Actually, the main difference between US and European tests is a greater
emphasis on head-on crashes in the US, while Euro tests emphasize offset
crashes. Thus a vehicle that performes very well in the US tests may be
less impressive in European tests, and vice-versa. Incedentally, the US is
considering the possibility changing to the European standards because
they are closer to real-world conditions (How many people do you know hit
brick walls head on at 60 mph?).
On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Leon Murphy wrote:
> AS a note on crash tests... It ranked far higher than the Chrysler Voyager
> in a recent European test for safety....
> What exactly is different about the US test??
> The voyager has approval over here, but was the worst car ever tested by
> EuroNCAP, scoring a big fat zero...
>
> Leon
> (UK 96 406)
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> From: TAKELSON@aol.com [mailto:TAKELSON@aol.com]
> Sent: 24 April 2000 04:10
> To: peugeot-l@egroups.com
> Subject: [Peugeot] Renault Espace
>
>
> My wife and I drove a Renault Espace in Southern France last November.
> Picture a shrunken (yet still roomy and practical) van that can hug the road
> and remain stable on hairpin curves, and you have described Espace. There
> isn't much separating the fron passengers from the road (a la old VW
> microbus), so I suspect it would never pass a US crash test. Oh well...
>
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