The new ID.4, the first electric SUV of Volkswagen, behaved impressively in the tests
impact and safety of the Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Program). The model who just last week was revealed World Car of the Year 2021, easily took the top five-star rating, with
very good performance in all individual categories and a top result
for the last two years, a period in which the criteria have become more
strictly, in the protection of child passengers.
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an assessment of the protection of passengers from Euro NCAP is based on factors such as frontal and lateral collisions as well as
and the spinal stress tests, usually from posterior
conflicts. Based on the above and in parallel the evaluation of the ease and
rapid extrication and rescue, the ID.4 achieved a performance of 93% in adult protection
passengers and 89% for children. The latter assessment is based not only on
protection provided by child restraint systems in the event of
frontal or lateral collision, but also the overall potential for
offers the vehicle for the installation of child seats of various sizes,
and the equipment available for the safe transport of children.
Except
from the protection of passengers, the Euro NCAP also examines how effective the
automatic emergency braking systems for vulnerable users of the
road - pedestrians and cyclists. One of the positive evaluation elements of the ID.4, is that all the
versions are equipped as standard with the shift warning system
lane (Lane Assist)
and the emergency braking system (Front Assist). ID.4 also has a central airbag between the
front seats which, for example, prevents violent contact between
driver and passenger in the event of a side impact.
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rating 85%, the all-electric SUV of Volkswagen also achieved an excellent performance in the category of systems
driver assistance. Finally, the rating of the ID.4 for
protection of pedestrians and cyclists was 76%, also among the
top.
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performance of the new ID.4, adds to the one noted in the ID.3, the previous year, which had also scored top
Rating. The impact test of the ID.4 from the Euro NCAP :