PEUGEOT 2008 crossover failed a crash test

The South American Association Latin NCAP checked the security of the Peugeot 2008 Argentine assembly, which is sold in Brazil. The result was much worse than expected: the model earned only one of the five possible star, showing the poor work of passive and active safety systems. Stellantis is capable of more, but continues to save on South American machines, noted in Latin NCAP.

The protection of adult passengers in Peugeot 2008 with four airbags estimated at only 42 percent, children at 59 percent, pedestrians – at 54 percent. The work of security systems gained 56 percent.

During the frontal blow, the crossover showed good protection of the driver and neck of the driver, but the weak protection of his chest and the left knee of the front passenger. With a side strike, the driver’s protection was better. The rules also provide a lateral blow to the pillar, but the Peugeot 2008 escaped it, as the side pillows are deprived of the standard configuration.

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In the “base” the crossover has ISOFIX mounts, but you can’t install the children’s chair in front: there is no way to turn off the front passenger eirbeg. For pedestrians, zones near the front racks were dangerous.

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Some systems from the arsenal of 2008 – for example, the functions of holding the lane and detection of blind zones – did not bring additional points to the crossover, since they were optional or did not meet the minimum requirements of Latin NCAP.

According to the head of the organization Alejandro Furas, this is far from the first failure of the local Stellantis car. At the same time, competitors sell safer and even “five-star” models-for example, Nissan Kicks Play, Hyundai Creta and Volkswagen T-Cross. The models of the concern made for Europe are much better show themselves on crash tests, and this is an alarming trend, Furaz noted.

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