2024 Suzuki Swift Only Garners 1-Star ANCAP and 3-Star Euro NCAP Ratings
The new fourth-gen (chassis code: AOL) Suzuki Swift compact hatch has been crash-tested by ANCAP, but it garnered a disappointing 1-star score from said organisation's notoriously difficult tests.
The new 2024 Suzuki Swift was recently certified by the Australian NCAP (ANCAP) crash testing organisation. Disappointingly, the fourth-gen hatch (model code: AOL) garner a dismal 1-star rating from the notoriously difficult automotive safety assessment organisation.
Worryingly, this also stand much lower than its disappointing European NCAP (Euro NCAP) assessment results. Crash-tested back in July this year, the Euro NCAP gave the S-badge’s newest compact hatch offering a 3-star rating instead.
Of course, there’s an explanation to this jarring difference in scores from both organisations for what appears to be the same car.
“Earlier this year ANCAP was informed of physical differences between locally-supplied Swift models and those supplied in Europe so we conducted a range of additional crash tests on local vehicles and found some areas of concern," notes Carla Hoorweg, ANCAP’s CEO, via an official press release.
The model subsequently crash-tested by ANCAP, which it found to be lacking in collision avoidance capabilities, scored just 47% in Adult Occupant Protection and 59% in Child Occupant Protection assessment fronts.
In contrast, its counterparts at the Euro NCAP organisation had given the European market Swift model noticeably higher Adult Occupant Protection and Child Occupant Protection scores of 67% and 65% respectively.
The Swift for Europe apparently lacked a front-centre airbag to pass a test on the way to earning five stars. Said feature is intended to protect front occupants' heads clashing in a side-impact collision.
Moreover, ANCAP also observed performance inconsistencies in the Swift across both its frontal offset and full-widhth crash tests.
Returning to the ANCAP scores, the organisation further noted that it also observed performance inconsistencies in both the frontal offset and full-width crash tests.
The former revealed higher chest loads and increased risk of leg injuries to the driver, attributed to excessive pedal movement. As for the latter, ANCAP recorded significantly elevated chest compression measurements for rear passengers that exceeded allowable limits.
As a result, chest protection, which is a vital area, was rated as Poor, with the score for this test capped and 0 points awarded. Similarly, Poor results were also noted for head and chest of child dummies in head-on and side-impact crash scenarios.
In contrast, the Euro NCAP had awarded the fourth-gen Suzuki Swift model with a higher 3-star rating.
You can assess both the latest ANCAP and Euro NCAP crash-test reports of the new fourth-gen Swift hatch for yourselves online now.
Despite these paltry scores, would you still be keen on the S-badge’s latest signature hatch should it make landfall in Malaysia? Share your take on which in the comments below, as well as our social media pages…

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