The 2007 MINI has been awarded the five star crash test rating by the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP). The latest versions of the Cooper model were thrown into deformable barriers in head-on (but off-set) collision tests @ 40 mph and also rammed from the side to test B-pillar strength. Needless to say, the cars from BMW's sports-hatchback division passed with flying colors. EuroNCAP awarded 13 out of 16 points for the frontal impact and 16 out of 18 for the side impact.

[Source: BMW]