Double five stars, double zero: safety problems in Latin America persist

Despite recent breakthroughs in safety, the Latin America region still has far fewer safe cars than other markets. With new support from Bloomberg Philanthropies, Latin NCAP is continuing to champion improved levels of adult and child occupant protection which in many countries still fall below minimum United Nations safety standards.

The latest, phase six Latin NCAP crash test results included three cars in total - the new Jeep Renegade, Chery IQ and Fiat Palio.