2016 Chevrolet Aveo Scored A Zero During Latin America NCAP Testing

The 2016 Chevrolet Aveo didn’t even score a 1. It scored a giant goose egg when testing its crash-worthiness by Latin NCAP.

You know you’re doing something wrong when you not only score a big fat zero on a government crash-worthiness safety test but also get a hashtag trending in your honor (#NoZeroStarCars). According to Latin NCAP on their latest press release earlier today (Nov. 16, 2015) it seems that one of GM’s compact cars, the 2016 Chevrolet Aveo (sold in the United States as the Chevrolet Aveo,) managed to fail their latest crash test quite spectacularly. Latin NCAP dropped the whole set of videos showcasing the 2016 Spark’s performance and it is not pretty. Check out all the videos below.

And according to Latin’s NCAP President herself.

"“The Aveo is typical of a poor overall GM safety performance revealed in five years of independent crash testing carried out by Latin NCAP. GM brand Chevrolet performs the worst of all the major global car companies”."

In this first video, notice how the front wheel well buckles underneath as the engine intudes into the passenger cabin. Also, the A-piller collapses on itself. Not good GM.

In this test, a small child is simulated to be thrown around like a rag doll. Any child in that seat would’ve been seriously injured.

Here’s that same crash but from overhead. And again, we’re not talking about a zero out of five. We’re talking about a zero out of 17.

Another side profile shot.

And in this video, we can clearly see the entire passenger cell flexing under pressure. Never a good sign for a crash test.

And here in the United States with NHTSA, test results for the Spark/Aveo aren’t all that better either with a marginal at best score for the small frontal overlap test.

The Chevrolet Aveo/Aveo is one of Chevrolet’s cheapest global platforms and is a volume seller. Just this last October, GM pushed out over 3294 units in the United States alone. As such, as long as their’s a good enough MSRP for new car buyers, the name should sell itself. But if GM keeps pushing out shoddy products, that reputation might become tarnished (not that it probably already is cough*ignitiongate*cough)

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Take a note from safer cars on the road GM and try not to pass on foreign made products as having the same quality as you’d like to think your company is trying to become known for once again. It sounds like it’s time to send this Aveo back to the drawing board.