This safe!

Achieving the 5 star EuroNCAP rating! :-(

(Don't try this at home! )

Edited 17 November, 201213 yr by CortinaGT

I've survived a crash in a mk2 fabia , it saved my life planning not to crash my citigo tho !

looks good black & white could have been much more hurt if it wasn't for those side airbags!

A heck of a lot safer than my motorbike was 6 weeks ago!

How little cars have improved my 1989 fiat panda wouldn't have survived that!!

Indeed, my 106's would probably just have folded in half :S

one question looking at that crash test footage, and something i have wondered about for some time

does the crash test results changes between LHD and RHD models of the same car?

crash test is run as a 40% overlap on drivers side so unless they turn the engine 180 degrees on a LHD car they crash gearbox side, on RHD they crash engine side

reason i ask is the left hand drive car tested above they crash the side with the gearbox with fewer big hard structures like the main engine block, so there is more chance for the innerwings and structure to deform in a controlled way to absorb the energy smoothly and apposed to the engine block being pushed into the firewall

just my thoughts

Good question. Here is a more detailed summary:

http://www.euroncap.com/files/473_datasheet.pdf

The problem is that, as far as I am aware, they only test LHD cars.

Edited 18 November, 201213 yr by CortinaGT

One of the features I like on the Citigo is that the B post pivots for the seat belts are built into the post.

On my previous Fabia mkII there was a large belt guide-pivot right next to my head while driving. In a side impact it wouldn't have been safe at all IMO.

On the new rapid the height / reach adjustment of the steering wheel is a big plastic lever on the left of the steering column, so on a /RHD there is little space either side of the drivers knee between the centre console and the lever, on a LHD there would be more room as the drivers left knee would be between the door frame and the lever, probably 3-4 more inches of space and a lot less likely to cause injury

how do encap compensate for things like that

Here is a copy of what is effectively the EuroNCAP 'Terms of Reference' The decision on testing RHD or LHD is covered in section 6. 6.3 states the aim is for 20% to be RHD.

http://euroncap.com/files/CSSTR-Protocol-Version-2.4---0-58e687d6-e33e-4559-b96f-74bb00c8b1b0.pdf#page9

Bluecar - the last two paragraphs in 2.4.2 seem to put the onus on the manufacturer regarding informing EuroNCAP of potential safety hazards on opposite hand drive cars to that tested.

Anyway, we must not lose sight of the fact that the Citigo did very well in the tests!

Edited 19 November, 201213 yr by CortinaGT

yep totally agree the LHD model tested did really well, i am just curious if they tested a RHD it would get the same score, i doubt it would be much different but curious

will have a look on ENCAP site and see if anywhere they tested both l/rhd of a model or similar

The Aygo,C1 and 107 EuroNCAP ratings have been lowered to 3 stars after tests on the latest models:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/toyota/aygo/61978/aygo-c1-and-107-drop-three-star-ncap-rating?utm_campaign=autoexpress_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter

So the Citigo/UP/Mii are a fair bit safer!

Edited 20 December, 201213 yr by CortinaGT