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ANCAP: 5 Safety Stars For Patriot, 3 For Great Wall V200

Jeep’s ageing Patriot 4×2 has been given a top five-star safety rating this week by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). Now into its eighth year on the global stage, the Patriot has nonetheless out-scored Great Wall’s V-Ser


Jeep’s ageing Patriot 4x2 has been given a top five-star safety rating this week by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).

Now into its eighth year on the global stage, the Patriot has nonetheless out-scored Great Wall’s V-Series pickup, which was today given a 3-Star rating in single-cab V200 diesel form.

The V-Series pickups have been on sale in China as the ‘Wingle’ since 2006, but the range first debuted in Australia four years later in 2010. The petrol V240, tested in 2009 in dual-cab form, continues on a 2-star rating.

Importantly, both the V200 and Patriot have been tested to ANCAP's 2011 standard (as shown in the above image), due to the age of both models.

Safety features in both the single- and dual-cab models are limited to antilock brakes and dual front airbags. Electronic stability control (ESC) remains unavailable.

Today’s result for the V200 follows news that the Tata Xenon, which also debuted overseas in 2006, now carries a 4-Star ANCAP rating, thanks to the addition of electronic stability control.

The V200’s new score does however put it on the same footing as Foton’s Tunland and the Mahindra Pik-up, which both also carry 3-Star ratings.

Announcing the results today, ANCAP Chairman Lauchlan McIntosh again railed against the standard of safety in the ‘light commercial vehicle’ (LCV) segment.

"Today's two ratings highlight the differences we're still seeing between passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles,” he said.

"LCVs are still being afforded regulatory concessions when it comes to safety but there is no reason why LCVs should be built to lesser standards than passenger cars.”

Mr McIntosh said that while some 90 percent of new passenger vehicles sold year-to-date carry a 5-Star rating, only 55 percent of LCVs met the same standard.

Electronic stability control is not yet required for LCVs sold in Australia (although the federal government last year confirmed plans to mandate its introduction), but a number of carmakers now include their technology as standard equipment.

Models such as the Volkswagen Amarok, Ford Ranger, Mazda BT-50 and various models in the Toyota HiLuxIsuzu D-Max and Holden Colorado ranges, now feature ESC and carry a 5-Star ANCAP rating.

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