Euro NCAP Rates MG TF The Safest Sports Car
Published: 28th January 2003
The TF is an excellent design for pedestrian safety, with its attractively proportioned and aerodynamic front end. If a collision were to happen, the front of the car is designed in a way to reduce injury to pedestrians. The mid-engine layout, with no engine beneath the bonnet, provides an absorbing area reducing further the risk of head injury.
Euro NCAP conducted tests on the MG TF produced the following points rating for crash performance:
| Frontal | 10.48 |
| Side | 15.55 |
| Occupant safety protection total | 26.03 (a four-star rating) |
| Pedestrian safety protection | 19.34 (a class-leading three-star rating) |
Adrian Guyll, vehicle safety protection manager at MG Rover
Group, said: "Sports cars are enjoyed for their motoring
freedom, but customers can be confident that our engineering
development fully ensures the MG TF performs extremely well
in safety tests, as demonstrated by the Euro NCAP safety tests.
Quite apart from its high four-star occupant safety rating,
the three-star rating for pedestrian impact – two stars
better than the competition – is an exceptional performance
and one that will be respected by MG owners and the general
public alike."
