5 étoiles pour la Clio. Le contraire eut été étonnant!
Voici le
communiqué Renault.
Et voici le communiqué EURONCAP:
Tuesday, 28 June 2005
Euro NCAP announces 'Highest Scoring Car'
Euro NCAP, Europe’s leading independent crash test organisation, has
confirmed that the Peugeot’s 1007 becomes the highest scoring car ever in
all classes for adult occupant protection. The Peugeot is also Best in
the Super Mini Class and is one of seven cars to be awarded the coveted
five star adult occupant rating. Other crashworthiness results for
executive cars, family cars, small family cars, super-minis and small MPV’s
will be launched at a press conference today (28 June) in Stockholm
co-hosted by Euro NCAP and the Swedish Road Administration (SRA).
‘Best in Class’ awards for adult occupant protection were also
announced for the Lexus GS300 (executive) and Mercedes A-Class (small family).
Seven cars have achieved the four star Euro NCAP rating for child
protection. While Honda’s FR-V and Suzuki’s Swift are awarded the three star
Euro NCAP rating for pedestrian protection.
In this phase, intelligent seat belt reminders for rear seat occupants
have been introduced by Peugeot in their 1007 and by Mercedes in their
A-Class. Two cars reported on in earlier phases, the Renault Laguna and
Renault Vel Satis have had their Seat Belt Reminder systems extended to
cover the Front Passenger. All of this is significant, as increased
seat belt wearing rates are essential if we are to maximise the enormous
safety gains achieved by Euro NCAP over recent years and save the 7,000
fatalities attributed to non-belt use in Europe.
Claes Tingvall, Euro NCAP Chairman said,
“It is gratifying to see that more than half of the cars tested in this
phase achieved the top five star rating for adult occupant protection
and that three of the cars achieved the ‘Best in Class’ accolade, giving
Europe’s car buyers a wider range of safe cars than ever before to
choose from.
“I am encouraged to see that more cars than ever are achieving the four
Star Child Protection rating, when the recommended restraint is used.
This is a very welcome development, but it is important to note that the
rating applies only to the car in combination with the particular
restraint used.
“Many manufacturers are now focussed on pedestrian protection and are
making a good deal of progress in improving protection for pedestrians
and other vulnerable road users, although some are still lagging behind.
“I would urge all manufacturers to use the Best in Class as their bench
mark and for everyone to redouble their efforts in this important
safety area.
“All but one of the cars was fitted with some form of seat belt
reminder and I am delighted to see the increased fitment of belt reminders for
all seating positions.
“Many cars can now be purchased with Stability Control. Accident
research has shown that such systems help the driver maintain control of the
car and the research shows that if all cars in Europe were fitted with
stability control, thousands of lives could be saved. The benefits are
large enough for Euro NCAP to strongly recommend all car buyers to
choose a car with stability control, additional information can be found on
www.euroncap.com.”
Summary of Results
Superminis:
Peugeot 1007
Occupant Protection: 5 stars
Child Protection: 3 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 2 star
Renault Clio
Occupant Protection: 5 stars
Child Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 star
Citroën C1
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Child Protection: 3 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 2 star
Suzuki Swift
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Child Protection: 3 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 3 star
smart forfour
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Child Protection: 2 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 star
Small Family Cars:
Mercedes A-Class
Occupant Protection: 5 stars
Child Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 2 stars
Fiat Stilo
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Child Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 stars
Dacia Logan
Occupant Protection: 3 stars
Child Protection: 3 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 star
Family Cars:
BMW 3-Series
Occupant Protection: 5 stars
Child Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 1 star
VW Passat
Occupant Protection: 5 stars
Child Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 2 stars
Executive Cars:
Lexus GS300
Occupant Protection: 5 stars
Child Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 2 star
Small MPVs:
Opel/Vauxhall Zafira
Occupant Protection: 5 stars
Child Protection: 4 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 2 stars
Honda FR-V
Occupant Protection: 4 stars
Child Protection: 3 stars
Pedestrian Protection: 3 stars
Dr Stephen Ladyman, United Kingdom Transport Minister, said,
" I am pleased that car manufacturers are continuing to improve their
ratings in the independent Euro NCAP crash tests and are bringing
forward systems that improve car occupant safety. I particularly welcome the
uptake of measures to protect occupants during side impact and look
forward to seeing further increases in the protective measures provided
for this type of accident.
