Jean-Marie Mortier (L), Director of Belgian Consumers' Association, Philippe Roberti de Winghe (C), .., 1999...

Jean-Marie Mortier (L), Director of Belgian Consumers' Association, Philippe Roberti de Winghe (C), President of the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium and Neil Kinnock (R), European Transport Commissioner, at the presentation of European car crash test results at the Autoworld museum in Brussels January 26. Four new small family car models [ Ford Focus, Mercedes A Class, Opel Astra and Renault Megane], won the top four-star rating in the test conducted by the European New Car Assessment Programme (EuroNCAP), but European consumer associations urged carmakers and the European Union to improve car designs after crash tests showed some vehicles posed a risk to passengers and pedestrians. ??»