MG GT gets zero-star ANCAP safety rating

The Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has tested the MG 5 / GT sedan and its subsequent results from the organization have netted a total of zero out of five stars. 

ANCAP safety & crash testing a MG5

Before going over the ANCAP results, note that the MG 5 in Australia is marketed as the MG GT in the Philippines. The MG 5 in the Land Down Under has several features that aren’t present in the locally available model. One example is its autonomous emergency braking system (AEB). As such, the results of the ANCAP might not directly apply to the Philippine-spec MG GT. 

To shed more light on the test rating from ANCAP, let’s go over how the MG 5 performed for each of the organization’s assessment categories. These include adult occupant protection (AOP), child occupant protection (COP), vulnerable road user protection (VRUP), and safety assist. 

MG 5 (GT) frontal offset crash test [Photo: ANCAP]

For the AOP category, the MG 5 only received 37 percent out of 100 percent. That’s equivalent to a raw score of 15.09 out of 40. Based on the frontal offset test alone, the MG’s driver was particularly susceptible to injury on the chest and right leg. It performed better on the side impact test with good protection to the driver’s head, chest, and pelvis. 

Over to the COP category, the sedan did slightly better with 58 percent out of 100 percent. That’s equivalent to 28.81 out of 49. It was found that head and neck protection for 10-year-old and six-year-old dummies was weak for the frontal offset crash test. 

The MG 5 also received 42 percent out of 100 percent for the VRUP category, which is equivalent to 26.78 points out of 63. Safety assistance for the MG model was also found a bit lacking at 13 percent out of 100 percent. That’s equivalent to 2.48 points out of 18. 

Frontal offset and frontal full width crash test results [Photo: ANCAP]

Regarding safety assistance, the car that was tested was noted to lack a driver monitoring system. Its AEB also showed marginal performance at speeds of about 75 km/h to 80 km/h when driving towards a stationary vehicle. It did, however, perform well when tested by approaching a slower-moving vehicle. Then again, ANCAP noted that the car didn’t have a “lane support system” and a blind spot monitoring system. 

In its official test report, ANCAP said: “The MG 5 was released into the Australasian market for the first time this year, yet it’s clear that their safety offerings are some generations behind what we see with almost every new car on sale today.” 

Side impact test [Photo: ANCAP]

It is also interesting to note that other China-made cars did well in ANCAP’s battery of tests. The MG 4 electric vehicle, for example, scored high with five out of five stars. Other Chinese-made five-star vehicles as tested by ANCAP include the BYD Dolhpin, the BYD Seal, the Omoda 5, the GWM Haval H6, Haval Jolion, and MG HS, among others. 

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