odel line-up that includes the stylish Focus Trend and Titanium, sporty Focus ST-Line, and the upscale Focus Vignale. The first Focus Active crossover will be available later this year. The all-new Ford Focus has been awarded the maximum 5-star safety rating by independent crash test authority Euro NCAP – one of the first vehicles to be awarded the highest rating under new, more stringent Euro NCAP testing protocols. The all-new Ford Focus is m...

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er annum. On November 19, XPeng brought all its products to the 19th Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition (Auto Guangzhou 2021). On the same day, XPeng unveiled the new G9 flagship smart SUV for global markets. The G9 is designed for international and Chinese markets, compliant with the C-NCAP and E-NCAP 5-star safety design standards, and the stringent EU WVTA vehicle certification standards. The G9 meets the requirements for EU 3R cer...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/31

be used successively in new energy models of mainstream brands at home and abroad. On March 8, BYD announced that the ATTO 3, its first passenger vehicle for the UK, has been officially put on sale. Positioned as a battery electric SUV and based on BYD’s ePlatform 3.0, the vehicle meets the Euro NCAP Five-Star Safety Certification. On April 10, BYD unveiled the DiSus (yunnian in Chinese) full-stack in-house developed intelligent body control s...

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three versions: Extreme, Ultra, and Sport, with some trims sold out in several launch markets. On April 6, Fisker Inc. announced that it has completed testing and met all applicable US Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for the Fisker Ocean SUV. It also meets New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) standards for a 5-star rating. Fisker expects full European regulatory approval by the end of April, with customer deliveries to follow. In the ...

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for the E 220 d. On July 05, India’s largest luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz India launches the new GLA. Powered by a 2,143 cc inline engine, it delivers an output of 125 kW and a torque of 350 Nm. The engine is mated to a 7G Dual Clutch Transmission. The GLA achieved the maximum 5 stars in Euro NCAP's safety ratings. All the four variants of the GLA will be locally produced at production facility in Chakan, Pune. On January 19, Mercedes-Benz ...

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since 2001. The engine plant, opened in 2014, has an annual production capacity of 210,000 engines. On September 20, Ford announced that its compact Ka model, built in Camacari, Brazil, achieved three-star rating in adult occupant protection and four stars in child occupant protection in new Latin NCAP crash tests. The results show improvement compared to the tests performed in 2017, when the company introduced more stringent criteria for car as...

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ing and new models into its three major brands Geely Quanqiuying, Yunglun and Dihao, under the parent brand Geely. Geely will build an automotive safety technology laboratory investing 300 million yuan in three phases. The first phase to build the capacity to conduct the New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) for China and Europe has been finished. The second phase will be for developing capabilities of rollover tests and simulation of all kinds of tr...

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engine named "ƒÁ" (delivering maximum power of 90kW and the maximum torque of 155Nm) combined with a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed automatic transmission, or a 2,0-liter engine (114.7kW/194Nm) connected to a 4-speed automatic transmission. It is compliant with the Euro4 emission standard and the C-NCAP, China's safety standard against car crash and fitted with a smart key system. Retail price of the six models will vary from 98,800 to 139,800 yu...

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anced intelligent driving solution composed of an Nvidia high-computing-power chip. On March 8, BYD announced that the ATTO 3, its first passenger vehicle for the UK, has been officially put on sale. Positioned as a battery electric SUV and based on BYD’s ePlatform 3.0, the vehicle meets the Euro NCAP Five-Star Safety Certification. On April 18, BYD started accepting pre-orders for the new Haiou small battery electric vehicle (BEV) at the Auto ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/17

March 25 the Hongqi H6 with a 1.8-liter turbo engine. The car delivers the maximum power of 138 kw and the maximum torque of 260 Nm. It offers a spacious interior on a long 2,970 mm wheelbase. It employs high-tensile materials for the body and advanced hot press molding technology, meeting the Euro NCAP safety standards. It is priced at CNY 249,800 or CNY 279,800. The Hongqi H7 with a 1.8-liter turbocharged engine rolled off the production line a...

