Euro NCAP organizes crash tests on new vehicles and provides motoring consumers with a realistic and independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars.Now,it has revealed the latest safety rating for the 2019 BMW 1 and 3 series cars.
BMW’s 1 Series, now in its third generation and, for the first time, a front-wheel drive car, maintains a five-star rating and continues BMW’s recent string of safety successes. Its score in adult occupant protection would have been higher were it not for its front seat narrowly missing a ‘good’ rating for Whiplash protection. The full marks the car got for its AEB City performance were not included in the adult occupant protection score as a result.
BMW’s larger family car, the 3 Series, has also been restyled and is now in its 7th generation. BMW has brought the car up to date with the best safety performance of any large family car tested by Euro NCAP against the 2018/2019 protocols.
Euro NCAP Secretary General, Michiel van Ratingen, said,
“It’s good to see the premium brands, from Germany and elsewhere,
maintaining the very high standards they have set for themselves and
continuing to achieve five-star ratings. I’m sure that BMW’s customers
can be confident that the company will continue to strive for the
highest standards of safety, even as our protocols get tougher and
tougher.”
