News & Press Releases

Kajang, Malaysia, 10 October 2025 – The BYD brand entered the Southeast Asian market in 2022. Apart from its models’ exterior looks, BYD has also taken significant actions by offering a number of important vehicle safety technologies in its models.The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian C

Kajang, Malaysia, 17 September 2025 – The Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (GAC Group) achieved another milestone in the latest test conducted by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP). The vehicle safety programme for the South-East Asia region assessed the br

Kajang, Malaysia, 1 August 2025 – Since its establishment, the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has conducted several assessments on Toyota models. This year, Toyota introduced its latest SUV for assessment under the current 2021–2025 ASEAN NCAP protocol.The new

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 29th July 2025 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) in collaboration with the Faculty of Transportation Engineering, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam organize the Vehicle Safety Course (VSC) 2025/008 and the ASEAN

Kajang, Malaysia, 16 December 2024 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries or ASEAN NCAP today released its final assessment result for 2024. ASEAN NCAP performed an assessment on the new electric SUV, PROTON e.MAS 7, prior to its launching debut.The new PROTON e.MAS 7 del

Kajang, Malaysia, 9 December 2024 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) today released its latest assessment result on the NETA V model. The model which is the first electric vehicle (EV) brand tested at the MIROS Provisional CRASE Crash Centre (PC3) in Mala

Kajang, Malaysia, 15 August 2024 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) performed another assessment on a model that was recently launched in this region in the beginning of this year. The GAC EMZOOM is the first model under the brand GAC Motors to be tested

Kajang, Malaysia, 9 August 2024 – The automotive brand name Chery reentered the ASEAN market in recent years in which it launched its first model, Chery OMODA 5, in Indonesia and Malaysia in 2023. The Chery OMODA 5 is the first model under the Chery brand to be assessed by the New Car Assessment

Kajang, Malaysia, 5 August 2024 – The new Mitsubishi’s SUV was the second model to be rated by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) in its 2024 assessment year. In the assessment, the Mitsubishi XFORCE made an outstanding performance by achieving a 5-Star ASEAN N

Bangkok, Thailand, 28 May 2024 – The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries or ASEAN NCAP made another significant step in the vehicle safety assessment industry today with the launch of its latest protocol for the years assessment of 2026–2030. The new protocol was launched in

Kajang, Malaysia, 1 March 2024 – The new Honda Accord was recently assessed by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP), making it the first model assessed by the vehicle safety program in 2024. Under the current 2021–2025 protocol, the 2024 Honda Accord demonstr

Kajang, Malaysia, 1 December 2023 – As we neared the end of 2023, the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries or ASEAN NCAP conducted its first test on a pickup truck under the 2021-2025 assessment protocol. The test was performed on Mitsubishi’s latest launched pickup truck, th