GWM Tank 500 achieves five-star ANCAP crash result
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Haval’s GWM Tank 500, a newcomer to Australasia, has attained a five-star ANCAP safety rating using the latest 2023-2025 protocols.
The GWM Tank 500 met five-star thresholds across each of ANCAP’s four key areas of assessment. Overall scores for adult and child protection were 85 and 93 per cent, respectively. Those for vulnerable road user and safety assist items were 81 and 84 per cent, respectively.
Good scores were seen across the range of destructive crash tests. Maximum points were awarded for the level of protection provided to adult and child occupants in the side impact test. However, points were deducted from the GWM Tank 500’s performance for its increased risk of injury to occupants of an oncoming vehicle it struck.
The GWM Tank 500 achieved the highest score (93 per cent) to date for Child Occupant Protection under ANCAP’s new protocols. Contributing to the high score was the fitting of a child presence detection system. When motion is detected, the vehicle sounds its horn and issues mobile phone and email notifications to alert the driver.
“The CPD system fitted to the GWM Tank 500 is one of the more advanced systems assessed by ANCAP so far. It’s great to see manufacturers implementing this potentially life-saving technology,” said an ANCAP spokesperson.
In collision avoidance tests, the Tank 500 achieved high scores in braking and lane support tests with pedestrians, cyclists, motorcycles, and other vehicles.
While the GWM Tank 500 is a three-row vehicle, consumers should note that top-tether child restraint anchorages are not fitted to third-row seating positions. Therefore, the sixth and seventh seats are not suitable for transporting young children.
This result follows on from a five-star ANCAP crash rating earned by the GWM Tank 300 in 2022.
