Despite shortcomings for driver chest protection and vehicle-to-vehicle safety, the medium SUV has received full marks from ANCAP across petrol, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid variants.
The 2022 Lexus NX has earned top marks for safety from the Australian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) – in petrol, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid guise.
Based on a broad range of crash tests analysis of inbuilt autonomous safety features, the local independent evaluator allocates locally-sold new vehicles an aggregated score out of five.
The Japanese medium SUV scored strongly in most areas of occupant protection, however a ‘marginal’ score was recorded for driver chest protection in a deformable barrier crash.
Further, a penalty was applied for poor vehicle-to-vehicle compatibility – suggesting the occupants of other cars involved in a collision with the Lexus may be at risk.
Despite these blemishes, strong results in side impact, frontal offset, full width frontal, and oblique pole tests delivered the maximum five-star score available.
“Lexus has provided an impressive suite of safety features and active safety equipment in its latest NX model,” Carla Hoorweg – the CEO at ANCAP – said in a media statement.
The new score means all Australian-delivered Lexus models so far tested by ANCAP – including the CT200h, ES, IS, and UX – have earned top-marks for safety.
You can read Drive’s full coverage of ANCAP results and safety uptakes in Australia by clicking here.
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