Sunroofs & NCAP ratings

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Wed 5 Jul 2006 09:31
Sunroofs & NCAP ratings - colinh
Seeing the Kia offer in the News column ----->:

Euroncap state "The Picanto performed badly, only doing just enough to merit its three star rating" - what is the likely affect of a "full length...sunroof" on that rating?

I have a VW sunroof in my Golf - are cars retested for the affect of sunroofs on their ratings?
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Wed 5 Jul 2006 09:46
Sunroofs & NCAP ratings - Altea Ego
Very little effect. The central roof area has very little in the way of safety cell design,
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Wed 5 Jul 2006 11:26
Sunroofs & NCAP ratings - bell boy
not so on the old hillman avenger though.....they were deemed unsuitable for the fitmant of any kind of sunroof due to the design of the shell and the way it would have flexed if one was fitted
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Wed 5 Jul 2006 18:21
Sunroofs & NCAP ratings - Bill Payer
not so on the old hillman avenger though.....they were deemed unsuitable
for the fitmant of any kind of sunroof due to the
design of the shell and the way it would have flexed
if one was fitted

..that would have really messed up the Avenger's NCAP rating. :-)
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Wed 5 Jul 2006 19:52
Sunroofs & NCAP ratings - Altea Ego
I thought it had an andy cap rating?


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Wed 5 Jul 2006 20:00
Sunroofs & NCAP ratings - SjB {P}
not so on the old hillman avenger though


And Austin Aggros; my Damson Red, needed-polishing-every-five-minutes, 1750 "Sport" flexed so badly when jacked up that none of the doors could be opened or closed. The body shell - door misalignment apparent on the latter was huge, and my uncle (previous owner) even had a windscreen shatter on jacking the car up with the driver's door open. A colleague's similar four door variant without sunroof still flexed, but not nearly as much.

What a horrid device.
Thank heavens ownership was short and stop-gap in nature.
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