These six Indian cars international safety test miserably
The protection against the chest of the driver due to the high compression of the chest was poor and the passenger's chest received little protection.
R enault Kwid, car sales in sixth place in India, managed to get only one-star rating for safety in a crash test conducted by the technical inspection agency vehicles globally UK NCAP.
The one-star rating is the result of a driver airbag and seatbelt tensioner This version of Kwid Rs 380,000 is the most expensive version of the car at a price 38 percent higher than the base variant.
The test was conducted for a frontal impact at 64 km per hour speed.
This is the second time in four months that Global NCAP conducted a random test on Kwid In May this year, the agency had tested crash the basic variant of the mini-car with Hyundai Eon, Maruti Suzuki Celerio, Maruti Suzuki Eeco and Mahindra Scorpio - who landed a zero rating star.
Safety is of paramount importance to Renault and all our products meet and exceed the safety standards required by Indian regulators India is gradually moving towards the international safety standards including more robust security policies and insurance Bharat NCAP is a positive step in this direction.
As a company customer-focused, Renault fully supports this initiative and we are ready for the future in terms of technology, design and engineering for improved safety for all our vehicles.
The Indian government announced that the crash test regulations for existing cars come into force in 2019 and for new cars in 2017 fully supports this Renault, Renault India said.
W ith sales exceeding 10,700 units last month, the Kwid is the fastest growing model in India preceded by Hyundai i10 large, Maruti Suzuki Swift, Wagon R, Alto and Dzire.
David Ward, Secretary General of Global NCAP, said Renault has made limited progress, they should deliver their car a star as the standard version, not an option.
The protection offered to the driver's head and neck by the airbag was good However, the protection to the chest due to high compression of the chest was poor and the passenger's chest received little protection.
T he passenger's lap could have an impact on hazardous structures in the dashboard The bodyshell was deemed unstable that can not bear extra burdens It was confirmed that Renault reinforcements added to the structure, but only on the side the driver, not a passenger, said the accident report.
The agency also tested two variants of the Honda Mobilio, a multi-utility vehicle Its standard variant without airbags, received zero stars Security However, the variant with two airbags received a rating of three stars for protection adult occupant.
Testing is one year before the new regulations under the Bharat Safety Assessment Program new vehicle come into force in October 2017.
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