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Last Updated: December 09, 2023, 14:30 ISTRising SUV Sale Detrimental To Road Safety In India, Says NCAP Chief. (Photo: Kia)David Ward made the above statement while addressing the three-day Global Road Safety Initiative event.The sale of Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is increasing globally, including in India. The head of the Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) has recently voiced concerns about this developing trend.“India needs to stop selling more SUVs like the US is doing to reduce the number of…

Renault BS6 Range (Photo: Renault)As Renault India celebrates this remarkable milestone, it reaffirms its commitment to delivering high-quality vehicles and exceptional customer experiencesRenault India, the leading European automaker in the country, has achieved a remarkable feat by surpassing 9,00,000 vehicle sales. With this accomplishment, Renault India solidifies its position as one of the youngest and fastest-growing car manufacturers in the Indian market.The company attributes its success to its innovative and…

In case the ESC system detects an unstable state of the vehicle, it responds in milliseconds and intervenes to prevent it from sliding off the road.New Delhi: As vehicle safety is taking the centre stage, Electronic Stability Control (ESC) as a safety technology is proposed to be a mandated requirement in all vehicles produced in India. The ESC is an advanced safety system to control and maintain the lateral stability of…

The Global New Car Assessment Programme (GNCAP) has given the Kia Carens a 3-star rating in the latest rounds of crash testing for adult protection. The car has garnered the same score for child occupant protection as well. The car used for the crash testing was a made-in-India vehicle that was equipped with six – two frontal, two side-body, two side-head protection – airbags. This was coupled with the Electronic Stability Control (ESC). Together, they made up for the “most basic safety specifications,” in which the…

For modern car buyers, safety is fast becoming the top-most priority when it comes to buying new cars. Until now, Indian buyers have had to wait for international bodies like Global NCAP to test cars, or global-spec variants of cars, that are sold in India in order to have an idea of just how safe their choice of car is. All that is set to change as India will soon bring its own testing norms called Bharat-NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) which will conduct crash tests and subsequently, give a safety rating on cars that…

The Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) under its Safer Car for India Mission has crash-tested various made-in-India cars and ranked them. The participating vehicles have been evaluated in terms of the safety of adult passengers and child occupants in a crash where only the front two airbags were functional.The list has largely been dominated by Indian automakers such as Mahindra and Tata Motors. If want to buy a new car and wish to know the safety standards of vehicles in the market, check out the list…