Nissan announced several days ago that it would end production of its Tsuru compact sedan sold in Mexico. Now, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and other global safety authorities have crash tested the model, and the results are nothing short of terrifying.
The video below shows a crash test between a 2015 Nissan Tsuru and 2016 Nissan Versa, both of which are manufactured in Mexico. The cars crash into each other at a 50 percent overlap and a combined closing speed of 80 mph. The front end of Versa takes a beating, but the Tsuru is completely obliterated. The crash test was conducted at the IIHS headquarters in Virginia in collaboration with the Global New Car Assessment Program and Latin NCAP.
The test confirmed there are huge disparities between safety standards in different regions of the world. In previous tests of the 2016 Versa, Nissan’s least expensive sedan sold in the U.S., IIHS gave it Good ratings in moderate, side, and roof strength tests. Meanwhile, the Nissan Tsuru, Nissan’s least expensive sedan in Mexico, is considered a Zero Star car by the Latin NCAP on a five star scale.
In a statement, Global NCAP Secretary General David Ward called Nissan’s decision to pull the Tsuru from the market “long overdue.”
“Three years ago our partner Latin NCAP crash tested the car and revealed its Zero Star rating,” Ward said in a statement. “It has taken Nissan too long to recognize that selling sub-standard cars is unacceptable.”
The Nissan Tsuru has been involved in more than 4,000 deaths in Mexico between 2007 and 2012, according to the Latin NCAP.
Source: IIHS via YouTube, Global NCAP
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