The latest roundup of cars put to the test by Euro NCAP succeeded in achieving the maximum possible five-star score. Jeep’s Cherokee, the Mercedes CLA, Suzuki SX4 and Peugeot 2008 all impressed, though the European crash safety authority doesn’t currently have an equivalent to the small overlap test, the one that’s been troublesome for so many apparently safe cars.
But regardless, at least the stability control test is not only relevant for testing the ESC, but also for seeing if a vehicle’s chassis is up to scratch – the Opel Adam from the previous batch of cars showed it had a big tendency to understeer. Here, out of all four cars tested, the Suzuki seemed to have the straightest trajectory, and it runs a bit wide with the electronics turned off…
No other notable occurrences to report on, aside from the fact that for the Peugeot 2008 , much of the crash data was taken from the 208 supermini on which it’s based – it shares its basic structure. It even suffers from the same high chance of giving passengers whiplash injuries in rear impacts, as the seats and headrests are not as efficient at culling this as they could be.
Check out the all six videos posted below; there are two for each car, bar the Peugeot, which doesn’t get any.
By Andrei Nedelea
