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The new(ish) Volvo EX30 has earned another distinguished, and expected, accomplishment. The highly rated and quiet small SUV has earned a 5-star safety rating from the Euro NCAP rating system. That’s the highest possible ranking.
“It may be our smallest ever SUV, but the Volvo EX30 is also a proud flagbearer of our longstanding and well-known position as a leader in automotive safety,” Volvo writes.
“While we always design our cars to be safe in the real world and not only to excel in safety ratings, this result underscores the strong safety credentials of the EX30,” said Åsa Haglund, the head of our Safety Centre. “With the EX30, we have taken our city safety to the next level, by creating a small SUV that looks after you as well as other traffic participants on busy city streets.”
Of course, if there’s anything Volvo Cars is known for, it’s safety. Its reputation as the producer of the safest cars in the world is known around the world. The company is happy to build on that reputation, both in its vehicle design and in its press releases.
“As our smallest SUV, the EX30 is as safe as you’d expect from a Volvo car. With safety systems developed through our unique safety knowledge gained from research in real-world accidents for over 50 years, it is designed to help protect its driver and passengers in the event of a crash in real life.
“It does so through modern restraint technology, as well as a structural design that fulfills our pioneering in-house safety requirements. These ambitious requirements often exceed official testing requirements and are designed to prepare our cars for various real-world scenarios which can sometimes be far more complicated than standardised testing.”
Naturally, Volvo has also included good driver-assist features, and these involve features to protect the driver and passengers as well as features to protect other road users. For example, it’s got a feature to warn you that a cyclist is coming if you are about to open your door in its path.
You can dive into more of Volvo’s safety features on the EX30 here.
Related story: My Volvo EX30
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