Shock tests: Toyota Etios and Fiat Cronos and Argo have passed the crash test?

Latin NCAP, the body responsible for evaluating the safety of cars sold at 0 km in Latin America, diffuses new results from your crash lab. This time he tested the Toyota Etios and Fiat Cronos and Argo models.

The Etios obtained four stars in protection for adult pbadengers, with 25.42 points out of 34.00 possible, and the same amount for childrenwith 40.00 out of 49.00. In the frontal collision, he got 10.61 points from 16.00 and in the side, 13.81 from 16.00.

The regional entity reporting to Global NCAP explained that "the structure of the vehicle and the surface of the feet were considered unstable"and they pointed out that" he showed marginal protection too good in both adult occupants for the frontal collision and the lateral collision. "

The Toyota model, rated in its hatchback and hatchback versions ("without" and "with" trunk, respectively), did not get the five-star for kids "because of the lack of adequate signaling required by Latin NCAP noting the presence of an airbag on the pbadenger seat, due to the absence of a disconnection device for the pbadenger airbag and the lack of adequate signaling of Isofix anchors.

The Argo and Cronos (which are basically the same car with two different silhouettes) have three stars in protection for adult pbadengers, with 24.41 points out of 34.00 possible, and four stars for childrenwith 37.47 out of 49.00. In the frontal crash, they took 10.97 points from 16.00 and in the side, 12.94 from 16.00.

"This showed a weak protection of the chest during lateral impact," said Latin NCAP, who describes the structure of these models as follows: "unstable at the limit of stability"even though, at the same time, he acknowledged that "he has a good projection and a good development in his design, which should allow improvements".

The lack of stability control in the most accessible versions (still Latin NCAP tests the "basic" variants) explains the three-star ranking for adults, according to the agency. And it did not reach five stars for kids by does not meet the signaling requirements Isofix anchors and pbadenger airbag.