New medium-sized luxury SUV the Range Rover Velar has been awarded ANCAP’s top safety rating.
It achieved high scores across all areas of assessment.
“The Velar arrives to our market with strong all-round safety performance resulting in a five-star ANCAP safety rating,” ANCAP chief executive officer James Goodwin says.
“Autonomous emergency braking is provided as a standard feature on the Velar, and it operates effectively at high and low-speeds, and can detect and react to pedestrians.”
The Velar saw ‘Good’ levels of protection offered to occupants in the side impact test, which replicates a traditional ‘T-bone’ crash, as well as the oblique pole test replicating a run-off road crash where the vehicle strikes a tree or light pole.
“Maximum points were scored for adult occupants in these two lateral crash tests, and child occupant protection – which looks at the protection offered for a six year old and ten-year old child – was also good,” Goodwin says.
A ‘Marginal’ level of protection was recorded for the chest of the rear seat adult occupant in the full width frontal test.
The tested model of the Land Rover Range Rover Velar was introduced in Australia and New Zealand in September.
This ANCAP safety rating applies to all variants.
