Škoda-Volkswagen have once again received a 5-star Global New Car Assessment Program safety rating. This time, the twins Slavia and Virtus received this highest rating by scoring 29.71 points for adult occupant safety and 42 points for the child occupant protection.
In the frontal impact test, the cars offered good protection to the driver’s head and neck areas. Further, the chest protection for both the front occupants was adequate while the knees reported as good protection. Not to mention the tibias of the driver were rated as adequate while the passenger’s tibias were rated as good.
Apart from this, both the footwell area as well as the body shell were rated as stable.
Coming to the side impact tests, the car offered adequate protection to the head, chest and abdomen. The pelvis was rated as good protection.
In the pole impact tests, the curtain airbag were deployed offering good protection to the head, abdomen and pelvis. Meanwhile the chest area was rated at marginal.
Both the child seats for the 3 year old and the 18 month old dummies were able to prevent head exposure in the front impact tests. They offered full protection. Further, the child restraint system on the cars fully protected the young occupants in the side impact tests.
Under the Global NCAP test protocol, Kushaq too scored a perfect 5-star safety rating. The SUV’s twin Volkswagen Taigun, too, received the 5-star safety rating. Both the SUVs use the same underpinning from ŠKODA Auto Volkswagen India Group. More interestingly, both these midsize SUVs were the first vehicles to achieve a 5-star rating for both adult and child occupants under the new testing protocols.
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