The new Mitsubishi Triton has been awarded the utmost 5 stars within the Australasian New Automotive Evaluation Program (ANCAP). The Triton is the primary dual-cab pick-up truck to be examined and assessed towards ANCAP’s present 2023-2025 score standards. The outcomes apply to all 2WD and 4WD Double Cab variants bought in Australia and New Zealand.
Launched within the two nations in February, the Triton demonstrated excessive ranges of safety for the motive force, front-seat grownup passenger and little one occupants within the majority of bodily crash assessments. Most scores have been achieved by the passenger within the frontal offset take a look at, the motive force within the full width frontal and indirect facet pole assessments, and each little one dummies within the frontal and facet affect assessments.
Alternatives for enchancment have been famous for the chest and higher legs of the smaller rear passenger within the full width frontal take a look at the place a ‘Weak’ chest rating was recorded and a penalty utilized for elevated danger of stomach damage on this crash situation.
As a part of the suite of damaging assessments, ANCAP assesses the potential danger of damage to occupants of one other automobile if struck by the examined automobile. The Triton was proven to pose a comparatively reasonable danger in contrast with different autos of its kind.
In line with ANCAP, this means a thought of design by Mitsubishi, which minimises the chance the Triton poses to different street customers. This thought of method to design was additionally evident within the pedestrian affect assessments, the place the grill and bumper scored nicely in evaluation of danger to a pedestrian’s leg or pelvis.
“This score demonstrates Mitsubishi’s dedication and skill to design, construct and ship a five-star product. Twin cab utes are among the highest-selling fashions in Australia and New Zealand – bought in quantity by normal customers and fleet patrons alike. In lots of instances, they’re a tool-of-trade automobile, but they’re additionally household staples, so it’s pleasing to see Mitsubishi try for and obtain this five-star consequence,” mentioned ANCAP CEO Carla Hoorweg.
“There may be a longtime and well-recognised market expectation for five-star autos among the many ute section. The aspiration of producers to attain five-stars ought to prolong throughout all market segments, not simply these focused by fleet patrons,” she added.
In collision avoidance testing, the Triton managed 70% – the rating threshold for a five-star score. The truck’s autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system is able to detecting/responding to different autos, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists in a mixture of eventualities; nonetheless it doesn’t prolong to the extra refined AEB eventualities akin to avoidance in T-bone intersection crashes and head-on crashes. This restricted its total Security Help rating.
Driver Monitoring Techniques (DMS) are additionally inspired throughout the Security Help space of evaluation, and the Triton presents a direct DMS as commonplace.
“Direct driver monitoring methods are comparatively new throughout the market, with the Triton being one of many first direct DMS methods we’ve assessed regionally. The Triton met ANCAP protocol necessities in alerting for fatigue and distraction, nonetheless Mitsubishi’s implementation of this method could possibly be improved by decreasing pointless warnings to the motive force,” Hoorweg mentioned.
Along with visible warnings, the producer can select between haptic or audible DMS warnings with a purpose to rating factors underneath ANCAP protocols. Distraction warnings when reversing, parking or throughout slow-speed manoeuvres under 10 km/h will not be required or rewarded by ANCAP.
Already crash examined in ASEAN and launched in Thailand – the place it’s made and exported – the Triton will get a brand new 2.4-litre engine codenamed 4N16, supplied in three states of tune – 150 PS/330 Nm, 184 PS/430 Nm and 204 PS/470 Nm. The range-topping Athlete that we featured at BIMS 2024 will get essentially the most highly effective engine, mated to MMC’s Tremendous Choose 4WD-II system with Lively Yaw Management (AYC). The brand new Triton is ready to attain Malaysia earlier than the top of 2024.
GALLERY: Mitsubishi Triton Athlete at BIMS 2024
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