 Mercedes-Benz X-Class scores 5-star ANCAP safety rating
The Mercedes-Benz X-Class has scored a full five-star ANCAP rating, while also becoming the first ute with autonomous emergency braking (AEB). Due to hit the local market from April 2018, the Mercedes-Benz X-Class is based on the Nissan Navara chassis, but extensively re-engineered by the three-pointed star brand. The donor […]
Jaguar E-Pace scores 5-star ANCAP safety rating (video)
Jaguar’s new baby SUV, the E-Pace, has been through the gauntlet of ANCAP’s stringent crash testing regime and come out with flying colours, achieving the full five-star score. The Jaguar E-Pace doesn’t officially arrive in Australia until March, but ANCAP has taken a close look at crash data from Euro […]
2018 Holden Commodore scores 5-star ANCAP safety rating
The upcoming, all-new, German-made 2018 Holden Commodore has been awarded the full five-star ANCAP safety rating in recent tests, just weeks before its market arrival in late February. ANCAP has assessed crash test results from Euro NCAP, and found good protection across all important areas which help result in a […]
Koenigsegg celebrates 1 million followers with smashing video
Supercars are usually exempt from crash testing purely due to the sheer costs involved. However, some level of safety testing is usually done in-house, as demonstrated by Swedish carmaker Koenigsegg. A video was recently posted by Koenigsegg on Instagram, showing the Regera hypercar undergoing some torturous crash testing. Well, when we […]
New Jeep Compass, Kia Niro, LDV D90 score 5-star ANCAP safety
The all-new Jeep Compass has been crash tested by ANCAP under stringent testing and it has been awarded the full five stars for safety. Other recent additions to the five-star crowd include the new Kia Niro and the LDV D90. Jeep revealed the new Compass late last year. It comes […]
Kia Stinger scores 3- and 5-star ANCAP safety rating
The highly anticipated Kia Stinger has been crash tested by Euro NCAP, and the local ANCAP division has handed down its split score of three stars and five stars. Why the split score? It all has to do with the variant grade. All Si, GT Line and GT models have […]
Jaguar F-Pace awarded 5-star ANCAP safety rating
Despite being on sale here in Australia for over a year now, the Jaguar F-Pace has only just been tested for its safety by the Euro NCAP division. The results have been assessed locally and ANCAP has awarded the full five stars. The Jaguar F-Pace is the British company’s only […]