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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 a model that lacks the highest score.
The Honda HR-V small SUV was given just four stars by the safety authority, with two of its key areas scoring below average.
For child occupant protection and safety assistance, the latter providing active systems such as crash prevention, the HR-V was given a relatively low score.
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Its ‘child occupant protection’ category score totaled 77%, with 37.73 points out of a possible 49.
The report provided by ANCAP states that “in the frontal offset test, the neck protection of the 10-year dummy was ‘adequate’, while in the side impact test, the head protection of the 10-year dummy was ‘poor'”.
For its ‘safety assist’, the HR-V’s scoring was marked as “‘good’ scores were recorded for the HR-V’s lane-keeping and forward-travel autonomous emergency braking ability”, while ANCAP stated that the AEB Backover functionality is not featured to avoid 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 the already announced five-star rating for its electric version, while the Mach-E still doesn’t have an Australian launch locked in, so is only relevant to New Zealand – for now.
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