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Proton Jumbuck, Great Wall Utes Perform Poorly In ANCAP Crash Safety Tests

THE PROTON JUMBUCK, Australia's cheapest ute, has scored a dismal 1-Star rating after the latest round of ANCAP crash testing. Only marginally better were the Great Wall Motors SA220 and V240 dual cab utes, with each scoring just 2-Star ratings.


THE PROTON JUMBUCK, Australia's cheapest ute, has scored a dismal 1-Star rating after the latest round of ANCAP crash testing.

Only marginally better were the Great Wall Motors SA220 and V240 dual cab utes, with each scoring just 2-Star ratings.

With more commercial vehicles now achieving 4-Star and 5-Star ratings, (the Mercedes-Benz Vito recently became the first to receive a full 5-Star rating), ANCAP says the results for the low-cost utes are particularly concerning.

Despite the low ratings for the SA220 and V240, Great Wall importer Ateco Automotive is putting a positive spin on the results, saying a 2-Star rating is a good outcome for the Chinese-built utilities.

However, the company also says Great Wall engineers will study the ANCAP test results and work towards improving safety for future products.

"Great Wall takes safety very, very seriously," Ateco spokesperson Daniel Cotterill said.

"Our technical people from Ateco and the technical people from Great Wall are really head-down working on the information that's been made available to them, and they are coming back to us very confident that they can make significant advances insofar as safety is concerned."

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