Mitsubishi L200

In the frontal offset test, there was extensive deformation of the bodyshell.  There was a rupture of the floorpan in the driver's seating position, considerable buckling of the floor in the rear of the passenger compartment and spot welds had failed at the point where the bottom sill meets the C-pillar (the rearmost pillar of the passenger compartment).  The car was penalised for this and Mitsubishi were precluded from demonstrating that structures in the instrument panel, such as the steering column and column shroud, would not present a risk of injury to the knees and femurs of occupants in the front seats.  Protection of the knees, femurs and pelvis was rated as marginal.  There was also insufficient pressure in the airbag to prevent the driver's head from bottoming-out against the steering wheel.  Dummy head readings showed that contact had been made with the steering wheel through the deflated airbag and protection of the head was downgraded to adequate.  In the full width rigid barrier test, protection of the driver dummy was good for all critical body areas while, for the rear passenger, protection of the neck was adequate and that of the chest was marginal.  In both side impact tests - the side barrier and more severe side pole - the L200 scored maximum points, with good protection of all critical body areas.  The front seats and head restraints showed good protection against whiplash injury in the event of a rear-end collision and a geometric assessment of the rear seats also indicated good whiplash protection.  The L200 does not have an autonomous emergency braking system to assist further in whiplash protection.