Dacia Logan MCV

In the frontal impact test, the passenger compartment suffered extensive deformation and could clearly not withstand any further loading. There was a large fold at the top of the windscreen pillar and the bottom load path through the wheel and sill had lost its integrity, and the car was penalised. This penalty, together with dummy readings of chest compression, resulted in the driver's chest protection being rated as weak. Neither the driver nor the passenger seatbelt has a pretensioner. Dummy readings indicated good protection of the knees and femurs of the driver and passenger. However, structures on the driver's side of the dashboard - steering column, fuse box and brackets - presented a hazard to occupants of different statures and to those sat in different positions, and protection of the knees and femurs was rated as marginal. The rear mounting of the front lower subframe was pushed rearwards in the impact, rupturing the footwell area. Rearward movement of the clutch was 144mm and protection of the driver's feet and ankles was rated as weak. In the side impact, the seat-mounted head/thorax airbag deployed forward of the dummy's head and provided very little protection. While dummy readings were not excessive, a penalty was applied to the head protection in both the side barrier and pole tests owing to the incorrect deployment of the airbag in the side barrier test. In the pole test, dummy readings of rib compression indicated weak chest protection. The driver's seat was pushed sideways and covered the seatbelt buckle, which could not then be released. The seatbelt had to be cut in order to remove the dummy from the car. Tests indicated marginal protection against whiplash injury for the front seat occupants in a rear-end collision. A geometric assessment of the rear seats indicated poor whiplash protection.