Toyota HiAce and Mitsubishi Outlander Get Five-Star Safe Again

You know it’s serious when ANCAP calls the kids back to class. This time, Toyota’s HiAce van and Mitsubishi’s Outlander SUV have both been dragged into the crash labs and sat the 2025 exams. The result? Gold stars all round. Five back then, five again now, even though the tests are meaner than ever.

HiAce goes from workhorse to safehouse The HiAce is the tradie’s best mate, the courier’s office, and more often than not, the Uber that hauls you home after Mardi Gras. When it launched in 2019 it picked up a shiny five-star rating. Fast-forward six years and ANCAP has changed the rules of the game, introducing new frontal offset and far-side impact tests.

Toyota didn’t sit on its hands. From June 2025 builds onwards, the HiAce now comes with a centre airbag (so your mate doesn’t headbutt you in a crash), Emergency Lane Keeping, smarter adaptive cruise, and a properly upgraded AEB that sees not just cars, bikes, and pedestrians, but motorcyclists too. For a van, that’s huge — because HiAce spends its life in traffic, where mistakes can happen fast.

Outlander steps it up The Outlander has been a family favourite since its 2022 release, with petrol and PHEV versions keeping the school run civilised. But ANCAP’s latest test regime is no joke. So Mitsubishi has slipped in upgrades for petrol builds from April 2025 and PHEVs from July 2025.

We’re talking better restraint systems, improved centre airbag effectiveness, stronger whiplash protection, and a driver monitoring system that basically tells you off if you’re daydreaming. Lane support is broader, AEB is cleverer (yes, it can spot motorcycles now), and the whole package is just more 2025 than 2022.

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ABOVE: ANCAP retest fr Hi Ace and Outlander

The bigger picture ANCAP CEO Carla Hoorweg compared it to phones: every new version should be smarter and safer. It’s not about keeping the badge shiny — it’s about making sure buyers don’t step backwards when safety should be marching on.

Reassessment isn’t just for Toyota and Mitsubishi either. Hilux, Golf, Polo, D-Max, and even MG’s budget cars have been through the wringer. Some improved, some not so much.

Bottom line HiAce keeps the tradies, couriers, and rideshare crews safer. Outlander keeps the kids in the back seat protected while mum or dad pretends to like Coldplay on the school run. Five stars then, five stars now — and that’s worth celebrating, no matter which side of Oxford Street you’re on.

Excerpt (25 words): Toyota HiAce and Mitsubishi Outlander have been dragged back through ANCAP’s tougher 2025 tests, with both upgraded models still scoring five stars under stricter safety rules.

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