Seven of the latest batch of eight cars to be submitted to the Euro NCAP safety tests have achieved the top five-star rating, while the eighth, the Citroen C3, would have achieved five rather than four stars if ESC (electronic stability control) systems had been fitted more widely across the range.
NCAP testing - first introduced in 1996 - when four and five star ratings were very rare, even for the less comprehensive suite of tests then in use. But has there perhaps been an element of safety-test "grade inflation"?
Euro NCAP five star winners:
*Honda Insight
*Kia Sorento
*Renault Grand
*Scenic Skoda Yeti
*Subaru Legacy
*Toyota Prius
*VW Polo
NCAP testing - first introduced in 1996 - when four and five star ratings were very rare, even for the less comprehensive suite of tests then in use. But has there perhaps been an element of safety-test "grade inflation"?
Euro NCAP five star winners:
*Honda Insight
*Kia Sorento
*Renault Grand
*Scenic Skoda Yeti
*Subaru Legacy
*Toyota Prius
*VW Polo
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