Latin NCAP’s result update: Indian Volkswagen New Virtus result is extended to the Brazilian New Virtus

07.26.2023

The New Car Assessment Programme for Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin NCAP, tested in 2022 the Volkswagen New Virtus made in India and achieved five stars. Latin NCAP has now tested units made in Brazil to check that both perform the same.

The Volkswagen Virtus was updated in 2022 in terms of safety for the Latin American market. The car moved from a head-thorax side head protection to a curtain airbag side head protection system plus a side body airbags and offers ADAS as optional, in line with Latin NCAP recommendations.

The Volkswagen New Virtus made in India with 6 airbags as standard, which is available in markets like Mexico, was tested in 2022 comfortably reaching five stars Latin NCAP performance. As the updates of the Virtus were also introduced in the Brazilian version, Latin NCAP audited the car made in Brazil in order to check that the safety performance is at the same level.

The audit process proves that the Brazilian New Virtus matches the Indian New Virtus performance of five stars Latin NCAP.

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About Latin NCAP 

The Latin New Car Assessment Programme (Latin NCAP) was launched in 2010 to develop a regional system of independent crashworthiness and safety rating across Latin America and Caribbean (LAC). Latin NCAP replicates similar consumer testing programmes developed over the last thirty years in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, and which have proved to be very effective in improving the safety of motor vehicles. Since 2010 Latin NCAP has published the results of more than 150 models, all results available at www.latinncap.com/en/results.

Latin NCAP acknowledges the support received by the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP), International Consumer Research and Testing (ICRT), FIA Foundation, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Bloomberg Philanthropies Global Road Safety Initiative. Latin NCAP is an Associate member of Global NCAP and supports the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety and the Stop the Crash Partnership.