Crash tests

The Mahindra Marazzo was built to be a people carrier, a car in which families could travel from one place to another in great comfort. It comes as no surprise that safety would be given a very high priority in this vehicle. Mahindra has offered safety features including dual airbags, ABS with EBD and Isofix child seat support as standard across all trim levels. Proving its mettle, the Marazzo has earned a safety rating of 4 stars in the Global Read More...

As a part of the safer cars for India campaign, Global NCAP, the world leader of crash tests took the Indian spec of the Swift and the results are rather fascinating. While the Maruti Suzuki Brezza scored a four-star safety rating and the old generation Swift got a zero-star safety rating the results indeed show quite some improvement but there is a huge scope of further improvement. The introduction of dual airbags and ISOFIX mounts for child support did benefit the Read More...

In a recent crash test conducted by Global NCAP, the Renault Lodgy scored a zero star rating for adult occupants and a two-star safety rating for child occupants. The poor performance was mainly due to the lack of airbags and ISOFIX child support seats. Here is the manufacturer's official statement on the same incident. All Renault products meet and exceed the regulations set by ARAI. Renault has taken great strides in vehicle safety. The company shares the goal of improving Read More...

Global NCAP, the world-leading crash testing agency recently tested the Renault Lodgy MPV and it scored a zero-star safety rating. The base model of the Lodgy was tested which gets no airbags or child support seats, which earned the MPV a zero-star safety rating adult occupants and a two-star rating for child occupants, the report also stated the bodyshell integrity to be unstable. The test was conducted as a part of Global NCAP's Safer Cars For India Campaign, which launched back in 2014. Read More...

The new Volkswagen Arteon has scored top marks in the latest Euro NCAP crash test series. The independent European consumer protection organisation gave Volkswagen's new fastback model its highest rating of five stars. The rating recognises not only the new Arteon's occupant protection for adults and children, but also its driver assistance systems fitted as standard and its performance in the area of 'Pedestrian protection'. According to Euro NCAP, the Arteon became the highest scoring executive vehicle for pedestrian protection to Read More...

Recently, I came across a meme on the internet that read – “if you ever feel useless in life just remember that it’s someone’s job to crash test Volvos”. Out of curiosity I shuffled through a few websites on the internet to check the history of Volvo’s crash test results and the conclusion is that Volvo does make some rally safe cars. Well the safety ratings are distributed by taking a lot of aspects under consideration and these Swedish cars Read More...

Ahead of its launch in India, the (Maruti) Suzuki Ignis was crash tested by the Euro NCAP, the results of which were recently revealed. Based on the dual rating system, the Ignis scored 3 stars for the standard variant while the variant with the optional safety pack received a full 5 stars. Both the variants feature front side and curtain airbags as well as seat-belt pretensioners with load limiters. The safety pack has the added benefit of a Dual Camera Read More...

The Global New Car Assessment Program (Global NCAP) recently released the results for the crash tests of the Renault Kwid and the Honda Mobilio. The test featured the latest top-end trim of the India made Kwid with improved safety while the Mobilio was tested in the base trim as well as the airbags equipped trim. Also read: Here’s why the Brazilian Renault Kwid will be 20% heavier than the Indian model We had earlier reported that the Kwid had featured a Read More...

The Thailand –made Suzuki Ertiga MPV and Ciaz sedan have scored decent ratings in the ASEAN NCAP crash tests. The Ertiga scored a total of 12.39 points out of 16 with 4 stars out of 5 for Adult Occupant Protection (AOP) and achieved 2-Star by meeting 33% compliance for Child Occupant Protection (COP). On the other hand, the Suzuki Ciaz performed better than the MPV for AOP and earned 4-Star rating with 14.56 points. As for the COP, the mid Read More...