The follow-up to the popular ASX small SUV will likely only be rated at four safety stars, falling short of top marks, but Mitsubishi reckons the car is safe enough.

Mitsubishi Australia’s new ASX small SUV is expected to come to market wearing a four-star ANCAP safety rating based on European testing of the related Renault Captur.

While that is below the top-level five-star score, Mitsubishi Australia SUV and Electrification Product Strategy Manager Tim Clarke believes it will not dissuade the brand’s target market for the new ASX.

“It’s got a Euro NCAP four-star rating from MME [Mitsubishi Motors Europe], and we’re going to have that locally assessed by ANCAP to have its rating put on the website,” Clarke said.

“It [not having a five-star safety rating] is not such a big deal in the

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