Toyota gets 5 Star Safety with new Euro NCAP rating
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
The Toyota iQ
The Toyota iQ is one of the safest vehicles on the market according to new independent testing results from Euro NCAP. Together with the Toyota Avensis the iQ was awarded a 5 Star overall protection rating.
The new overall ratings scheme uses a weighted score of the following protection factors;
1) Adult (50%)
2) Child (20%)
3) Pedestrian (20%)
4) Availability of driver assistance devices (10%)
A minimum score of 70% must be achived to get a 5 Star rating so the iQ and Avensis are particularly safe models with the iQ achieving 79% and the Avensis 81%.