Cars with big aspirations: Fiat 500 and Kia Cee'dToday, Euro NCAP releases the results for two Superminis, the Fiat 500 and the Renault Twingo. Euro NCAP is also releasing the results for two more cars in the small family class, the Kia Cee’d and the Peugeot 308. Three out of the four car results being released today have achieved five star ratings for adult occupant protection.
The iconic Fiat 500, Euro NCAP is pleased to announce, received five stars in adult occupant protection with an overall score of 35 points, revealing that Fiat has not compromised safety, even when compromising the car’s size. Renault’s Twingo, the other supermini result released today, received a four-star result in adult occupant protection with an overall score of 28 points. No child protection rating is available for the Twingo as there was not enough space to fit Renault’s recommended child restraints in the rear seats with the front seats set to Euro NCAP’s test position for adults.
Euro NCAP is also greatly encouraged with the five star result achieved by the Kia Cee’d, as it is the first Kia to do so since Euro NCAP first tested this make of car in 2003. The Peugeot 308, the other small family car test result released today, received five stars in adult occupant protection and a higher result in pedestrian protection than the Kia Cee’d, with a three star score.
Euro NCAP’s Secretary-General Adrian Hobbs said ‘I am particularly happy to see the adult occupant protection results for the Fiat 500 and the Kia Cee’d. It is encouraging to see another small car offering high protection for its adult occupants. Congratulations also go to Kia for their first 5-star result. It is satisfying that manufacturers from all parts of the world are putting safety first.’
Today, Euro NCAP releases results for two cars in the Supermini category and two cars in the Small Family categories.
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Editors’ notes
- With the introduction some time ago of the Child Occupant Protection rating it is important to refer to the Adult Occupant Protection rating correctly. In the past, this has been referred to as the “Overall” or “Occupant” rating. Neither of these is now satisfactory.
- 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).
- Comparison between Size Categories: It is essential that no attempt is made to compare the ratings between cars in different segments or mass groups. The frontal crash test aims to measure the performance of the car impacting another car of similar mass. There is no capability to determine what would happen if cars of widely different masses impact each other. It is not primarily the mass difference that has the effect, but the effect that mass has on the structural stiffness combined with the relative height of the structures from the ground.