New Car Assessment Programme or NCAP is a body aimed at consumers which focuses on the assessment and evaluation of the passenger safety aspects of new vehicles. There are currently 6 NCAP programs in the world: US NCAP, Euro NCAP, Japan NCAP, Korean NCAP (South Korea), China NCAP and Australasian NCAP.
Geely CK1 shamefully scored zero stars in the Latin NCAP tests
Latest to join the bunch is the Latin NCAP which focuses on most popular cars sold in Latin America and the Caribbean.
One of the first cars they tested was a Geely CK1 and oh boy were they really disappointed. The car scored – wait for it – 0 ratings for its safety. To put is simply, if you are in the car and you are heading towards a barrier or a tree, you might as well say your last prayers.
Geely CK1 before the NCAP test
The Geely CK1 that was crashed tested came fitted with a 1.3L petrol LHD with no airbags and the result was that the car’s body shell crumpled and rendered the A-pillar, steering column and pedals useless.
The other cars that were tested were
* Toyota Corolla XEI
* Chevy Meriva GL Plus
* FIAT Palio ELX 1.4 (with and without airbags)
* VW Golf Trend 1.6 (with and without airbags)
* Peugeot 207 Compact 5p 1.4 (with and without airbags)
Head over here to see the results.
As for Geely, we hope now that Volvo is on board, car safety will be taken care of by the experts.
Posted by Shrawan Raja on October 25, 2010. Read More on Interesting · 0 Comment
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