New Suzuki Swift Only Has A Three Star Crash Rating, Unless You Option Safety Gear
We’ve gotten to the point now where we just sort of assume a new car will get five stars in an NCAP crash test. Car safety has come a long way in recent years, to the point where a brand new supermini from a major manufacturer clocking only three stars stands out.
Three stars is the thoroughly meh score netted by the new Suzuki Swift in its recent Euro NCAP test. But, there’s a caveat: if you pay for the ‘safety pack’ with its autonomous emergency braking system, you’re looking a four star car.
A welcome improvement, but still down on many of its competitors. The Nissan Micra was also included in Euro NCAP’s latest bout of crash tests, and managed a five star rating. Again though, for the top rating, you need to have ticked the right option boxes to have an autonomous braking system - without it, it’s only a four star car.
What are your thoughts on these systems? Would you pay to option when buying a new car? Let us know in the comments.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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The passing from life to death will be Swift.
since when was suzuki a major manufacturer lol
in India they’re the biggest manufacturer with a market share of about 70%. 25% goes to Hyundai and the other manufacturers fight out the remaining 5%.
Will a autonomous emergency braking system , make the “shell” or the “car” any stronger against crashes ? …
I dont think so
Actually, it might improve real-world crash results. If the car is able to slow down even a bit before impact, it can make a huge difference.
Considering that the structures of cars have barely improved over the last 15 years (Pretty much the biggest difference in structural integrity is in small-overlap scenarios. The 40% overlap test has seen cars withstand the impact perfectly since the late 90’s), and we’ve seen airbags all around in the last 10 years, the next obvious “grading” step is crash PREVENTION systems.
By these standards my truck gets a negative 3 star rating
In India these are the best selling cars unfortunately. Suzuki and Hyundai are the two largest manufacturers here and both make “stylish yet unsafe” tin cans on wheels. Since they skip a lot on structural safety they have the benefit of pricing their products well below the other Japanese/European rivals in every segment and therefore forcing the other manufacturers to either get down to unsafe engineering or fight a lost cause and die out.
The sooner my fellow countrymen realize that adding 6 airbags to a tin can does not make it safe, the better.
Why does India not have safety regulations? Do manufacturers bribe politicians?
Ncap Ratings are ridiculous. They should rate passive safety and then do some additional extra points for electronic systems. In the case of crash theese are worth big pile of crap. In case of crash the passive safety matters, which in this case on par with other cars in same class.
I gat that theese systems helps when the driver is not at full attention but if somebody came in opposite way they will do nothing. And it does not matter if your car has paper structure with radars and 5 stars. You will be dead.
for some reason i really like the Suzuki swift
I think those tests went Swiftly, wouldn’t you say.
Theyre doin what they do in india accept the fact that in india without a safety package you get 0 stars
I couldn’t complain about safety.