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The crash narrow overlap IIHS test exposed flaws in the standard crash test procedures.
With the production of local models such as the Ford Falcon and Holden Commodore Toyota Camry set to stop in 2017, the New Car Assessment Program Australian ANCAP is also under threat.
Trial body of the accident has no federal funding beyond that date, and strong support of the automotive industry with which it must work.
Reader asked more than a dozen major automakers three questions surrounding the future of ANCAP A handful refused to take part in our anonymous survey, while others deferred to industry bodies such as the Federal Chamber of Industries of FCAI automobile.
However, the results that come through, revealed that several major manufacturers have little faith in the body of the accident in Australia.
Nine automakers have answered no to the question Your company ANCAP support to continue in its current form No says yes.
The second issue is that Australia needs its own crash testing laboratory, found that seven of the nine major manufacturers do not support local collision testing, while two say the scale of the market Australia requires local testing of foreign models that might otherwise fall through the gaps in international testing regimes.
A third question is the ANCAP process and easily understood rating system for consumers, and found that a single automaker said yes, with eight others answered in the negative.
A spokesman said FCAI time for local collision tests can be more.
With the globalization of the automotive industry and the harmonization of Australian design rules with United Nations regulations, the FCAI questions the relevance of a separate NCAP in Australia, she said.
ANCAP is an independent organization funded in part by the government that exists to support consumers rather than serve carmakers The organization has had rocky relationships with manufacturers since its crash tests published in 1993, car companies decried his scores as irrelevant in the real world until advertising began to focus on vehicle safety and Subaru and Renault became the first to announce the scores of five stars.
Reduced to its essence, the major manufacturers have problems with ANCAP are consistency and communication.
The body of the accident earned the ire of several automakers, nor Renault in Australia, when he asked the rear airbag protection for all cars seat five stars that more than two people Introduced from 1 January 2014, the system means that the Renault Clio and Captur twin models that lack the rear airbags respectively receive five stars and four scores simply because of their date of sale.
Outraged that the Captur receive a five-star rating in the Euro NCAP program, but only four stars instead, Renault Australia boss Justin Hocevar blasted the body of the accident, saying it was irrelevant following the imminent decline of the Australian automotive industry.
ANCAP stuck to his guns for a year before the adoption of EU regulations in 2015 that allow cars without rear airbags to receive be mandatory for five-star ANCAP Both Euro NCAP and soon require rear airbags for a car to qualify five score of -Star accident.
ANCAP chairman Lauchlan McIntosh dismisses critics as a small backflip problem of the organization for a small number of cars it is surprising that some manufacturers make such a meal of it, he said.
The Australian body adopt the European process in some areas, but not others BMW Australia has been disappointed this month to learn that a score Euro NCAP five stars for tailgate Active Tourer 2 of the series fall to four stars locally .
While ANCAP requires a minimum frontal impact score of 12 5 with a minimum combined score of 32 5, the BMW scored 11 34 and 32 34 respectively.
The 2 Series Active Tourer, which earns a five-star result in Europe, but only four stars in Australia's disappointing, BMW spokesman said Lenore Fletcher.
It raises questions about the relevance of the program if it is confusing to the manufacturer, I can not imagine how it is confusing to a consumer.
accident authority Communication can be difficult to understand so that the five-star rating system is in itself clear understanding of the criteria used to determine such a result is less The organization has tried to simplify his scores in 2014 by adding the results daters put at how consumers can compare a result of five stars from 2010 alongside its 2015 equivalent, McIntosh said when you can work for yourself.
Most people don t Drill too, they just want to know that the car was tested at the time, he said.
The crash group made headlines in 2014 when he criticized Nissan Australia for not offering an autonomous emergency braking on local variants of cars with technology from overseas territories.
The local chief of Nissan, Richard Emery, defended his company, saying that the technology was not available on models with right-hand drive of Nissan Australia was not a physically possible inclusion for the market Australian Emery said at the time that ANCAP obviously wanted to get them, which is good, but the manufacturer was upset to have been distinguished.
But McIntosh said ANCAP relationships with manufacturers are good.
We will have disagreements with manufacturers who does meet the standard, he said.
It has always been the case, it is not our duty to advocate for manufacturers.
The spokesman outspoken safety Ford had in his sights at the Bangkok Motor Show after revelations that the Ranger ute Melbourne developed provide first class safety features in Australia and New Zealand, but removing equipment rescue such as airbags and stability control of vehicles sold in emerging markets.
It is measures of this kind of cost reduction, McIntosh said the role of ANCAP ram home among manufacturers keeping officials.
The Ford Ranger, for example, is why we must continue testing, he said.
We must ensure that we do not get that waste here.
We must ensure that the quality of the vehicles that are sold as new cars are best practices of the world so that consumers can see what we're getting.
Associate Professor Stuart Newstead Research Compensation Board Monash University said the body of the accident played a key role in setting security buyers shopping lists.
In the days before ANCAP safety was not really on the agenda, it was the volume of stereos and gloss alloy wheels, he said.
What he has done is help bring security choices and vehicle safety at the top of the agenda.
