The Australasian New Car Assessment Programme (ANCAP) has signed off a five-star rating for the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro MAX – this in addition to the same rating given by the Chinese NCAP authorities.
The ANCAP star ratings indicate the level of safety a vehicle provides for occupants and other road users in the event of a crash as well as its ability — through technology — to avoid or minimise the severity of a crash. This programme is one of the first to require a comprehensive list of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) as a prerequisite for testing.
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The Chery Tiggo 8 Pro MAX, introduced as the brand's flagship model in South Africa in 2022, received an update in March 2024. It made its debut in Australia in May this year and underwent testing shortly thereafter.
The safety rating for the Tiggo 8 Pro MAX is derived from the extensive crash tests conducted on the Tiggo 7 Pro. The ANCAP authority evaluated these tests, considering the shared platform and additional technical data specific to the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro MAX.
Following this initial evaluation, ANCAP carried out comprehensive pedestrian safety tests on the Tiggo 8 Pro MAX. This thorough testing means the rating applies to all Tiggo 8 variants available in South Africa, including the Tiggo 8 Pro Executive with a turbo-charged 1,6-litre petrol engine, the Tiggo 8 Pro MAX with a turbo-charged 2,0-litre petrol engine and the all-wheel-drive model.
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The Tiggo 8 is built on Chery’s T1X platform thast has lightweight, rigid, and modular characteristics. Despite its light weight, the Tiggo 8 Pro Max uses ultra-high-strength steel that offers torsional stiffness of up to 21 000 Nm/deg.
In terms of active safety, Chery has incorporated virtually every ADAS feature associated with level two autonomous driving. This includes automatic emergency braking (AEB), adaptive cruise control (ACC), lane-keeping assist (LKA), traffic jam assist (TJA), integrated cruise assist (ICA), and lane departure warning (LDW).
The Tiggo 8 Pro MAX is also equipped with four pre-tensioned force-limiting seatbelts and 10 crash bags. In addition to the traditional six bags, it includes a driver knee bag and second-row side bags with 6-second pressure retention technology. A unique bag between the front passengers has also been added, making this one of the safest and best-equipped vehicles in its class.
Colin Windell
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