Toyota Yaris, the #1 sedan in Pakistan, went through a crash test in America and scored disappointing numbers. The car performed poorly in the Latin NCAP’s car assessment test and got only one star in safety. Yaris is the first Toyota car to score such a low safety rating in the company’s history. Shocking news for Toyota fans all over the world.
Toyota Yaris Crash Test 2021
Latin NCAP tested the Toyota Yaris, produced in Brazil and Thailand, with double airbags and Electronic Stability Control (ESC). Here are the results of the famous B-segment sedan’s safety test.
- 41% for the safety of the driver and front passenger
- 64% for the protection of child passengers in the back seat
- 62% for the protection of pedestrians
- 42% for the security systems offered as standard
The Latin NCAP added that the Yaris under testing offered good head and neck protection for the driver and front passenger in frontal impact. For the chest protection, it was only marginal for the driver and good for the front passenger. The car is also marginal for the protection of the driver’s knees. The car’s floor and cabin were also unstable in the frontal impact test, not supporting higher loads.
Here’s the video of the Latin NCAP crash test; see for yourself.
Toyota Yaris Crash Test 2019
The same Toyota Yaris passed the Latin NCAP security test in 2019 and received 4 stars. At that time, the organization’s car assessment rules were not as strict as they are now. This year, they changed the rules and added a new “moose test” to check the side impacts of a car crash.
Toyota Yaris tested in the Latin NCAP crash test 2021 is the same one we have in Pakistan. The car was launched here in March of 2020 and has now become the best-selling sedan in the country. As per the PAMA report, the company sells 2,500-3,000 units every month. The one-star rating of the Latin NCAP 2021 will surely put a question mark on the car’s safety and popularity.
Thai spec Yaris is not represented in the video my dear, it is the one that is sold in the Mexican market, Mexico is part of Latin America while Thailand falls in the ASEAN region, please do not report a fact that has not happened yet, people then quote the news and mire themselves with an unintended gunnah, so please avoid doing that in the future.
Besides, at-least most of the mass-produced and budget car buyers in Pakistan are not concerned with airbags or other such embroideries, as they all know that addition of these makes car difficult to maintain and thus would increase its cost of repair. This fact is the reason that most of them are preferring to buy a used Toyota Corolla or Honda City equal to price of Changan or Proton or even choosing a Bolan and Ravi over flashy aluminum boxes that Chinese call cars . Moreover, in the end if you drive carefully and observe sunnah then no one can harm you otherwise, even a Mercedes or Tesla cannot protect you from human’s foolishness.