Euro NCAP’s Top Performers of 2021
4th January 2022
Euro NCAP kicks off the start of a new year of car safety testing by recognizing the top performers of last year and the winners of the 2021 Best in Class awards.
Euro NCAP tested 33 new cars in 2021, of which 22 achieved the top 5-star rating. Among the successes, the Mercedes-EQ EQS emerged as best in the “Executive Car” and “Pure Electric” categories, narrowly beating runner-up the Polestar-2. In the “Small Off-Road” category, the winner is the Nissan Qashqai with an outstanding performance in active safety. The award in the “Large-Off Road” category goes to Škoda’s first all-electric SUV, the Enyaq iV. The Toyota Yaris Cross took the top spot in the “Small MPV” category and the Škoda Fabia was the best “Small Family Car”.
The Euro NCAP Best-in-Class award is given to those cars which perform best overall in categories with at least three entrants that year. Winners must have achieved a five-star rating and must have no critical body region coloured red in the full-scale tests. Click here to learn more about the rules.
Michiel van Ratingen says:
Best in Class
| Executive Runner-up |
Mercedes-EQ EQS Polestar 2 |
| Large Off-Road Runner-up |
Škoda ENYAQ iV BMW iX |
| Small Family Car Runner-up |
Škoda Fabia - |
| Small MPV Runner-up |
Toyota Yaris Cross VW Caddy |
| Pure Electric Runner-up |
Mercedes-EQ EQS Polestar 2 |
A video compiling images of all 2021 Best in Class cars is available on our YouTube channel and Newsroom for journalists. Detailed results and crash test pictures of all rewarded cars are published on our website. For media requests, please contact our Communications Manager, at media@euroncap.com.
Editor’s note
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Euro NCAP organizes crash tests on new vehicles and provides motoring consumers with a realistic and independent assessment of the safety performance of some of the most popular cars sold in Europe. Established in 1997 and backed by several European Governments, motoring, consumer and insurance organizations, Euro NCAP has rapidly become a catalyst for encouraging significant safety improvements to new car design. Visit our website: www.euroncap.com
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