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The ANCAP evaluated the safety of the Mitsubishi Express and the results are not good. In fact, the zero-star award is the lowest score ANCAP has awarded in its 28-year history.
In a statement, the agency said that the Express showed “a notable risk of serious injury to the driver’s chest in three of the four destructive crash tests (front-roll, full-width front and oblique post tests).
“A penalty was also applied for possible knee contact points for the driver in frontal crashes, and close to the maximum penalty applied for“ aggressiveness ”in frontal crashes with other vehicles.
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The Mitsubishi Express received a painful score of zero from the local security agency ANCAP.
“More penalties were applied for significant deformation of the side loading door in the side and post impact tests, creating openings through which partial ejection may be possible.”
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“Aggression” refers to the risk of injury to the occupants of other vehicles in a collision.
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The truck’s lack of active safety features particularly affected its score, with a ‘Safety Assist’ score of just seven percent.
The statement goes on to say that a “high risk of neck injury” was recorded during the whiplash test, and that “the passenger risk of whiplash injury is likely higher due to the basic design of the bench seat and head restraints. installed in the two seats passenger seat positions “.
Adding salt to the wound is the lack of active safety features like autonomous emergency braking and lane support systems, resulting in a ‘Safety Assist’ score of seven percent. The other scores were 55 percent for the protection of adult occupants, 40 percent for the protection of vulnerable road users, and N / A for the protection of child occupants.
“Mitsubishi recently introduced the Express to our market, but its specifications do not align with current safety expectations,” said ANCAP CEO Carla Hoorweg.
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Despite the poor rating, the Express will continue to be sold in New Zealand.
“Unfortunately, we saw below-average performance for the protection of occupants and vulnerable road users of the Express, with even lower results due to a fundamental lack of active safety systems.”
Things contacted Mitsubishi NZ, which said in a statement:
“The truck was designed in accordance with the 2015 NCAP ‘heavy duty’ protocols. There has been significant movement in the application of driver assistance technologies since then, which has been reflected in the new NCAP protocols with which This van has been tested.
The Express meets all Australian Design Standards (ADRs) for vans, and ANCAP crash test results indicate a good level of occupant protection.
Compared to competitors of a similar age, the vehicle ranks competitively in terms of NCAP rating. It has a 3 star rating (2015) in Europe, ANCAP did not report NCAP rating. “
The Express will continue to be sold in New Zealand. Things He also contacted Renault, which sells the nearly identical Trafic (only the grille and badge differ) here, and they told him the same thing.
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The Renault Trafic is identical to the Express in everything but the badge and received a three-star rating by EuroNCAP in 2015.
Over the ditch, it appears that the ANCAP test has ruffled some feathers.
The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI) in Australia has questioned whether ANCAP even needed to evaluate the Express.
The problem lies in the fact that the Renault Trafic was tested under the Euro NCAP safety program (which ANCAP uses for vehicles not tested locally) and received three stars.
“Euro NCAP and ANCAP claim that they are effectively harmonized, however this is not reflected in ANCAP’s actions,” said FCAI CEO Tony Weber.
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The ANCAP Express test has altered some pens in Australia due to the relationship between it and the Trafic.
“Why is ANCAP potentially spending up to $ 500,000, including taxpayer dollars, to test a six-year-old vehicle that has already been evaluated by its sister organization EuroNCAP in 2015?”
In defense, ANCAP Executive Director Carla Hoorweg said the Express’ Australian specifications do not align with current safety expectations. He added that while ANCAP uses ratings based solely on EuroNCAP scores, the three-star result for the Trafic was applied specifically for the minivan variants, requiring further testing.
Additionally, ANCAP does not transfer vehicle ratings between brands if a new vehicle is launched more than two years after the original evaluation.
