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03-20-2009, 12:41 PM
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/2/European_Union_Flag.jpg Honda takes a back seat to nobody where safety is concerned. (cleanmpg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=195699)
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Honda_Civic_iCDTi1.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Mar. 20, 2009
2009 European Honda Civic iCDTi – Starts at ~ $23,000 USD with large discounts available, easily achieves 70 + mpgUS on the highway and one of the safest compacts on the road anywhere in the world.
European Honda Civic is now rated as one of Europe‘s safest cars.
Euro NCAP’s new rating method focuses on the vehicle's overall safety performance by considering not only occupant protection in frontal, side, pole and rear impacts but also child protection, pedestrian protection and the availability of passive and active driver safety hardware. The Honda Civic has been awarded the maximum 5-star rating with an excellent overall score of 77%.
The new rating scheme, introduced in February 2009 uses a weighted score, combining many aspects of a car's safety performance: adult (50%), child (20%) and pedestrian (20%) protection assessment and the availability of safety assistance devices (10%). A minimum score of 70% overall is necessary to achieve a 5-star rating. To qualify for inclusion, electronic vehicle stability assistance devices (VSA for Honda) must be fitted, as standard across 85% of the European Unions 2009 model range.
Euro NCAP's new assessment has also given the European Accord (TSX here) the same 5 star result.
The new Euro NCAP rating system shows that Honda's long standing in-house crash testing really does improve real world safety. Honda's car-to-car crash test facility at Tochigi analyses impacts between models of different sizes and weights and develop solutions to mitigate injuries for both parties.
European Honda Civic
All models are equipped with ABS, Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD) and Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA).
Passive safety has always been paramount at Honda and the Civic has an innovative seat belt reminder system for the rear passengers. The system interprets the opening and closing of the rear doors and displays the rear seat belt sign on the multi-info instrument panel. The SRS unit then determines the status of each seatbelt buckle and sends the information to the display (showing no belts in use, or one, two or three in use). Special attention was also paid to passengers in the front, and both front seats are fitted with double pre-tensioners.
Active front seat headrests play a key role in protecting against whiplash injury in the event of an accident, and the Civic has achieved the highest possible rating in the neck impact alleviation study conducted by the independent research institute, Thatcham.
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2009_Honda_Civic_iCDTi1.jpgWayne Gerdes – CleanMPG (cleanmpg.com) – Mar. 20, 2009
2009 European Honda Civic iCDTi – Starts at ~ $23,000 USD with large discounts available, easily achieves 70 + mpgUS on the highway and one of the safest compacts on the road anywhere in the world.
European Honda Civic is now rated as one of Europe‘s safest cars.
Euro NCAP’s new rating method focuses on the vehicle's overall safety performance by considering not only occupant protection in frontal, side, pole and rear impacts but also child protection, pedestrian protection and the availability of passive and active driver safety hardware. The Honda Civic has been awarded the maximum 5-star rating with an excellent overall score of 77%.
The new rating scheme, introduced in February 2009 uses a weighted score, combining many aspects of a car's safety performance: adult (50%), child (20%) and pedestrian (20%) protection assessment and the availability of safety assistance devices (10%). A minimum score of 70% overall is necessary to achieve a 5-star rating. To qualify for inclusion, electronic vehicle stability assistance devices (VSA for Honda) must be fitted, as standard across 85% of the European Unions 2009 model range.
Euro NCAP's new assessment has also given the European Accord (TSX here) the same 5 star result.
The new Euro NCAP rating system shows that Honda's long standing in-house crash testing really does improve real world safety. Honda's car-to-car crash test facility at Tochigi analyses impacts between models of different sizes and weights and develop solutions to mitigate injuries for both parties.
European Honda Civic
All models are equipped with ABS, Electronic Brake force Distribution (EBD) and Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA).
Passive safety has always been paramount at Honda and the Civic has an innovative seat belt reminder system for the rear passengers. The system interprets the opening and closing of the rear doors and displays the rear seat belt sign on the multi-info instrument panel. The SRS unit then determines the status of each seatbelt buckle and sends the information to the display (showing no belts in use, or one, two or three in use). Special attention was also paid to passengers in the front, and both front seats are fitted with double pre-tensioners.
Active front seat headrests play a key role in protecting against whiplash injury in the event of an accident, and the Civic has achieved the highest possible rating in the neck impact alleviation study conducted by the independent research institute, Thatcham.