Three new safety ratings have been published by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).
The Mazda CX-5, which was released into the Australasian market in April, has achieved the maximum 5-star ANCAP safety rating across all variants.
“The CX-5 performed well in physical tests and is fitted with a good list of safety features including all three levels of autonomous emergency braking – City, Interurban and Pedestrian,” said ANCAP Chief Executive Officer, James Goodwin. “As the highest selling unrated model in Australia and New Zealand so far this year, this provides yet another safe option for SUV buyers.”
The Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet was introduced in Australia and New Zealand in October 2016 and its 5-star ANCAP safety rating applies to all two-wheel-drive C200 and C300 variants. Other variants are unrated.
The Kia Picanto, introduced earlier this year, achieved a 4-star ANCAP safety rating for all New Zealand-sold variants built from May 2017 and Australian-sold variants built from June 2017.
“It is very encouraging to see an affordable, small car offering AEB City and AEB Interurban as standard, and Kia should be congratulated for taking this initiative,” said Mr Goodwin. “The Picanto is however limited to 4 stars due to lower scores in the Pedestrian Protection and Child Occupant Protection areas of assessment.”
