In the past twenty years hundreds of infants and young children have died after being left in vehicles, usually by accident. When turning the vehicle off, drivers of the Bronco Sport are reminded to check the back seat if they opened the rear door before starting out. The Macan doesn't offer a back seat reminder.
Over 200 people are killed each year when backed over by motor vehicles. The Bronco Sport (except Big Bend/Heritage/Free Wheeling) offers optional Reverse Brake Assist that uses rear sensors to monitor for objects to the rear and automatically applies the brakes to prevent a collision. The Macan doesn't offer backup collision prevention brakes.
The Bronco Sport has a standard blind spot warning system that uses sensors to alert the driver to objects in the vehicle's blind spots where the side view mirrors don't reveal them. A system to reveal vehicles in the Macan's blind spot costs extra.
To help make backing out of a parking space safer, the Bronco Sport's standard Cross Traffic Alert uses sensors in the rear to alert the driver to vehicles approaching from the side and rear Cross Traffic Braking automatically engages the brakes to help avoid a collision. The Macan doesn't offer a rear cross-path warning system.
Both the Bronco Sport and the Macan have standard driver and passenger frontal airbags, front side-impact airbags, driver knee airbags, side-impact head airbags, front and rear seatbelt pretensioners, height adjustable front shoulder belts, four-wheel antilock brakes, all wheel drive, traction control, electronic stability systems to prevent skidding, crash mitigating brakes, post-collision automatic braking systems, daytime running lights, lane departure warning systems, rearview cameras, driver alert monitors and available around view monitors.