Hocevar and others argue that the decline in the Australian automotive manufacturing industry will not significant ANCAP Most of his scores have come in the wake of foreign examinations The latest results presented verdicts for seven new cars Fair Mitsubishi Triton ute has been tested locally.
Jamie Briggs, Deputy Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development, said ANCAP is essential to the promotion of technological improvements in the road safety sector.
After closing Vehicle Manufacturers of Australia, it is likely that some vehicles imported for sale in Australia can continue to be tested by ANCAP crash, Briggs said.
This can happen in cases where the imported vehicles are not tested by Euro NCAP CRASH due to their not available for sale in Europe or relatively less popular in other markets.
Australia's position as a hard right hand market could be the key to the future of ANCAP The vast majority of crash models tested abroad are built LHD, with key mechanical differences for cars sold A another argument locally for the local test is the new Australian car market is among the most diverse in the world and the market development models should be held to the same high standards as established brands.
But most automakers are not convinced that the crash tests must take place locally.
A leader of the car told Drive that during security tests independent vehicles should be comprehensive and coherent, where it is not a requirement, it would be that it is close to the vehicle manufacturer.
The original argument against standardized laboratory crash tests that are not relevant is still high today that correlated data from more than 4 to 5 million collisions, injuries watching in real collisions and how they compare with the official results, said Newstead ANCAP scores do not necessarily correlate with the legitimate accidents.
One explanation may be that manufacturers design cars only to pass standardized tests rather than a holistic approach to improving the outcome of actual collisions.
I think there may be evidence of this, but it is a bit difficult to grasp, said Newstead.
He can explain the difference between the crash tests and real world results.
Automakers design don t and manufacture a car, send it to market and hope it comes with a high score.
Hyundai crushed dozens of Genesis pre-production sedans on its search site and Namyang development in Korea before signing on a sedan that marked ANCAP s cause the highest ever It is no coincidence that all Hyundai barring commercial vans has score of five stars safety.
Fearing that the standard crash tests may not reflect actual collisions, the Insurance Institute of the United States for road safety has introduced a strong recovery test in 2012.
President Adrian Lund Institute said at the time that almost every car works well in other frontal crash test, but we still see more than 10,000 deaths in frontal crashes each year.
The small overlap crashes are a major source of these deaths, he said.
Newstead said the results narrow offset tests were amazing.
Car manufacturers designed for another test and when they become more expensive they didn t give good results, he said.
ANCAP not conducted tests narrow overlap rear impact or rollover, although this may change in the future.
Under the rules of ANCAP, a Town Car or SUV limousine 1000 kg two tons may receive the same score of five-star crash.
The Suzuki Swift has a ANCAP safety rating five stars, but the mixed performance in real world accidents seen struggling with a very poor brand star in MUARC of DEDUCTIONS vehicle safety ratings.
Similarly, Nissan Maxima 2006-2009 receives four star ANCAP and evaluation used five stars and five stars for Holden's VE Commodore replaced down to four stars on the road.
the physics of the real world are reflected in automotive safety occasion Notes No city car gets more marginal results, while larger cars and sport utility vehicles are more likely to receive maximum points depending on how they were able to protect occupants in crashes with other vehicles.
Success in the laboratory of the accident are not directly correlated with the practices collisions.
But Newstead said ANCAP is right not to compare cars in the city with much larger models.
We want to start a race with arms people who buy SUVs to protect each other, he said.
I think ANCAP is quite right to point out that in their assessments.
Clearly ANCAP must do more than crash test models locally built Holden, Ford and Toyota The organization is evolving, becoming more closely aligned to international standards conducted by the reference organization Euro NCAP.
Cars must already have electronic functions such as reminders of safety and control electronic stability belts in order to earn a score of five stars The Australian body is set to raise its minimum requirements in the coming years to include functions active safety such as self-braking and pedestrian detection systems to be tested locally and abroad.
We will be more involved in the decision making process of Euro NCAP we have in the past.
We try to give consumers the best information they can get.
Newstead said ANCAP is on track in pursuit driving aids.
We must ensure that we do a lot of real world validation of these things to make sure they perform in the real world, he said.
It is quite useless if it's better I think security is a little luck with an open discussion and careful thought we can keep in relevant and effective future.
The new assessment of the Australian car program is part of a network of organizations responsible for the accident to test new cars traditionally led by the great and influential body Euro NCAP, members satellites such as Latin NCAP and ANCAP are now part of the global network NCAP that aims to harmonize procedures and results in the world funded by governments, donations and automobile clubs tests such as NRMA or RACV, ANCAP does not keep close ties with the automobile manufacturers, but can accept cars subjected to tests rather than buying its own test examples It works cars through a strictly controlled test procedure, summarizing the complicated results in a rating of one to five stars.
Reader sent the following questions to the 20 most popular car manufacturers in Australia Companies that responded officially accounted for over 40 percent of all new cars sold in Australia last year.
Does your company ANCAP support to continue in its current form Yes 0 No 100.
Does Australia needs its own crash test body Yes 22 No 78.
The ANCAP process and easily understood rating system for consumers Yes 11 No 89.
Does Australia needs ANCAP does, Australia, need.