The Updated Ford Mustang Is Now (Slightly) Safer

Euro NCAP has released the new scores for the lightly facelifted Mustang, and it’s good news – if only a crumb of it.

The Mustang, which you might remember scored a chronic two stars in testing just five months ago, has now posted better scores thanks to trinkets like autonomous emergency braking and Lane Assistance being made standard. The front airbags have been adjusted, too. It now rates three stars out of five. Still not brilliant if safety is your priority.

Euro NCAP has praised Ford for actually taking action following the eye-opening two-star result early this year, citing improvements in ‘key areas’. They do still call the three-star result “unexceptional.”

Elsewhere the new Honda Civic’s sub-par protection for children means it drops to four stars; a result that will make Honda pretty apoplectic. The new Vauxhall Insignia, Hyundai i30, Seat Ibiza, Alfa Romeo Stelvio and Volkswagen Arteon all hit maximum marks.