Serious Safety Statements From Some Automakers
- Gobar NCRAP
- Oct 20, 2023
- 2 min read
Today, Gobar NCRAP announces fresh safety feature comparisons for 15 segments of Indian cars. Along with the announcement of Bharat NCAP and a couple of impressive crash test results for Indian cars from Global NCAP, automakers have also become surprisingly committed to updating their fleets with modern safety features.
Three new results are announced:
The Citroën C3 Aircross midsize three-row offers an unimpressive list of safety technologies, with the surprising omission of some features now ubiquitous in the segment, like ISOFIX anchorages, three-point safety belts and reminders for all seats, and side airbags. However, it does offer a basic level of active safety, with electronic stability control and a tyre deflation warning across the range. This earns it an average overall rating of 'Fair', valid for all its variants.
The updated Tata Harrier large SUV and its three-row version, the Safari, offer a host of improvements over their predecessors. As before, electronic stability control remains standard across the range, and some advanced safety assist technologies are available on higher variants. Now also standard across the range are three-point safety belts with reminders for all seats, rear seats with ISOFIX anchorages and i-Size compatibility, and side thorax and curtain airbags (now with coverage for all rows, even for the Safari). These earn the Harrier and Safari the second-highest rating of 'Recommended' when fitted with standard equipment. Additionally, higher variants of both SUVs are offered with an active tyre pressure monitor with individual readouts, which earn their higher variants the top rating of 'Best Pick'.
Also, multiple existing vehicle models are updated with new safety features:
The Hyundai i10 subcompact hatchback, Aura compact sedan and Venue compact SUV now have curtain airbags as standard equipment, but their ratings remain unaffected because ESC is not standard equipment.
Tata's Punch subcompact SUV and Altroz compact hatchback now have active tyre pressure monitors on some variants, but their ratings remain unaffected because they do not offer ESC.
The Hyundai Kona Electric midsize SUV now fits rear safety belt reminders as standard, but it already had the maximum rating of 'Best Pick'.
The Kia Carens midsize three-row now has safety belt reminders for all seats, and upgrades to a top rating of 'Best Pick'.
Two variants of the ageing Toyota Innova Crysta large three-row are now fitted with safety belt reminders for the rear seats, but its ratings remain unaffected.
On its successor, the Innova Hycross, safety belt reminders for the rear seats, and side thorax and head airbags, are now standard across the range. The basic variant now upgrades to the second-highest rating of 'Recommended' (the highest variant remains unchanged).
Safety feature comparisons of the previous quarter have been archived and uploaded at Gobar NCRAP Used, the section of the website that deals with pre-owned cars. [Note: We apologise for failing to indicate that the Volkswagen Taigun had reminders for its rear safety belts by the end of September, contributed to by the unavailability of a brochure on Volkswagen's website.]
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