SAFETY TEST
Blow after blow leaves Ford’s reputation bruised
The company’s flagship Mustang falls short in the Euro NCAP vehicle-safety test
While investigations continue into the Ford Kuga fires crisis, the company has now been dealt another blow with the announcement that its flagship Mustang has failed to achieve a satisfactory score in the Euro NCAP vehicle-safety test. With Volvo’s new S90, being launched in SA this week, scoring the full five stars, the iconic Ford Mustang achieved only two stars. In a statement announcing its latest crash-test results, Euro NCAP stated: "Ford’s iconic muscle car, the Mustang, has scored a two-star rating for overall safety, with concerns about its crash protection of adult and child occupants and a worrying lack of safety equipment commonly available on the European market. "In the frontal offset test, the airbags of both the driver and passenger inflated insufficiently to properly restrain the occupants. In the full-width frontal test, a lack of rear seatbelt pre-tensioners and load limiters meant that the rear passenger slid under the seatbelt, implying higher risk of abdominal ...
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