ANCAP has awarded high marks to the GWM Tank 500 and Chery Tiggo 8 Professional Max seven-seat SUVs in its newest spherical of exams, with each autos assessed in opposition to the newest 2023-2025 check protocols.
The GWM Tank 500 met five-star thresholds throughout every of ANCAP’s key evaluation areas with Good scores seen throughout the vary of damaging exams.
Most factors have been awarded for the extent of safety supplied to grownup and baby occupants within the facet affect check, nevertheless the complete 8.00-point car compatibility penalty was utilized to the Tank 500 for its elevated threat to occupants of a struck oncoming car.
The GWM Tank 500 achieved the best rating (93 per cent) up to now for Baby Occupant Safety underneath ANCAP’s present 2023-2025 protocols. This excessive rating was assisted by the presence and performance of a direct baby presence detection (CPD) system – a characteristic inspired by ANCAP’s protocols since 2023.
“Our protocols encourage the fitment of direct baby presence detection techniques in an effort to scale back cases the place kids are inadvertently left in a automobile,” mentioned ANCAP chief government officer Carla Hoorweg.
“The CPD system fitted to the GWM Tank 500 is likely one of the extra superior techniques assessed by ANCAP up to now, and it is nice to see producers implementing this doubtlessly life-saving expertise.”
In collision avoidance exams, the GWM Tank 500 is fitted with the complete vary of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and lane assist techniques assessed by ANCAP, and excessive scores have been awarded in braking and lane assist exams with pedestrians, cyclists, bikes, and different autos.
The car acquired an Grownup Occupant Safety rating of 85 per cent, a Weak Highway Person Safety rating of 81 per cent, and a Security Help rating of 84 per cent.
Additionally scoring a five-star end result within the newest testing spherical is the Chery Tiggo 8 Professional Max.
The end result awarded to the Chery Tiggo 8 Professional Max was based mostly largely on the exams of its intently associated companion mannequin, the Tiggo 7 Professional, which befell final yr.
ANCAP says supplementary pedestrian safety exams have been carried out on the Tiggo 8, together with an evaluation of further technical info supplied by the producer, to judge any potential variations.
The car was awarded an Grownup Occupant Safety rating of 88 per cent, a Baby Occupant Safety rating of 87 per cent, a Weak Highway Person Safety rating of 79 per cent, and a Security Help rating of 86 per cent
“Chery’s newest providing provides to their present five-star SUV line up, with safer choices for patrons,” added Ms Hoorweg.
ANCAP famous that each the three-row SUVs usually are not tools with top-tether baby restraint anchorages to the third row of seating and due to this fact shouldn’t be used for the transportation of younger kids in these positions.
