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ANCAP To Merge Standards With Euro NCAP By 2018

The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has revealed plans to merge its standards with Euro NCAP by 2018. A three-year transition period begins in 2015, during which time both Euro NCAP and ANCAP standards will be observed by the local safe


The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has revealed plans to merge its standards with Euro NCAP by 2018.

A three-year transition period begins in 2015, during which time both Euro NCAP and ANCAP standards will be observed by the local safety body.

Models sold in Europe and Australia during the next three years will only need to be tested in Europe, as the same safety rating will be applied in both markets.

Europe currently has a slightly longer list of compulsory standard safety features than Australia, which ANCAP hopes will end the practice of ‘optioning down’ models before they are sold from local showrooms.

Cars sold in Australia but not sold in Europe will continue to be tested locally, with ANCAP’s current ‘Rating Road Map’ used to assess results over the next three years.

By 2018, only one set of standards will remain; applying to new cars sold in both local and European markets. That means cars will continue to be crash tested in Australia if they aren’t offered for sale in Europe, but the same safety standards will apply.

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