Friday, January 28, 2011

EuroNCAP, the Alfa Romeo Giulietta in 2010 to top

There is also the Alfa Romeo Giulietta between the "queens EuroNCAP. The compact Alfa Romeo in 2010, was one of the cars that left the court with the best crash test conducted by the New Car Assessment Programme in Brussels. In total, the vehicles covered by the NCAP crash tests in 2010 were 29. 65% reported a perfect score (5 stars).

Compared to 90% in 2009, may seem a step backwards. In fact, this decrease is due to a tightening of requirements for determining the degree of security offered by each vehicle. In order to fall into the restricted club of the 5 "models considered at the top for safety, in addition to getting the 5 stars of Judgement, have also had to reach a very high degree of security, which is obtained from the ratio of the individual" voices " that make up the NCAP crash test: adult occupant protection, children, pedestrians and safety equipment as standard (which, since 2009, for admission to the NCAP test, must also include electronic stability control ESC).

To cars that have reported have been assigned the highest rating of awards, based on their category. Here, model for model, the winning car. An ideal Top Ten was then calculated from the results obtained from five other cars that, overall, have achieved a degree of security than 80%: BMW X1, Citroen C4, Come Kia, Suzuki Swift, Volkswagen Sharan - Seat Alhambra.

... And the "black shirts" As previously reported by motors. it in recent months, not all the models tested have come from head-on crash test. Two cars, in particular, reported an overall mediocre. This is the Citroen Nemo, which were awarded three stars, and the MPV Chinese Landwind CV9 (which just got two stars: being the worst among all models tested.

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