"But I would urge manufacturers to apply similar effort and ingenuity
to protecting our children to redress the disappointing scores for child
occupant protection”.
Andrew Miller, Director of Research, Thatcham, said,
“Thatcham, as the representative of the British Insurers, welcomes the
continued advance in adult passenger safety demonstrated in this latest
set of ratings. However, we are concerned to note that the Dacia Logan,
a vehicle designed for the accession states, has achieved a much lower
safety rating than that typical in the wider European market.”
David Ward, Director General of the FIA Foundation said,
"This launch is significant because for the first time Euro NCAP is
recommending electronic stability control (ESC) as a key safety feature
that consumers should look for when choosing a new car. Technology of
this kind can be vital in helping to prevent a crash, and complements Euro
NCAP's existing crash testing programme which focuses on minimising the
consequences if a crash does occur. The new generation of safe car must
combine technology for crash prevention as well as five star crash
protection."
Dr Wilfried Klanner, Testing and Technical Manager for the ADAC said,
“The total result of Phase 16 confirmed the good results of the
preceding phase. Passive vehicle safety has been continuously improved on a
broad basis. Despite the variety of the selected vehicle classes the
majority of the vehicles, once more, show a good safety standard.
“However, pedestrian protection still holds a large potential for
improvement. Except for the Honda FR-V and the Suzuki Swift which achieved
three stars, six car models achieved the two star rating but five
others, a disappointing one star rating in pedestrian protection.”
Guido Adriaenssens, ICRT Chief Executive said,
“Now that the vast majority of cars deliver adequate occupant
protection in frontal and side impacts, only the Dacia Logan is lagging behind
in the series of results presented today, Euro NCAP faces the challenge
to extent its rating to new areas.
“Whiplash related injuries are an important social phenomenon. Car
manufacturers tend to acknowledge that and introduce active systems in
their cars. ICRT strongly supports initiatives within Euro NCAP to extend
the program to include testing for Whiplash protection.”
Ends
For more information contact:
Euro NCAP Secretariat
Tel: + 32 2 400 77 40
Email:
Editors note:
1. Organisations participating to Euro NCAP include the Departments of
Transport of Sweden, The Netherlands, France, Germany, the United
Kingdom and Catalonia as well as the European Commission, the FIA
Foundation, the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC), Thatcham and the
International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT) on behalf of the
European consumer organisations.
2. The results are announced in Stockholm.
3. Future Phases will continue with testing of new cars in all
segments.
4. Australia has adopted the same testing protocols as Euro NCAP and
they are publishing results from Euro NCAP that are applicable in their
market. The Euro NCAP testing protocols are unique in that they include
tests for front, side impact and pole impact and also gives information
on pedestrian.
5. Euro NCAP introduced an additional star rating for child protection
in November 2003. This rating is for a combination of a car with
specific child seats that have been recommended by the car manufacturer. The
combination can now earn up to five stars for child protection. The
rating depends on the fitting instructions for the child seats, the car’s
ability to accommodate them safely and their performance in front and
side impact tests. However, there are important limitations to this
rating, which are:
• The child protection rating can not be used for the car alone, nor
can it be used for the car with a different combination of child seats.
• The tested child seat alone does not have a child protection rating.
• The same child seat tested in combination with other cars may give a
different child protection rating.
6. The front impact test is conducted at 64km/h (40mph) into an offset
deformable barrier, the side impact test 50km/h (30mph), the pole test
at 29km/h (18mph) and the pedestrian tests at 40km/h (25mph).
7. The full results will be on the web site
www.euroncap.com from 28
June.