February 28, 200620 yr Chevy Aveo performs poorly in European crash test Posted Feb 27th 2006 2:00PM by John Neff Filed under: Economy The European New Car Assessment Program (E-NCAP), which is sort of the EU equivalent to our own NHTSA or IIHS, recently tested the European version of the Chevy Aveo and found it to be severely lacking in occupant protection during 64 kmh (40 mph) frontal impacts. The risk is especially great to the driver, as the E-NCAP tests showed the Aveo’s steering wheel may cause severe chest injury. The Aveo received two stars and a strike through in the category of Adult Occupant Protection, the strike through indicating there is a high risk for life-threatening injury. It should be noted that crash testing in Europe is done a bit differently than here in the U.S., despite E-NCAP sharing a star rating system with the NHTSA. The differences are too deep to delve into here, but you can check out a full explanation of the E-NCAP test procedures here. The 2006 Chevy Aveo received an exemplary frontal impact rating of 5 stars from the NHTSA, so we’ll be very interested to see if the North American version of the 2007 Chevy Aveo fares as poorly in our own crash tests as it did in the E-NCAP test. Link: http://www.autoblog.com/2006/02/27/chevy-a...ean-crash-test/ --- I don't think I need to tell you guys that this is disappointing news.
February 28, 200620 yr Author Here's the Abode Acrobat file of the Aveo test: http://www.euroncap.com/images/results/sma...tasheet%202.pdf
March 7, 200620 yr The Aveo actually received 9 out of 14 stars: The same test shows that the Aveo outperformed the: Alfa Rome 147 Audi A3 Citroen Xsara Fiat Brava Ford Escort Honda Civic Hyundai Accent Kia Cerato Mercedes A Class Mitsubishi Lancer Nissan Almera Peugeot 307 Toyota Corolla VW Beetle Etc....
March 7, 200620 yr The Aveo actually received 9 out of 14 stars: The same test shows that the Aveo outperformed the: Alfa Rome 147 Audi A3 Citroen Xsara Fiat Brava Ford Escort Honda Civic Hyundai Accent Kia Cerato Mercedes A Class Mitsubishi Lancer Nissan Almera Peugeot 307 Toyota Corolla VW Beetle Etc.... Where'd you see that? According to this: http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_rat...tings.php?id1=2 Alfa Romeo 147 - 3 stars Audi A3 - 4 stars Chevrolet Aveo - 1.5 stars Citroen Xsara - 3 stars ('98; no longer made) Fiat Brava - 2 stars (no longer made) Ford Escort - 2 stars (no longer made) Honda Civic - 4 stars Hyundai Accent - 1.5 stars ('98; no longer made) Kia Cerato - 3 stars Mercedes A Class - 5 stars Mitsubishi Lancer - 1.5 stars ('97; no longer made) Nissan Almera - 1.5 stars ('99; no longer made) Peugeot 307 - 4 stars Toyota Corolla - 4 stars VW Beetle - 4 stars
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