Latin NCAP
Latin NCAP ( Spanish 'Programa de Evaluación de Vehículos Nuevos para América Latina y el Caribe', German new car evaluation program for Latin America and the Caribbean ) is an organization founded in 2010 by various Latin American associations, automobile clubs and insurance associations based in Montevideo , Uruguay . Similar to Euro NCAP in Europe, the organization carries out crash tests with new types of automobiles sold in Latin America and then assesses their safety based on the available safety systems. The tests are not required by law, but only serve to provide consumer information.
Latin NCAP is supported by Global NCAP , the Inter-American Development Bank and the FIA Foundation, among others .
The crash tests of the Latin NCAP are not carried out in South America, but in the ADAC laboratory near Munich. The tests are carried out with the basic model that has the lowest safety standards in the affected markets.
Of the 87 vehicles that the Latin NCAP tested up to August 2017, around a third had no or only one star in driver safety. General Motors was criticized by Latin NCAP back in 2015 for the low safety standards of its models sold in Latin America.
In 2015 the Latin NCAP received the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Inter-American Development Bank: LatinNCAP. (No longer available online.) In: iadb.org. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017 ; accessed on September 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Latin NCAP: Preguntas Frecuentes. In: latinncap.com. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
- ^ Latin NCAP: Resultados. In: latinncap.com. Retrieved September 1, 2017 .
- ↑ a b FIA Foundation: Latin NCAP tells GM to 'speak up for safety'. In: fiafoundation.org. November 18, 2015, accessed September 1, 2017 .
