Four-star safety rating for Cupra Tavascan

The incoming Cupra Tavascan electric SUV that launches here later this year has received a four-star ANCAP safety rating.

What prevented it from getting a five-star rating was the omission of traffic sign recognition and intelligent speed limiter. The safety assist score slipped below the 70 per cent threshold, robbing it of the fifth safety star. 

The Cupra Tavascan performed well in the other key areas, however. In destructive crash testing, it recorded a score of 89 per cent for adult protection. A ‘good’ score was recorded in the frontal offset test for most body regions of driver and front seat passenger. 

The electric SUV excelled in the side impact test, earning maximum points and offering ‘good’ protection for all critical body regions of the driver. The oblique pole test produced similar results.

A centre airbag provided ‘good’ protection to front seat occupants, on the whole. 

For Child Occupant Protection, the Tavascan scored 87 per cent. Full points were awarded for protection of both child dummies in the frontal offset and side impact crash tests. Tavascan also performed admirably in the Vulnerable Road User tests, with a score of 80 per cent.

ANCAP Chief Executive Officer, Carla Hoorweg, said that the Cupra Tavascan performed well in crash tests, with “strong structural performance”.  

Within the Vulnerable Road User Protection area, which considers the vehicle’s ability to protect other road users, the Tavascan achieved a score of 80 per cent. Its AEB systems performed well. However, it lost points for not have AEB when reversing.

Hoorweg concluded “We encourage Cupra to consider an update …to elevate Tavascan to the five-star level of its European equivalents.”