The BYD Sealion 5 PHEV will not be receiving a ANCAP rating

Weird. I didn’t know a car could be sold without.

That rules out the uber driver market.

All the high end and limited edition cars dont have it. You need to supply 6 cars to them to destroy. Ferrari, Porsche, Rolls aren't donating 6 vehicles to get a rating.

You would expect with this model, BYD will be after that market

Yeah it’s the perfect uber car.

A lot of cars are never tested. Australian Design Rules (ADR) are the main criteria for when a car is allowed to be driven on our roads. A lack of a ANCAP rating or even a terrible rating by itself would not stop any car that complies with ADR to be sold here

No DC charging and AC limited to 3.3 kWh, it’s not really a high use design.

Car is positively acient and not in production anymore for the Chinese market. It’s really not worth the effort of making ANCAP ready

Any idea if/when the Atto 2 will be rated?

When I learned what it was, I knew it didn't matter that much... For example, for 2025 model: Does it have ABS, EBD, Lane Departure Warning, Blind Spot Detection, Pedestrian Detection etc etc etc. to get 5 stars, the cars need to have this.

It has reached the point where not having an ANCAP is a positive thing. If it means not having to comply with all the ridiculously distractive "safety features" then to me that's a selling point

‘a ANCAP’

yeah, I make mistakes, is there a problem with it?

Did i state there's a problem with it?

That's why the ANCAP rating lost all meaning. It should be purely about crash worthiness. The rest is pure crap.

Ever since most cars started getting 4 and 5 stars, people just went…..those super cheap Chinese cars have the same stuff and more, forget ANCAP.

Quite a few cars lost stars for how poor them performed in the actual crash test past. This car being so old would likely struggle in that department, ticking the assist boxes would be the easy part

Wait wait, so they’re only cranking these out for the export market?

Yeah pretty much, Sealion 6 Chinese equivalent has also past its used by and was retired

I see so many cars with a 5 star rating, yet have driver monitoring systems which are by far more of a distraction than phones!

i think its not a good look for a mass produced average car to skip this rating though

Kgm rexton as far as I'm aware is unrated.

It was released in 2019 so not exactly ancient, but yes it is an export-only model since last year.

I remember GWM coming into the ute market with their cheap new utes, then they got a 1 star ancap rating. New cars are definitely overpriced, but the cheap side definitely makes me wonder about what value you don't see us being cut

Do some research dude... they HAVE to in the eu.

Your crap attitude implied you did...

What is this ‘crap attitude’

Apparently it’s ANCAP, not BYD that is the holdup.

Apparently it’s ANCAP, not BYD that is the holdup. ANCAP not keeping up with the amount of new Chinese cars in the market.

I'm pretty sure there cops weren't allowed to buy a car because it didn't have a 5 star rating. Iirc one of the requirements for 5 stars is that they have reading lights in the back seat.

Didn’t realise ANCAP was a legal requirement in the EU.

Thank you for your incredibly insightful and well justified comment that everyone asked for. You’re clearly well educated in this area.

Cheers bro. Means the world to me.

I bought one of the first GWM Cannons before the ANCAP results were released. It got 5 stars but only after the headrests and steering column were redesigned. Credit to GWM: they recalled all pre-ANCAP models and swapped the parts out. So mine is technically not a 5-star car but is mechanically identical to one.

Nissan never bothered getting the Y62 (2010+) Patrol tested.

Death trap. Good luck Mates

Why would the EU care about ANCAP?

Would you like some human rights violations to go with that? [https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianEV/s/fOwumRG8bL](https://www.reddit.com/r/AustralianEV/s/fOwumRG8bL)

yep 💯  ANCAP care more about keeping themselves relevant than they do about actual end-user safety.

That's just government procurement rules. The government choose to make that a condition of the process.

Yes, turn you head to check properly what's out the sides of your car and the driver monitoring goes stupid in some cars. Mirrors are a help but not the primary way to see what's around you.

I'm talking the very first, before Great Wall Motors changed to GWM (I know they're the same, but they rebranded) I'm thinking the Great Wall V240

Are you basing your opinion of modern car safety on a 16 year old ute?

Not at all, have a look at my original comment about me remembering when they first came into the market