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Euro NCAP's Best and Worst Performers of 2010
The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP), which is similar to the American IIHS testing regimen, has released a list with the safest car in each vehicle category and the two worst performers overall of 2010. The cars that attained the coveted five star rating and achieved the highest overall score in their respective segment are: ------ Executive category: BMW 5 Series------ Small Family category: Alfa Romeo Giulietta------ Supermini category: Honda CR-Z------ Small off-road 4×4 category: Kia Sportage------ Small MPV category: Toyota Verso On the other side of the fence are two models that achieved the poorest results of 2010. These are the Citroen Nemo with three stars and China's Landwind CV9 that received only two stars.
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Euro Ncap: Q5, Jazz, I20, Soul And 3008 Achieve 5-star Rating, Suzuki Alto Gets Only 3-stars
European car safety testing body Euro-NCAP has announced its latest batch of results for six new cars. Five of these models, the Audi Q5, Honda Jazz, Hyundai i20, Kia Soul and Peugeot 3008 received Euro NCAP's maximum five star award while Suzuki's...
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Honda Accord Achieves 5-stars At Euro Ncap's Revised Rating System
The latest generation Honda Accord (sold in the States as the Acura TSX) has been awarded with five-stars under Euro NCAP's revised safety rating scheme that replaces the three separate ratings for pedestrian impact, adult and child protection with...
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Euro Ncap Crash Test Results: Mito, Fiesta, Ka, Insingia, Accord, 308cc And More
Unsurprisingly, of the twelve vehicles whose crash test results were released today by Euro NCAP, eight of them were awarded with a maximum of five stars. Euro NCAP's top scorers for adult occupant protection in this release were the Alfa Romeo Mito,...
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Euro Ncap Crash Tests Pick-up Trucks: Results Disappoint
The European equivalent of the American NHTSA in terms of crash tests, Euro NCAP, revealed today the results for three pick-up trucks, the Nissan Navara, the Isuzu D-MAX/Rodeo and the Mitsubishi L200. It’s the first time that Euro NCAP has performed...
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Vw Tiguan Awarded With 5-stars In Euro Ncap Tests
Following earlier announcements today on the Hyundai i30 and Ford Mondeo crash test results, Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) gave out the results for the 2008 VW Tiguan. The compact SUV did quite well achieving a maximum five star rating...
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