If the OEMs hadn’t heeded our call in 1997, says Euro NCAP, we would still see cars like the Rover 100. A sobering thought.
It was 20 years ago this month that Euro NCAP published its first crash test results, and the impact was spectacular. The seven cars in that test were all popular superminis: Ford Fiesta, VW Polo, Fiat Punto, Nissan Micra, Vauxhall Corsa, Renault Clio and (in)famously, the Rover 100.
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