Mercedes-Benz C-Class W205 Gets Crash Tested by Euro NCAP

In other words, the news that it received five stars out of five comes as no surprise for some people, despite the fact that the new C-Class was put through a much more demanding array of tests to achieve this ranking.

In the front offset crash test, the passenger compartment of the randomly-chosen C 220 BlueTec preserved its shape during the impact, while the driver and passenger crash test dummies indicated a good protection of the knees and femurs.

According to Euro NCAP, Mercedes-Benz showed that a similar level of protection would be provided for passengers of different statures and those sat in different positions.

As far as the side barrier test is concerned, the C-Class offered good protection for all passenger body regions, scoring the maximum points. On the other hand, the side impact showed a marginal level of protection when it comes to ribs compression.

The dynamic tests showed the new C-Class scoring maximum points for the protection of a 1 year infant tucked in the child seat, while the standard “active hood” of the car was the main reason for the generally good protection of pedestrians, with Euro NCAP only down voting the effect of the edge of the hood in pedestrian impacts.

As far as the active safety assist systems which are offered in standard on the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class, all of them worked almost flawlessly, with the Collision Prevention Assist Plus (autonomous braking system) either avoiding low speed impacts completely or lowering their severity at higher speeds. All in all, even a basic version of the new Mercedes-Benz sedan can be considered a very safe vehicle.