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SAFETY IN SMALL CARS is always a concern, so it’s reassuring to hear that Australasia’s independent vehicle safety authority, ANCAP, has awarded the Audi A1 a five-star safety rating. The A1 is the first light
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ACCORDING TO ANCAP, consumer uptake of autonomous emergency braking has increased substantially. In December 2015, AEB was standard on just three percent of new cars and not available for any price on 55 percent. By
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IN A CLEAR SIGN THAT electric vehicles are becoming mainstream, Hyundai’s Kona has become the first electric vehicle to be crash-tested in Australia. To the relief of all concerned, it scored the maximum 5-star ANCAP
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AUSTRALASIA’S INDEPENDENT VEHICLE safety authority, ANCAP, has awarded the new Toyota Granvia people mover a 5-star ANCAP safety rating – the first model in the segment to achieve 5 stars to the latest, most stringent
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ANCAP HAS RELEASED the results of its latest testing, and while five-star ratings for the Volvo S60 and V60 and the BMW 3 Series are no surprise, it’s a more notable achievement for the SsangYong
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FINALLY, WE’RE SEEING some significant safety initiatives for commercial vehicles, and not before time. These improvements are worthwhile on at least two levels: these vehicles are often not bought as commercial vehicles but by private
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“A great in-depth article on ANCAP testing. However, you omitted to mention that some models within the range, say Hyundai i30 Go, do not score equally with a more up-spec model. So caution: reading ANCAP
Continue readingANCAP testing and ratings aren’t always clear. And some readers wonder why the current Mahindra XUV500 carries an ANCAP rating from 2012. MANY OF OUR READERS are confused about ANCAP safety ratings. They ask us
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INDEPENDENT SAFETY AUTHORITY, ANCAP, has released its latest round of findings, announcing that the Ford Focus, Hyundai Santa Fe, Genesis G70 and Jaguar I-Pace have all been awarded five stars. The new Ford Focus stood
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BUYERS ARE INCREASINGLY focusing on the safety of their new cars and more than anything else, depend on the ANCAP star rating system. Now it appears that the system may not be as transparent as
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