The very first Mercedes-Benz ute/pick-up offering, the X-Class, will arrive with a maximum five-star safety rating.
Euro NCAP has just confirmed the new model, which will land in Australia in April 2018, had achieved the top safety score.
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The testing authority tell us the X-Class recorded a strong 90% Adult Occupant Protection score, and 87% Child Occupant Protection score.
While Pedestrian Protection was 80% and a 77% grading was bestowed on the ute for Safety Assist tech.
Check out the full Euro NCAP results for the X-Class here.
Mercedes-Benz welcomed the top safety score.
The X-Class owes this result above all to its especially sturdy body with high-strength passenger cell and a structure with front and rear ends capable of absorbing energy through selective deformation, as well as with an exceptionally large number of safety systems for the mid-size pickup segment.
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