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- The petrol-powered Mifa has been awarded a five-star ANCAP rating under the 2022 standard.
- Same scores with the Mifa 9 EV twin
- Child seats should only be installed in the second row or on the left side of the third row.
The 2023 LDV Mifa people-mover has been awarded a full five-star safety rating by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) under 2022 testing criteria.
The rating applies to all petrol-powered variants, but is the same as the fully battery-electric Mifa 9 twin that has already been tested.
The safety body praised the Chinese-made family van for securing maximum points for driver and small female rear passenger in the full-width frontal test, front-seat passenger in the frontal offset test, and driver in the side impact test.
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However, it warns that child seats should not be installed in the center or right-hand third-row seats due to the lack of top tether anchorage points. All second row seats have top tethers.
It also had a mediocre score for the driver’s chest protection in the diagonal pole test.
The petrol LDV Mifa achieves the same ANCAP safety rating as its electric Mifa 9 counterpart, with 93 per cent for adult protection, 88 per cent for child occupant protection, vulnerable road user protection 73 percent for safety, and 90 percent for safety. help
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The Kia Carnival rival starts at $53,990 before on-road costs with front and rear auto emergency braking. blind spot monitoring; rear cross traffic alert; lane departure warning; Lane Keep Assist; adaptive cruise control; safe exit warning; and a reversing camera and sensors as standard.
Meanwhile, the Mifa Executive adds front parking sensors and a 360-degree surround-view camera system for $10,000 more.
A tougher 2023 ANCAP testing standard will soon come into force, which will examine flood water testing, in-car child detection systems, car-to-bike safety assistance systems and more.