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Euro NCAP has announced the five best performing cars of 2010. To be selected as safest cars of their categories, these vehicles achieved a high overall score and attained the coveted five star rating.

Last year, Euro NCAP crash tested 29 vehicles, 65% of which reached the five star rating, compared to 90% in 2009. This decrease of 25% clearly shows that Euro NCAPs criteria to reach a five stars are now tougher. While Euro NCAPs poorest results of 2010 were achieved by the Citroen Nemo with three stars and by the Landwind CV9 which received only two stars, the top achievers by category are:

To be top achiever means that the car accomplished a high combined score based on the scores in each of the individual four areas of Euro NCAPs assessment, while notably exceeding the thresholds for a 5 star overall rating. In addition to the top five achievers, the Suzuki Swift, Kia Venga, BMW X1, VW Sharan/Seat Alhambra, and Citroen C4 all exceeded the 80% mark in overall score putting them on the list of best performing cars of 2010.