CHINESE SUV PASSES ABSURD ANCAP 'SUBMARINE' TEST

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John Cadogan delivers a scathing critique of ANCAP's safety rating system, using the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro as a prime example. While the SUV achieves a five-star rating, Cadogan highlights significant flaws, particularly its 'marginal' performance in automatic emergency braking and emergency lane keeping assistance, and a 'poor' rating for driver's chest injury likelihood in critical crash tests. He argues that ANCAP's focus on the absurd 'submarine' test, which assesses underwater egress capability, detracts from more relevant safety concerns like rollover protection. Cadogan finds the inclusion of the hammer for breaking windows in emergencies to be a desperate attempt to add value to a fundamentally flawed rating system, questioning the real-world relevance and frequency of such drowning scenarios. His verdict is that ANCAP's five-star rating has become largely meaningless due to its emasculated context and taxpayer-funded absurdity.