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There are certainly some weaknesses here, but from the commentary and initial skim of the results it seems odd to call this a 0-star safety rating. I'd be curio
by ericpauley 5y ago
There are certainly some weaknesses here, but from the commentary and initial skim of the results it seems odd to call this a 0-star safety rating. I'd be curious to see what a 1-, 2-, or 3-star safety rating looks like in comparison.
Update: Looking at the Euro NCAP star rating criterea[0], the primary reason this car was capped at 0 stars was its minimal safety assist features (14%, minimum for 1-star is 30%. While this balancing may make sense in other cases it seems odd in the case of active safety features. Is it really fair to call an otherwise perfect (though not in this case) car a 0-star death trap because it doesn't include driver monitoring (?) and radar?
[0] https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/67266/euro-ncap-assessment-protocol-overall-rating-v902.pdf https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/67266/euro-ncap-assessment-pr...
- p49k 5y agoHere's a 1-star electric vehicle for comparison: https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/66949/euroncap-2021-dacia-spring-datasheet.pdf https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/66949/euroncap-2021-dacia-spr...
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- kwhitefoot 5y agoAlso, effectively a Renault.
- toast0 5y agoCrash testing organizations have always been about advocacy. If you don't do what they find important, you get fewer stars and the negative attention that attracts. There's always a balance in this approach. If the people buying the cars also want the things the advocacy group wants, the star ratings are relevant and useful; if they don't agree, the ratings aren't super useful and a 0-star rating doesn't kill sales. (Although, often a 8 year+ design tapers off in sales anyway)
- radu_floricica 5y agoI wonder how much this is lobby by the car industry to raise entry barriers. Maybe against cheap chinese producers?
- vvillena 5y agoA car that only cares about what happens during a crash is considered to have poor safety by the newest EuroNCAP standards. Cars that want to have good ratings must prevent crashes from happening. This includes things like lane departure assist and radar-assisted autobraking, but also systems like driver fatigue detection and after-crash autobraking.