Lack of ADAS functions affects the ANCAP crash test rating of Mahindra’s SUV.
ANCAP scores cars across four categories - Adult occupant, child occupant, vulnerable road user and active safety systems. Each category is judged out of five stars based on percentage scored with the lowest rated category the final star rating of the car.
The latest ANCAP regulations, put in place earlier this year, mandate ADAS functions on vehicles. The Scorpio-N as of now misses out on these features.
The Scorpio scored 44 per cent overall for adult occupant protection. It offered good to weak levels of protection to adult occupants up front. ANCAP also noted poor protection to rear passengers in full frontal impact scenarios.
The Scorpio-N received an 80 per cent score offering marginal to good levels of protection to child occupants. It was however pulled up for seat trim interfering with the installation of ISOFIX seats.
ANCAP noted that the bonnet provided poor to adequate protection across most of its surface. Protection to the pedestrian’s pelvis, femur and lower legs was also poor while the vehicle lacked AEB functions.
The Scorpio-N scored a zero in Safety Assist with the vehicle lacking the autonomous systems mandated by ANCAP.
Mahindra has said that ANCAP’s current regulations were updated in January this year and that the brand would work on meeting these new regulations with as part of its product mid-cycle update.
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