I'm as pleased as anyone would be about the NCAP rating (well, inside atleast, I dont fancy getting hit by one). but one thing I can't help but wonder...
they cover a front impact, side impact and even pole impact, but what about a rear impact? this may sound silly but I like to think that if i'm going to have any sort of accident in my car, it wont be my fault! and the most common accident that isn't your fault is someone else driving up your ass. so what kind of mess would that leave your Cee'd in? to the point, would you be able to recover it!
The main reason i put this point forward though, watching the front impact video about half way through where the screen splits in two to show you the effect on the front and rear child seat, I noticed that the front head rests didn't shoot forward, and i thought this was supposed to be a big feature to minimize whip lash. So does this only happen during a rear collision? I woulod have thought that the force of that impact would have been enough to trigger the head rests.
Also, has anyone else found that when reversing or pulling away, if the biting point is reached and the revs drop slightly, the passenger seat violently shakes if it's empty? it seams like a sign of a very light and bad quality seat. I really hate saying this because the over all quality is matching Toyota these days, but it's a genuine concern
