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Rating Validity
Vehicles rated by ANCAP are generally subject to a six year period of rating validity. This aligns with the general lifespan of passenger vehicles and ensures ratings between vehicle models can more easily be compared.
The majority of vehicle models will be replaced by all-new models within this six-year timeframe, but where they aren’t, ANCAP encourages vehicle manufacturers to upgrade the safety features and technologies within those vehicles to ensure they continue to provide the best levels of safety for new car buyers.
Unrated Vehicles
In some cases, ratings may not be available for all vehicle makes, models and variants. In these cases, these models are classified as, ‘unrated’. Where a vehicle is ‘unrated’, its safety performance is untested and hence unknown. The safety performance of a vehicle cannot be assumed or inferred based on the safety performance of other similar vehicles that are rated.
If you can’t find an ANCAP safety rating for your car and would like to check if there is one available, contact us.
Vehicles have evolved, and so has ANCAP
Innovation doesn’t stop, and as such, cars are getting safer and smarter. In recognising this, ANCAP’s test and rating process has also evolved. The criteria we use to rate vehicles have increased incrementally over the past three decades, and today, these criteria are updated every three years.
To learn more about the evolution of ANCAP and how vehicle safety is changing...
