The Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) is advising that the all-new Land Rover Discovery has achieved a 5-star ANCAP safety rating across all its diesel variants.
It is performing strongly in adult and child occupant protection in the event of a crash, but also earning good results for pedestrian protection.
“It’s great to see Land Rover adding safety features like Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) for vulnerable road users as standard,” says AA Motoring Services general manager Stella Stocks.
“This helps protect pedestrians and cyclists by aiming to stop the vehicle before a crash can happen,” says Stocks.
The Discovery stacks up well against other large SUVs regarding the safety assist technologies it includes as standard. It comes with lane departure warning, which alerts the driver when the vehicle begins to move out of its lane and reversing collision avoidance systems.
Not included in New Zealand variants is intelligent speed limiting (ISA) and speed sign recognition and warning, but they are on European models.
“While the New Zealand variant of the Discovery is a good, safe car, we still urge manufacturers to give New Zealand motorists the same level of consideration when it comes to safety as our European counterparts,” says Stocks.
While the Discovery did well across the crash tests, there was however insufficient pressure in the driver’s airbag which saw the dummy’s head hit the steering wheel and a penalty was applied in the scoring.
The full list of ANCAP’s vehicle safety ratings, other vehicle safety information and the specifications of the rated cars are available online at ancap.co.nz or rightcar.govt.nz.
ANCAP is supported by all Australian motoring clubs, the New Zealand Automobile Association, the Australian Government, the New Zealand Government, Australian state and territory governments, the Victorian Transport Accident Commission, NRMA Insurance and the FIA Foundation.
