The latest car to be put through ANCAP’s crash test trial is the Q30 from Infiniti, the luxury sub-brand under Nissan, after which it emerged with a full 5-star rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program.
The Q30 hatch’s structure did very well to absorb impacts, dissipating the energy around the car’s exterior so as to not let dangerous deformation and kinetic forces seep too much into the cabin and the occupants.
It cored a 32.12 out of a possible 38 points for the suite of Adult Occupant Protection tests, with a near top score on each category. A slight blemish on a stellar report card comes from the Whiplash Protection Test, in which the Q30 scored a 1.47 out of 3.
Pedestrian Protection is also another area where the Q30 shon, taking a 91 percent overall score thanks to its Active Bonnet feature while Child Occupant Protection was given a solid 86 percent rating.
ANCAP Chief Executive Officer, James Goodwin, said: “This model performed well across the range of demanding physical crash tests. The human body can only withstand certain amounts of force in a crash, so it is vital that the bulk of crash forces are absorbed by the vehicle rather than its occupants.”
He also applauded Infiniti for offering Autonomous Emergency Braking as a standard feature for the Austrlian market, saying: Physical crash performance is important, but avoiding a crash is what we’re aiming for. It’s pleasing to see Infiniti provide AEB standard for the Australian market,”
“The list of standard safety assist technologies for this premium brand is however shorter than expected with blind spot monitoring (BMS), adaptive cruise control (ACC), and lane support systems (LSS) offered only on higher-specified variants,” Goodwin added.
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