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. It gets its power from a 2.0-liter engine mated either to a six-speed manual or a six-speed automatic transmission with a manual mode. While 2.3-liter engine is combined with a six-speed automatic transmission with a manual mode. To achieve the five-star of the China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP), the automatic transmission model has Bosch's ninth generation ABS/EPS system as standard. It features the D-Partner vehicle-to-vehicle communic...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/09

entry crossover SUV Honda HR-V on May 15. The 2016 HR-V was designed by Honda R&D Co., Ltd in Japan and will be manufactured at the Celaya plant in Mexico. It is powered by 1.8L 4-cylinder engine (141hp, 127 lb-ft) mated with CVT or 6-speed MT. The HR-V is designed to achieve top safety ratings: an NCAP five-star from the NHTSA and a TOP SAFETY PICK rating from the IIHS. Honda announced on September 16 an all-new, dynamically styled 10th-generati...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/03

he initiative of Chery Automobile and designed by an Italian based Pininfarina, was displayed as the "A3 concept" at the 2006 Beijing Motor Show. Its 1.6 or 1.8-liter own brand "ACTECO" engine is mated to a manual transmission. It got the 5-star rating in the Chinese collision safety standard of "C-NCAP." Sales prices are 74,800 yuan for the 1.6-liter "Standard" type, 84,800 yuan for the "Comfort" type, 82,800 yuan for the 1.8-liter "Jiashe" type...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/10

back equipped with the first twin-cylinder CNG technology. It comes with a 1.2L Revotron Engine that delivers the power of 73.5 ps at 6,000 rpm and a torque of 103 Nm at 3,500 rpm. It features an advanced single ECU and features a direct start in CNG mode. The vehicle has received the 5-Star Global NCAP adult safety rating and has additional features like a micro-switch to keep the car switched off at the time of refueling, and thermal incident p...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/01/30

launch of the world's first full-size luxury smart electric MPV MIFA 9, electric pickup T90 EV and electric light trucks and other new energy models in Europe. MIFA 9 has passed E-MARK and other European regulatory certifications, and is designed to meet the three five-star safety standards of EuroNCAP (Europe), C-NCAP (China) and ANCAP (Australia). The T90 EV, with a total length of 5.37 meters, is the first electric pickup of a Chinese-brand t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/01/06

launch of the world's first full-size luxury smart electric MPV MIFA 9, electric pickup T90 EV and electric light trucks and other new energy models in Europe. MIFA 9 has passed E-MARK and other European regulatory certifications, and is designed to meet the three five-star safety standards of EuroNCAP (Europe), C-NCAP (China) and ANCAP (Australia). The T90 EV, with a total length of 5.37 meters, is the first electric pickup of a Chinese-brand t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/01/06

heast Asia and West Asia. Dongfeng-Peugeot-Citroen began to accept advance orders for a 5-door hatchback "C-Quatre", which will be put on the market nationwide in early September. The model, which was developed based on the "Citroen C4" to conform to the European car safety assessment program "Euro NCAP," is compatible with the emissions regulations "Euro4." Peugeot China, a company overseeing Chinese operations of Peugeot, announced in Shanghai ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/01/05

2013. Production also skyrocketed by 2,031.32% y/y (about 21.3 times increase) to 42,700 units. GAC Mitsubishi Motors Co., Ltd. will display the ASX (RVR in Japan) and the Pajero Sport SUVs at Auto China 2014. The ASX was given five-star rating for safety in the China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP). On December 27, the GAC Group announced that it will participate in the Auto Guangzhou 2022 motor show with its GAC Trumpchi, GAC Aion, GAC Hon...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/31

ed their processes and methodologies, leveraging the potential of numerical simulations and virtual reality, thus, accelerating their Group’s overall core digital transformation. Thanks to this, they substantially reduced physical tests and prototypes while assuring a 5-star rating in the safety NCAP tests for this model.  On March 22, SEAT announced that Cupra Tavascan will be based on the MEB platform of the Volkswagen Group. It will be de...

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fering unbeatable flexibility. It can carry one to seven people and features the largest boot capacity of its category in five-seater configuration. On July 8, Renault India launched the all new Duster with 25 brand new features and technology enhancements. The new Renault Duster is compliant with BNCAP front, side & pedestrian crash norms and is compliant with safety features stipulated by the Indian authorities. The new Duster offers a high gr...

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