2018 Jeep Wrangler - 1 Star Euro NCAP rating.

Just a bit a fuel to throw on fire
Official Suzuki Jimny safety rating

The Suzuki Jimny has been tested and got 3 stars for a vehicle a on ladder frame with live axles front and rear and not designed with safety in mind with most safety items only being put in place when regulations come in place that will prevent the vehicle being sold.
Add to that it has a strengthened chassis from the old one under it (they added an extra cross member) which traces its self back to the coil Sierra with a redesigned cab, so it has nothing new in its design or been totally redesigned to get better crash performance.

So what is jeeps excuse with a much newer designed vehicle even if they re used the old models chassis it still is a mid 2000's design compared to mid 90's, Is far larger allowing for more crumble zones and reinforcing of the cab, And built by a far larger company by the most profitable brand of the company, oh and world wide production of around depending on the year 20'000 to 200'000 more vehicles then the Jimny factory can produce to improve economic scale as well.

it would also be interesting to see how the 5 star 70 series would go with the current ncap criteria that have made it harder to get 5 stars now

Yes, good questions.
Is it right that both the Jimney and the only 70 achieved higher ratings by adding more airbags to reduce head injuries? I read that side airbags can be the difference between 4 and 5 stars.

Jeep just drop the ball in so many areas not just safety.

Cheers

To get the scores they have, they have reinforced the chassis to make them more ridged and stop them flexing apart and crumbling in a much more controlled manner (just remember the troopy dual cab have a weaker chassis then the single cab), they have also reinforced the foot well to stop the foot well becoming deformed from the tyre contacting it, then adding stuff like seat belt pretensioner's to hold the occupant in the seat.

Then to get 5 stars when the 70 was tested
You need a drivers leg airbag now so the driver does not knee cap them self's on the dash and steering column.
The standard 2 front airbags
You also need side airbags for the side impact test so they dont brain them self's on the pillar or window
you also needed abs and esc
and the front end needed to be pedestrian friendly

to get 5 stars now it would need lane guidance, auto braking, and probably a few other electric helping hands
so a 70 would get 3 or 4 stars atm as it it sold

btw to be able to be sold in Australia so long as the vehicle passes emissions has an airbag and abs/esc with seat belt not wearing warning and pass the crap adr crash test into a flat wall at 48km/h and the dummy does not hit the steering wheel or anything else in the car with its head you pass.
this is why ncap was setup cause the government was not doing there job

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Originally Posted by lyonsy

to get 5 stars now it would need lane guidance, auto braking, and probably a few other electric helping hands
so a 70 would get 3 or 4 stars atm as it it sold

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But the 70 is 5 star now.

yes due to when it was tested and they don't re evaluate cars once it has been rated unless a manufacture wants it to and supply's a vehicle for testing normally for a higher rating.

the fact they dont re evaluate cars result as more stringent tests come in meaning cars that had 5 stars but would only be a 2 or 3 now can be miss leading as you may buy an older vehicle think it is safer then a new vehicle you had been considering but actually is not.

The safety tests as stated above are continually evolving and once a vehicle is granted a rating it is never retested. Hence a 5 star 70 series may get a 1 star rating and be worse than the Jeep if they were retested today. Makes it difficult to compare two vehicles that are currently on the market though.

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Originally Posted by lyonsy

the fact they dont re evaluate cars result as more stringent tests come in meaning cars that had 5 stars but would only be a 2 or 3 now can be miss leading as you may buy an older vehicle think it is safer then a new vehicle you had been considering but actually is not.

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Huh?? It was only just recently done.

yep in 2017 the standards were tightened up due to the number of vehicles getting 5 stars