Chevrolet Aveo

Euro NCAP Category

SMALL FAMILY
TEST RATINGS
ADULT OCCUPANT PROTECTION SCORES: FRONT 3 (19%)
SIDE 17 (94%)
SEATBELT REMINDER 1
OVERALL 21
CHILD OCCUPANT PROTECTION SCORE: 39 (80%)

PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION SCORE: 19 (53%)

ADULT OCCUPANT PROTECTION PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION

GOOD
Above: driver and passenger ADEQUATE Above: driver injury risks in FAIR
injury risks in 64km/h MARGINAL 50km/h side impact WEAK
frontal impact WEAK with head protection POOR
POOR in pole test

TEST RESULTS IN FULL CAR TESTED

FRONTAL IMPACT HEAD
Driver airbag contact stable
Passenger airbag contact stable
Steering Wheel
rearward displacement 135mm
upward displacement 19mm
lateral displacement 10mm to the left
FRONTAL IMPACT CHEST
Contact with steering wheel yes
Screen pillar rearward 149mm
Passenger compartment integrityunstable
FRONTAL IMPACT UPPER LEGS, KNEES AND PELVIS
Stiffer structures present yes: fuse box; brake-pedal bracket; steering
column and adjuster; ignition barrel; centre
console bracket; facia support bar.
Concentrated knee loading yes: fuse box; brake-pedal bracket; steering
column and adjuster; ignition barrel; centre
console bracket; facia support bar.
FRONTAL IMPACT LOWER LEGS, FEET AND ANKLES Make, model and hand of drive Chevrolet Aveo, 1.4 DOHC SX 2
Rearward pedal displacement clutch - 237mm Body type 4 door saloon
Upward pedal displacement clutch - 15mm Model year 2006
Footwell rupture none Kerb weight 1134kg
SIDE IMPACT AIRBAGS Chassis number from which applies to Aveo 4-door saloon
Head protection airbag yes (combined with torso airbag) Euro NCAP rating applies
Torso protection airbag yes Safety Equipment Driver and passenger single-stage front
CHILD PROTECTION airbags; side impact and head-protecting
Restraints used airbag; front seat belt pre-tensioners and
18 month old Britax-Römer Baby-Safe ISOFIX Plus, load-limiters; driver's seat belt reminder
rearward-facing using ISOFIX anchorages system; ISOFIX anchorages in rear
and support frame outboard seats.

3 year old Britax-Römer Duo Plus Universal, forward- Chevrolet inform us that top-tether
facing using ISOFIX anchorages anchorages are fitted in the rear outboard
seats of cars with chassis numbers
CHILD RESTRAINTS FRONTAL IMPACT greater than KL1SF697J6B009415.
Airbag disabling/warning label Text warning label permanently attached to
bith sides of the passenger's sun-visor

Forward head movement

18 mth old (behind passenger) protected
3 year old (behind driver) protected
Chest Protection
18 mth old: total load good
vertical load good
3-year-old: total load good
vertical load good
CHILD RESTRAINTS SIDE IMPACT
Head protection
18 mth old (struck side) protected
3 year old (non-struck side) protected
Head acceleration
18 mth old good
3 year old good

Euro NCAP’s rating applies fully only to the model with the specifications detailed here. Some equipment may not be fitted as standard to all versions in all countries. You should ensure that your car is fitted with the
safety equipment you require.
Chevrolet Aveo
COMMENTS
FRONTAL IMPACT Structural deformation and spot-weld release indicated that the bodyshell had been overloaded and had become unstable.
Rearward movement of the A-pillar was penalised. Movement of the steering-wheel presented a hazard to the driver's
head. The driver's chest made contact with the steering-wheel, distorting the rim. Compression of the driver's chest
indicated an unacceptably high risk of life-threatening injury. As a result, the final star of the adult occupant rating is struck
through. Structures in the dashboard represented a potential hazard to the knees and femurs of the driver and passenger.
No points were awarded for the protection offered to the feet and ankles.

SIDE IMPACT

CHILD PROTECTION The passenger airbag can be disabled to allow a rearward-facing child restraint to be placed in the front passenger's seat.
However, the deactivation switch is not clearly marked and information regarding the status of the airbag is not sufficiently
clear. The presence of the ISOFIX anchorages in the rear outboard seats was not clearly indicated.
SEATBELT REMINDER

PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION The Aveo scored enough points overall to qualify for three stars but Euro NCAP requires a minimum level of performance
in each of the frontal and side impacts. The car did not score enough points in frontal impact to be awarded three stars.

Euro NCAP has assessed the performance of the Chevrolet Aveo, a face-lifted version of the Chevrolet/Daewoo Kalos. We
were advised that the Kalos would be replaced by the Aveo, but now understand that the Kalos will continue to be available
as a three/five door version until 2008. We are informed that until then the Aveo will be available only as a saloon.

It has been indicated that the face-lift includes improvements in safety and Euro NCAP can only conclude that the safety
performance of the Kalos will not be as good as the Aveo. In any case, as our assessment was made on a saloon car, we
can not be sure that the three/five door car will have the same performance.

NOTE: The child protection rating of the Aveo was originally 31 points and three stars. Chevrolet have since provided us
with additional information which increases the score to 39 points and the rating to four stars.

Euro NCAP’s rating applies fully only to the model with the specifications detailed here. Some equipment may not be fitted as
standard to all versions in all countries. You should ensure that your car is fitted with the safety equipment you require.