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by ricardobayes 1122 days ago
It would be interesting to re-test past 5 star NCAP cars in 2023, see how they hold up.
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None would get more than 3 stars as you can't get a higher score without active safety systems. Pretty much all results would be compressed in the 0-2 stars range. Even if a 2003 car would be perfectly safe in a rollover or a offset frontal impact it would be deducted points because it doesn't have lane assists or drive fatigue warning or radar cruise control (barring some S class or 7 series that might have had these features).
There are some tests like that. Here's one (not 2023 though):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwGgRUkrnng