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VW Fox

Rating
Score
ADULT OCCUPANT
****
28
Front: 13.9
Side: 13.5
Seatbelt reminder: 1
CHILD OCCUPANT
****
42
PEDESTRIAN
**
12


 
Adult occupant protection
Head: Good, Neck: Good, Chest: Adequate, Upper leg right: Marginal, Upper leg left: Marginal, Lower leg right: Good, Lower leg left: Adequate, Right foot: Good, Left foot: Good
Frontal impact driver
Head: Good, Neck: Good, Chest: Good, Upper leg right: Marginal, Upper leg left: Marginal, Lower leg right: Good, Lower leg left: Good
Frontal impact passenger
Head: Good, Chest: Marginal, Abdomen: Good, Pelvis: Adequate
Side impact driver

Child restraints
18 month old ChildFair Bimbo Fix Type II ISOFIX ("Bobsy"), rearward facing
3 year old ChildFair Bimbo Fix Type II ISOFIX ("Bobsy"), forward facing
Pedestrian protection

Pedestrian protection

Safety equipment
Front seatbelt pretensioners
Front seatbelt load limiters
Driver frontal airbag
Front passenger frontal airbag
Side body airbags
Side head airbags
Driver knee airbag
ISOfix front
ISOfix rear
Car details
Body type3 door hatchback
Year of publication2005
Kerb weight1010kg
VIN from which rating appliesWVWZZZ5ZZ64025622

Comments
Front impact
Structures in the dashboard represented a potential hazard to the knees and femurs on both the driver's side and the passenger's.

Side impact
In the side impact, forces transferred in an unrealistic manner up the test dummy’s spine, reducing the forces recorded by the instrumentation in its chest. The car was penalised for this.

Child occupant
An inadequate warning was given against using a rearward-facing child restraint in the front passenger's seat. Moreover, the label was positioned on the windscreen and might not be on replacement parts.

Pedestrian
Neither the bumper nor the leading edge of the bonnet scored any points for the protection they offered to pedestrians.

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