How safe was the car you drove in the 1990s?

Taking stock of the past 30 years of independent vehicle safety testing, ANCAP reflects on the vehicle models first rated when testing began in 1993.

Commonplace on Australia’s roads at the time were the Ford Falcon, Mitsubishi Magna, Holden Commodore and Mazda 626 – just to name a few. These, together with the Honda Accord, Subaru Liberty, Nissan Pintara, Toyota Camry and Volvo 940 all featured in the first round of safety ratings released in 1993, in an effort to inform consumers about the safety features, or lack of, that were fitted to their everyday drives.

To reflect on the vast safety improvements made by vehicle manufacturers over the past 30 years, to commemorate ANCAP’s 30th Anniversary, we put a 1993 model Mitsubishi Magna (offering safety features and performance representative of most models available in Australia at that time) to the test.

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