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Volkswagen New Amarok scores 3 stars in Latin NCAP crash test
The Volkswagen New Amarok, produced in Argentina, achieved three stars. The New Amarok offers 6 airbags and ESC as standard, achieved 80.87% in Adult Occupant, 87.08% in Child Occupant, 62.18% in Pedestrian Protection and Vulnerable Road Users and 66.28% in Safety Assist. It was tested in frontal impact, side impact, side pole impact, whiplash, pedestrian protection, ESC, AEB interurban and LSS.
The frontal impact showed stable structure and stable footwell area, marginal chest protection for the driver and adequate for the passenger’s chest. Side impact protection showed good protection thanks to the standard side body and curtain airbags, and pole impact test showed adequate chest protection for the adult. Whiplash protection was marginal. Both child occupants were installed rearward facing using ISOFIX anchorages, following global best practices, showing overall good protection. Pedestrian protection showed mostly adequate and good protection for the head, and good protection for upper and lower leg. The New Amarok offers Forward Collision Warning as optional that showed good performance. However, as this is not an active braking system it could not score higher in the AEB assessment (the system issues an alert, but the vehicle does not brake on its own). The driving assistance technologies include Lane Departure Warning that could not achieve higher score as this is not an active system (the system issues an alert, but the vehicle does not correct its trajectory on its own). By improving the AEB and LSS scores thru adding active systems with good performance and meeting Latin NCAP’s availability requirements, the model could achieve top star rating. The model was tested as a voluntary decision of the manufacturer.
The Volkswagen New Amarok tested by Latin NCAP is not the same New Amarok as in other markets worldwide. Latin America’s New Amarok is unique to the region and not sold anywhere else, that is why the three stars rating is only valid for this model in Latin America.
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The Volkswagen New Amarok, produced in Argentina, achieved three stars. The New Amarok offers 6 airbags and ESC as standard, achieved 80.87% in Adult Occupant, 87.08% in Child Occupant, 62.18% in Pedestrian Protection and Vulnerable Road Users and 66.28% in Safety Assist. It was tested in frontal impact, side impact, side pole impact, whiplash, pedestrian protection, ESC, AEB interurban and LSS.
The frontal impact showed stable structure and stable footwell area, marginal chest protection for the driver and adequate for the passenger’s chest. Side impact protection showed good protection thanks to the standard side body and curtain airbags, and pole impact test showed adequate chest protection for the adult. Whiplash protection was marginal. Both child occupants were installed rearward facing using ISOFIX anchorages, following global best practices, showing overall good protection. Pedestrian protection showed mostly adequate and good protection for the head, and good protection for upper and lower leg. The New Amarok offers Forward Collision Warning as optional that showed good performance. However, as this is not an active braking system it could not score higher in the AEB assessment (the system issues an alert, but the vehicle does not brake on its own). The driving assistance technologies include Lane Departure Warning that could not achieve higher score as this is not an active system (the system issues an alert, but the vehicle does not correct its trajectory on its own). By improving the AEB and LSS scores thru adding active systems with good performance and meeting Latin NCAP’s availability requirements, the model could achieve top star rating. The model was tested as a voluntary decision of the manufacturer.
The Volkswagen New Amarok tested by Latin NCAP is not the same New Amarok as in other markets worldwide. Latin America’s New Amarok is unique to the region and not sold anywhere else, that is why the three stars rating is only valid for this model in Latin America.
globalncap