Mazda CX-3 four-star Euro NCAP crash test shock - UPDATE - CarAdvice
incorrect, if they are the same level of safety, the new car should share the same number as the earlier car. if the 2012 car was 5 stars, then it would be the same 5 stars in 2015, while safer cars may be up to say 8 stars in 2015, and maybe in 2020 it will be 15 stars, the number climbs with the advancement of the measured level of safety – you’re... However the biggest concern of mine is the pedestrian rating(which I think it’s a different concept and should not be included in the star rating), I don’t think anyone who buys a car would ask, ‘ if this car likely to kill if it run into a person. Toyota Aurion gets 4 stars, or an older model Merc C-Class gets 4. 5 stars (due to it not having a seatbelt warning signal or something else trivial). If a Barina and a Merc (or lets say this CX-3 or Aurion) crashes into each other – which would you prefer to be in. To all those suggesting 5 star = safest – you are dead wrong. When you crash a car into a wall, you are crashing it into itself (equal and opposite reaction thingy). So you can make a lighter car structurally weaker (Barina) and still have is pass with 5 stars – it only crashes into self. That’s precisely why Mercedes crashed it’s A-Class into an E-Class saloon for safety testing – to make it safer in the real world. It would only be of benefit having a weaker car if you crashed into a concrete wall – perhaps. Source: www.caradvice.com.au
