MINI Cooper Earns 5 Star Euro NCAP Rating
Posted 30th April, 2007 in Mini | Leave a comment
Euro NCAP and MINI have revealed the second generation MINI has achieved a 5 Star Euro NCAP crash test rating for occupant protection. In addition, the MINI scored a reasonable 3 stars for child occupant protection, and 2 stars for pedestrian impact.
Very good results in head-on and side-on/pillar crash tests showed risk of injury to occupants to be minimal. The new MINI Cooper achieved 13 out of 16 points for deformation behaviour in a head-on collision, and 16 from 18 points in the side-on and pillar collision. In the offset frontal crash test, the structure of the passenger cell was maintained. 4,000 individual welding points in the body shell optimise the MINI Cooper’s structural safety.
The MINI Cooper is 60 mm longer than its predecessor to meet pedestrian impact regulations. The car also comes as standard with six airbags, three-point inertia-reel seat belts on all four seats and ISOFIX child seat fastening systems in the rear.
Active safety was identified as a priority in the development of the new MINI. Brake Assistant, Cornering Brake Control (CBC) and Electronic Brake Force Distribution (EBFD) in the new MINI Cooper may be supplemented as an option by on-demand traction control (ASC+T – standard on Cooper S models) and Dynamic Stability Control (DSC), complete with uphill start assistance.
[Source: MINI]
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