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Old 07-31-2019, 12:49 PM   #1237 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post



I've watched lots of these tests, and I'm used to seeing deformation in the body shown by doors going out of alignment. There's little to none in the Model 3. Pretty neat.


The testing body gave it 5/5 stars overall, including 100% for the frontal offset, plus 97% for active safety systems - the best car it's seen in that category so far:





All details on the Euro NCAP Website:



- Tesla Model 3 2019 test information
- Euro NCAP July 2019 Press release
No doubt it's safe, but it sacrifices itself. The problem is it doesn't need to sacrifice itself when backing up slowly and catching the corner of the garage with the back bumper.
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