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Euro NCAP’s crash tests have revolutionised vehicle safety. We visit the Thatcham test facility to find out how

. Explaining the shock result, Euro NCAP said: “The new Zoe offers poor protection in crashes overall, poor vulnerable road user protection and lacks meaningful crash avoidance technology, disqualifying it for any stars.”Ordinarily, Euro NCAP wouldn’t test a facelifted model like the current Zoe, partly because it’s busy testing all-new ones and partly because its test protocols are changed every two years and significantly updated every five , so comparisons are unhelpful.

“Much of the crash energy has been absorbed by the front end of the car. Although it was a frontal offset crash test and not a side-impact test, the side airbag has inflated. It’s why deleting it from the facelifted Zoe was so bad.

 

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