Nissan X-Path earns five-star ANCAP ranking

Nissan’s new-generation X-Path has adopted its smaller Qashqai sibling in incomes a five-star ANCAP ranking.

It obtained an grownup occupant safety rating of 91 per cent, a baby occupant safety rating of 90 per cent, a susceptible street person safety rating of 74 per cent, and a security help rating of 97 per cent.

The ranking applies to each petrol and e-Energy fashions, and relies on testing of the Qashqai.

ANCAP says it was supplied with technical info and extra check outcomes that confirmed the smaller crossover’s ranking could possibly be utilized to the X-Path.

The class scores have carried over from the Qashqai aside from youngster occupant safety. The smaller of the 2 crossovers obtained the next rating of 93 per cent on this class.

ANCAP says the entrance construction of the X-Path offered a reasonable danger to occupants of an oncoming automobile within the frontal offset check, with a 1.67 level penalty utilized.

The automobile scored most factors for all vital physique areas of the motive force in each the aspect impression and indirect pole exams, whereas ANCAP famous Good efficiency by the autonomous emergency braking system in detecting automobiles, pedestrians and cyclists.

The next tools is commonplace on all X-Path fashions:

• Ahead autonomous emergency braking (AEB)
  • Pedestrian and bicycle owner detection
  • Junction help
• Reverse AEB with pedestrian detection
• Blind-spot help
• Lane-keep help and departure warning
• Visitors signal recognition
• Computerized high-beam
• Adaptive cruise management
• Entrance-centre airbag

Nissan’s ProPILOT lively lane-centring perform is commonplace on the ST-L and above.

The X-Path is amongst 4 SUVs – the others being the Vary Rover, Vary Rover Sport and Toyota Corolla Cross – to obtain five-star scores from ANCAP as the present 2020-22 check and ranking standards attain their finish.

“As we strategy the top of this 2020-2022 protocol interval and look forward to a broadened check regime from 2023, it’s pleasing to see a continued excessive degree of security efficiency provided from a variety of manufacturers,” mentioned ANCAP chief govt officer Carla Hoorweg.

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