After as many as five vehicles scored zero for adult occupancy in Global NCAP crash-tests in India last month, safety is firmly in the spotlight.
The latest news comes from the folks over at ASEAN NCAP (the New Car Assessment Programme for Southeast Asian Countries), who recently put seven more vehicles through their paces.
Two of those seven failed to score a single star in the adult occupant protection category.
The Kia Morning (for the Indonesian market) and Hyundai Eon (for the Philippines) – neither fitted with airbags – were the worst-performing models in the latest round of testing, each failing to score a star.
Meanwhile, the Nissan X-Trail scored five stars in the adult occupant protection category, while the Nissan Navara, Suzuki Ertiga, Suzuki Ciaz and Isuzu MU-X each managed four stars.
“The Kia Morning and Hyundai Eon respectively are the second and third zero-star cars in the history of ASEAN NCAP, after the non-airbag version of Kia Picanto tested in 2014 for the Thailand market,” said Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, ASEAN NCAP secretary-general.
“The Hyundai Eon’s result comes alongside the latest results released for popular Indian cars by Global NCAP in New Delhi. The zero-star result of the Morning and Eon shows it is important that the cars are not only fitted with at least frontal airbags, but it is also crucial that the structure of the car remains stable in a crash.”
