{"id":8533,"date":"2024-10-22T15:49:32","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routehunters.co\/?p=8533"},"modified":"2024-10-22T16:01:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T16:01:59","slug":"mg-malaysia-wheres-mg5s-asean-ncap-rating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routehunters.co\/?p=8533","title":{"rendered":"MG Malaysia, where\u2019s MG5\u2019s ASEAN NCAP rating?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8533\" class=\"elementor elementor-8533\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a22ecec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a22ecec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e073fd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e073fd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-711f454 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"711f454\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d63976 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d63976\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.webp?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8512\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.webp?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.webp?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.webp?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b64c17 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8b64c17\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2acd3c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2acd3c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It\u2019s an open secret that the <strong>MG5 sedan which was recently launched in Malaysia had scored zero stars in the ANCAP crash safety rating<\/strong> test. The RM93,900 sedan scored ZERO STARS in the Australian NCAP test in 2023. SAIC Motor Malaysia, MG vehicle distributor\u2019s head of marketing Phang Rick Kee has been quoted by another motoring media publication claiming that the vehicle tested in the ANCAP test is the CBU variant from China which lacks certain safety features. He was also quoted in stating that the models sold in Malaysia are from Thailand with added safety features.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d73113 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d73113\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa15e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa15e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Does this mean the Thai spec MG5 is safer? \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed65cec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ed65cec\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b45f66 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2b45f66\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=wOwCqFDd0xM&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b13366c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b13366c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72000c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72000c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The added features in the Thai sourced MG5 includes <strong>seatbelt pre-tensioner, Blind spot monitoring, lane keep assist and lane departure warning.<\/strong> The bottom line is there\u2019s no tangible data to support these statements. Perhaps its safer, but by how much? <strong>Why should a customer spending almost RM100,000 and gamble theirs and their families safety in a HOPE that they have a safe car?<\/strong> When the rivals who may be lacking a feature or two have tangible proof on how much of protection is on offer in the event of an accident?<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f16022f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f16022f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0b25f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0b25f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Take a closer look at MG5\u2019s ANCAP test report \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7c3a7f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7c3a7f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9882286 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9882286\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-22-at-11.36.02%E2%80%AFPM.png?fit=1024%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8536\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f98652f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f98652f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f709c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f709c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You can read the full report by clicking\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.ancap.com.au\/app\/public\/assets\/b0a9571c72568501ec871f57009bebf8c870698f\/original.pdf?1725581969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong>, but here\u2019s the key takeaway from the report in our opinion. The MG5 scores <strong>15.09 out of 40 points for Adult Occupant Protection<\/strong>. It scored 0 \/ 8 for frontal offset crash, 0 \/ 8<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>for full frontal, 0 \/ 4 for far side impact. The report would go on to state that <strong>\u2018structures in the dashboard was a potential source of injury for the driver\u2019<\/strong> and <strong>\u2018protection of the upper legs was marginal.\u2019<\/strong> The report would also state that <strong>\u2018MG advised that they were unable to supply representative seats for whiplash testing\u2019<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5344b0c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5344b0c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ac8a97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ac8a97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Questioning the brands commitment to safety \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0b29c0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b0b29c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-294aa50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"294aa50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-22-at-11.32.16%E2%80%AFPM.png?fit=1024%2C516&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8535\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d1a24 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"36d1a24\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6573d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e6573d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Safety rating test\u2019s are incredibly important to certify that a vehicle is well engineered. A 3 star safety rating can be argued as adequate as these tests are incredibly harsh on the absence of driving aids and other safety features. <strong>But trying to defend zero stars is frankly irresponsible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plus spending almost AUD750,000 for your car to be tested willingly for safety standards and sending the lowest spec variant for whatever reason could be grounds for termination as someone had seriously dropped the ball on the job. It is however a glaring red flag towards the brand\u2019s commitment to safety. <strong>Which is ironic as their EV model MG4 scored a perfect 5 stars in the very same ANCAP test.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dc1a2a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6dc1a2a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e1a73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"47e1a73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">ASEAN NCAP is the only way out\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec6bbc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8ec6bbc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3f480c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b3f480c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.png?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-8540\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/routehunters.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/large.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aacbb6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"aacbb6e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5053fcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5053fcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because any amount of official, unofficial statements are just words. The proof of the MG5\u2019s safety credentials will only be proven by getting it tested by either ANCAP or the ASEAN NCAP tests. <strong>If MG could spend for an ANCAP rating, they can definitely spend for an ASEAN NCAP test, especially when the results are valid for countries like Thailand and Malaysia.<\/strong> We do not want any brand to take Malaysian lives for granted, and provide products like cars with safety features that are on par with the rest of the offerings. Until the verdict is out, regardless of how attractive the MG5 is on paper, <strong>the lack of tangible crash safety ratings will be its biggest drawback<\/strong>.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently the MG5 on sale in Malaysia is specced differently compared to one tested by ANCAP. 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