{"id":6382,"date":"2014-07-01T15:51:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T15:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/?p=6382"},"modified":"2014-07-01T15:51:14","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T15:51:14","slug":"new-ford-courier-scores-4-stars-in-euro-ncap-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/archives\/6382","title":{"rendered":"New Ford Courier scores 4 stars in Euro NCAP test"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The new Ford Transit Courier — the passenger version of this model, the Tourneo Courier, has earned a respectable 4-star Euro NCAP safety score.<\/p><\/div>\n

Despite their size, vans have lagged behind cars in terms of safety for many years, rarely scoring highly<\/a> in Euro NCAP\u00a0safety tests in MPV guise (commercial vans aren’t tested).<\/p>\n

However, over the last year that’s begun\u00a0to change<\/a>, with the passenger-carrying variants of several new van models\u00a0achieving four or even five-star\u00a0Euro NCAP test scores.<\/p>\n

The latest van-based model to be submitted to Euro NCAP’s demanding test schedule is the Ford Tourneo Courier, the\u00a0MPV version of\u00a0the all-new Ford\u00a0Transit Courier van<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Tourneo Courier managed\u00a0a\u00a04-star Euro NCAP score — a strong result where the main weakness was a disappointing 56% score in the ‘safety assist’ category.<\/p>\n

This is a reminder that even the newest van\u00a0models tend to have fewer safety systems that equivalent cars. In the case of the Tourneo Courier, the\u00a0weak score was due to the lack of any option for autonomous braking (e.g. rear-end collision avoidance) and lane departure warning systems, both of which are becoming common options in new car models.<\/p>\n

However,\u00a0the\u00a0Courier’s pedestrian safety score was\u00a0good, at 74%, showing that van manufacturers have made progress in this area — a traditional weakness for\u00a0commercial vehicles. Similarly, child and adult occupant safety were very strong,\u00a0with scores of 84% in both categories.<\/p>\n

The new Ford Transit Custom earned a five-star score<\/a> last year in Tourneo guise — this latest result suggests that Ford’s focus on LCV safety is continuing and bodes well for the van market as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The new Ford Tourneo Courier has earned a very respectable 4-star Euro NCAP score in the latest round of safety tests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6383,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6382\/revisions\/6383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanrental.co.uk\/vanblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}