Tesla Mannequin Y SUV smashes Euro NCAP security check

• Mannequin Y presents 98% grownup occupant safety
• All Genesis SUVs now have a five-star security ranking
• Kia Niro solely will get four-star rating in base spec

Euro NCAP has launched its latest batch of security check outcomes, with the Tesla Mannequin Y clinching itself a full five-star ranking. Different highlights from the latest assessments embody five-star security rankings for the electrical Genesis GV60 SUV and ORA Funky Cat supermini, whereas the otherwise-impressive Kia Niro might solely muster four-stars in entry-level kind. 

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Tesla is famend for its cutting-edge driver help tech and this led to the Mannequin Y scoring full marks within the unbiased European physique’s ‘lane help’ and camera-based system assessments. The Mannequin Y additionally achieved a rating of 97 % and 98 % within the ‘Grownup Occupant Safety’ and ‘Security Help’ assessments respectively, making Elon Musk’s electrical automotive one of many most secure fashions Euro NCAP has examined in latest historical past.

Additionally scoring prime marks was the Chinese language electrical hatchback, the ORA Funky Cat, in addition to the futuristic Genesis GV60. Regardless of being a newcomer to Euro NCAP assessments, the Genesis model has frequently carried out effectively – with all three of the model’s SUVs scoring the complete 5 stars.

At Carbuyer, we regularly report how stringent Euro NCAP security assessments have gotten, and the outcomes of the all-new Kia Niro are a superb instance of this. Accessible as a self-charging hybrid, a plug-in hybrid and a full EV, the Niro might solely handle a four-star rating in its base ‘2’ specification. 

Whereas that is no means an abysmal rating – the Dacia Jogger solely lately was branded with a one star ranking – it’s nonetheless beneath that of rivals such because the Renault Captur E-Tech. Having stated that, when specified with the non-compulsory DriveWise security pack, Kia’s compact SUV is lastly capable of obtain a five-star security ranking, because of the addition of radar sensing tools.

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