Australia’s independent vehicle crash-tester ANCAP has released its latest round of safety scores with the Jaguar E-PACE, Mercedes-Benz X-Class, Volkswagen Polo and BMW X2 all securing the coveted five-star safety ratings.
The big news is the X-Class scoring strongly, it comes standard with autonomous emergency braking across all variants – the first ute in Australia to offer the safety tech.
“This is a game-changer for the ute market and puts pressure on competing brands,” said ANCAP Chief Executive, Mr James Goodwin.
“The light commercial vehicle segment has generally lagged passenger cars and SUVs with regard to safety specification, so the inclusion of AEB as standard across the X-Class range is to be commended,” he said.
The E-PACE, Jaguar’s first compact SUV recorded high scores of 86 per cent for adult occupant protection, 87 per cent for child occupant protection and 77 per cent for pedestrian protection.
Jaguar will offer the E-PACE with a comprehensive suite of standard safety systems, including autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian detection.
“The Jaguar E-PACE scored well across all assessment areas and features a ‘pop-up’ bonnet and external airbag to improve head protection for struck pedestrians,” Goodwin added.
Volkswagen’s new Polo scored a high 96 per cent for adult occupant protection with maximum points scored for the driver in the full width frontal, side impact and oblique pole tests.
The incoming BMW X2 also secured the five-star score, however, the result is based on testing of the BMW X1. The X2 shares a platform and the majority of its structure with the X1 which was released in 2015.
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