Ground zero
The 2021 Mitsubishi Express van has made history by being the first vehicle to score a zero-star ANCAP rating.
The Express, popular with tradies and commercial fleets, failed to earn a single star because of the absence of active safety systems, such as autonomous emergency braking (AEB) and forward collision warning.
It also delivered “marginal performance” in physical crash tests and “lacks basic safety features that consumers have come to expect in a newly released model”, according to independent crash-testing body ANCAP.
Mitsubishi Australia reintroduced the Express nameplate in 2020 after a seven-year hiatus.
However, instead of bringing an all-new van, it rebadged the ageing Renault Trafic – Mitsubishi is able to do this because it is part of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi strategic
