Mitsubishi Express ‘definitely not’ unsafe
Mitsubishi Express ‘definitely not’ unsafe
March 02, 2021
Car-maker defends safety credentials of delivery van in wake of shock zero-star ANCAP result
Mitsubishi Australia stands by the safety performance of the Mitsubishi Express, despite the van receiving the first-ever zero-star rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).
The 2021 Mitsubishi Express is a rebadged version of the Renault Trafic that was awarded a three-star result out of five by ANCAP’s European affiliate Euro NCAP in 2015.
But ANCAP never applied those ratings to the Renault Trafic in Australia, and has now crash-tested the closely-related Mitsubishi Express based on much tougher testing protocols introduced in 2020.
Mitsubishi Express rates zero for safety
Mitsubishi Express rates zero for safety
March 02, 2021
ANCAP dishes out first-ever zero-star rating for Mitsubishi’s new van based on Renault Trafic
The 2021 Mitsubishi Express is the first vehicle to receive a zero-star safety rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP).
The damning result reflects the fact that Mitsubishi’s new delivery van, which is essentially a rebadged version of the third-generation Renault Trafic introduced in Australia in 2015 (about a year after launching in Europe), has arrived without the high level of driver-assist safety technology that’s an essential element of the latest ANCAP testing criteria.