Kia Picanto performed extremely poorly in crash tests. Yet hardly anyone was surprised by this.
NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) It has been in the automobile industry since 1979. Originally created by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the organization has since around the world started to operate.
Latin arm of the organization, Latin America conducts safety tests for cars put on sale in their countries. Cars are very frequent in these tests 5 stars Even though it cannot get 0 stars, getting 0 stars is even more rare.
Zero star to Kia Picanto
Latin NCAP the last test is the recently made-up Kia picanto happened. The test results were not pleasant at all. Some South America in their countries Kia Morning The car, also sold under the name, received zero stars in tests.
There was no serious measure in terms of security in the car that was put to the test. One driver airbagOther than seat belt reminder and belt tension protection security measures not included. In addition, ABS, ESC, airbags were seen as optional in the test vehicle.
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In general tests Picantohas failed in terms of adult protection. The vehicle especially chest part It turned out that he could hardly protect him. The car’s performance in areas such as child protection or skid protection has not been better either.
Not the first car to pull zero
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In Latin NCAP The Kia Picanto isn’t the first car to pull off zero, and it probably won’t be the last. Also recently Chery Tiggo 3 (double airbag), Hyundai Accent (without air cushion) and Mitsubishi L200 (without air cushion) scored zero stars in this test. All three cars were tested between September 2018 and November 2019.
The Kia Picanto was not a car sold with the claim of being very robust. Still the vehicle zero star it was not something expected to receive. The vehicle failed particularly in front or rear crash tests. You can watch the test images from the link below.
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