Peugeot 1007 savest car in Europe!

[jorismo]

EuroNCAP tested 13 new cars recently on their safety. The test were aimed at: Passagier protection, Child protection and Pedestrian protection. The Peugeot 1007 finished with the highest score ever, not just in his own class but also in the overall test. The Mercedes A-Class and the Lexus GS managed to set a new record in their own class. The Suzuki Swift and Honda FR-V are the safest for pedestrians, they score 3 stars. The Dacia Logan scored the least points and stars of all.

In the list below, you can see the tested cars and their results.
Passengier Child Pedestrian
protection protection protection
BMW 3-serie 5 stars 4 stars 1 star
Citroën C1 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars
Dacia Logan 3 stars 3 stars 1 star
Fiat Stilo 4 stars 4 stars 1 star
Honda FR-V 4 stars 3 stars 3 stars
Lexus GS 5 stars 4 stars 2 stars
Mercedes A 5 stars 4 stars 2 stars
Opel Zafira 5 stars 4 stars 2 stars
Peugeot 1007 5 stars 3 stars 2 stars
Renault Clio 5 stars 4 stars 1 star
Smart forfour 4 stars 2 stars 1 star
Suzuki Swift 4 stars 3 stars 3 stars
VW Passat 5 stars 4 stars 2 stars

[jorismo]

Crashtest #2

[jorismo]

Crashtest #3

[jorismo]

Crashtest #4

[Wouter Melissen]

It is also the coolest city car in Europe.

[Spastik_Roach]

I'm presuming there are more tests than that than just those 3? Because if not, then there are quite a few cars in that result there that beat the 1007 in points.

[Rijoh]

It is also ridiculously expensive for such a small car

[Wouter Melissen]

It is also ridiculously expensive for such a small car

Yeah but those doors are awesome.

[jorismo]

Yeah but those doors are awesome.

That's gotta be the best car inovation since the climate control or something...

[nota]

Until your 1007 'meets' a fat tank like these, eg, then you get a quick lesson in physics

Mercedes W140 vs Golfs (1 & 2) W140 vs Opel Corsa, W116 vs Ford Capri

[Pando]

Until your 1007 'meets' a fat tank like these, eg, then you get a quick lesson in physics

Mercedes W140 vs Golfs (1 & 2) W140 vs Opel Corsa, W116 vs Ford Capri

Wow! Way to "own" the capri in the last pic! Reminds me of the good ol 240 Volvos made of just steel and concrete.

[nota]

Yeah that Capri one is a real beaut

Those old Volvos looked like the box they came in, but were tough buggers thats for sure

[McReis]

Until your 1007 'meets' a fat tank like these, eg, then you get a quick lesson in physics

Mercedes W140 vs Golfs (1 & 2) W140 vs Opel Corsa, W116 vs Ford Capri

A car being tough only ads to the danger of it's occupants. Cars are softer this days so they can absorb the impact. Imagine you were driving a car entirely made of concrete: every small chock would have an immense impact on your body.

[jorismo]

Until your 1007 'meets' a fat tank like these, eg, then you get a quick lesson in physics

Yes, but those cars are really old, things have improved big since those days...

[motorsportnerd]

There was a test done on Fifth Gear sometime last year where a 2004 Renault Espace and a 1994 Renault Espace were crashed head on.
The new Espace is a five star NCAP car, the older car probably a two star. Anyway, the "dummies" in the old Espace would have been killed and the ones in the new Espace would have walked away. I forget speed of crash, but it was higher than the NCAP 35 miles per overlap test. I think it was 40 mph. The airbags in the new Espace did not even go off.
The conclusion was that the new car was obviously much safer. However, because new cars have to be extremely stiff in some parts of the chassis/body, and very soft in other parts, the overall effect meeting 5-star NCAP standards was that the new Espace was much more aggressive than the older car. Effectively, the older car did all the absorbing of the energy on behalf of the newer car.
We often talk about how aggressive 4WDs are towards the cars they hit. It appears that a 5-star NCAP car is very aggressive towards a similar size older car as well - and much more aggressive than any smaller car it hits. If two similar size 5-star NCAP cars hit each other, than they are equally aggressive towards each other.
Also, interesting to note in that test that the computers monitoring the crash forces didn't believe the forces of the crash on the 2004 Renault Espace were enough to warrant firing any of the airbags.