Watch A Bunch Of Indian Market Cars Fold Like Paper In Crash Tests
These cars have three things in common: all are made for the Indian market, all were deemed to have ‘unstable’ body structures, and all were given zero stars in recent Global NCAP tests. It’s clear that while much of the world takes the safety of new cars for granted, you’re much less fortunate if you’re buying a car in a developing market.
As well as the shoddy bodyshells, these cars also have a complete lack of safety features. Only one - the Renault Kwid - was fitted with an airbag, and none of the cars even have seatbelt pre-tensioners.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen Indian market cars spectacularly fail a Global NCAP test - a couple of years ago we were looking at another motley crew of budget cars that had scored 0 points. These tests don’t appear to show that much progress has happened in that time, and remember, these are big, global car companies that are more than capable of making cars for other markets that are perfectly safe.
Commenting on the lack of airbags in certain Kwid models, Global NCAP secretary general David Ward said:
“It is very surprising that a manufacturer like Renault introduced the Kwid initially lacking this essential feature [an airbag]. Global NCAP strongly believes that no manufacturer anywhere in the world should be developing new models that are so clearly sub-standard. Car makers must ensure that their new models pass the UN’s minimum crash test regulations, and support use of an airbag.”
The silver lining is that the Indian government will introduce mandatory crash tests for all new cars in late 2017, which should put a stop to manufacturers flogging such woefully inadequate cars in the country.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Yea, i think i’ll walk, thanks.
The Renault Kwid. Is that how much it cost to make?
What do you expect for a quid..
Still safer than this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fws1XkcTHys
Funny thing is cars like these are made to help solve this. They may be deathtraps, but they are still vehicles with roofs.
They should’ve spent a few Kwid more making these cars safer
My civic and i10 are the only cars with 2 airbags (only because they’re the older cars in the stable). Rest of my cars have 6-8 airbags
😩😭
How come the Kwid with airbags performed so much better structurally than the Kwid without any airbags??
Export model maybe. There’s always some discrepancy in what manufacturers sell locally and what they export to other countries where they price it a bit higher than what the car sells for in the country of origin.
my bicycle was safer than these cars.. (may be because it was slow)
These crashes look like a crash with bollywood effects