Nowadays, cars need to come with good levels of safety tech before people are fully sold on them, and manufacturers are always striving to improve what features their cars come with.
Here we look at six vehicles that come with great levels of safety tech for their money.
Ford Focus
With the new Focus, Ford has ensured that its popular family hatchback is crammed with safety equipment. With cameras and sensors fitted, the Focus has pre-collision assist with pedestrian detection, active emergency braking, airbags all around the cabin, electronic stability control and the eCall emergency service system. Ford ensures it’s affordable too, with prices starting from £17,930.
Nissan Qashqai
The country’s most popular crossover can also be one of the safest models on the road, as Nissan can fit it with a series of quality features. As part of the optional Intelligent Mobility line-up, Nissan provides multiple parking assists, rear cross traffic alert, lane departure warning, intelligent emergency braking, intelligent auto headlights with cornering function, blind spot warning and traffic sign recognition. Intelligent engine braking and ride control are also available. The Qashqai starts from £19,300.
Renault Scenic
Even though the MPV market is on the downturn, Renault’s Scenic continues to be a great family option that offers plenty of safety kit. Available in safety packs, the Scenic can be fitted with active emergency braking, lane keeping assist, fatigue detection alert, blind spot warning, adaptive cruise control and hands-free parking, with automatic high beam also available. The Scenic starts from £22,010.
Skoda Kodiaq
Skoda’s largest model that comes with both five- and seven-seat layouts and is crammed with safety tech. From the base spec, customers will find pedestrian monitoring and multi-collision braking, while park assist, traffic sign recognition, high beam control and blind spot detection are all on offer for customers to choose as extras. Skoda price the Kodiaq from £28,260.
Vauxhall Grandland X
For its largest model, Vauxhall made sure that it came with the best tech available. The large SUV can be fitted with lane departure warning with lane assist, blind spot warning, speed sign recognition, high beam assist, forward collision alert with automatic emergency braking and pedestrian alert. All of those come as standard in the top-spec Ultimate edition, but you will find them in models starting from £22,755.
Volvo V60
Volvo is always ensuring its models are the safest on the road, and its latest version of the V60 is the safest yet. The Swedish safety pioneers fit ‘IntelliSafe’ features to the V60 estate, which include adaptive cruise control, pilot assist, oncoming lane mitigation, lane keeping aid, automatic braking after collision, whiplash protection, driver alert control, city safety emergency braking and distance alert – with many more on top of that. Starting from £31,810, the V60 is a really safe option on the market.