Car-safety tester ANCAP braces for budget write-off

By Mark Hawthorne and James Massola
Updated April 9 2014 - 5:23pm, first published 3:00am
A spokesman for the Australian Automobile Association said ANCAP's rating system was 'well accepted by consumers and industry'.
A spokesman for the Australian Automobile Association said ANCAP's rating system was 'well accepted by consumers and industry'.

Crash testing of cars in Australia could end by 2017, with the federal government set to axe funding for the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP), the body that rates passenger vehicles from one to five stars for safety.

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