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Your muscular Scorpio may lead you to death, read how



Ankit Berry
New Delhi: How many of you felt that a car which had the looks of an SUV is safer than most of the tiny hatchbacks you see on the road? Well, I am sure most of you felt, the bulkier the car looks, safer it shall be. Unfortunately that is not the case. Global New Car Assessment Programme (Global NCAP) has tested another round of Indian cars and the results to be honest are pathetic.
Starting from the tiny Hyundai Eon to the muscular Mahindra Scorpio, all the cars tested scored zero stars in adult occupant protection. The base version of the Scorpio was tested and this is what Global NCAP had to say: “The protection offered to the driver’s head and chest was poor and the passenger’s chest received marginal protection. The passengers’ knees could impact with dangerous structures in the dashboard. The body shell was rated as unstable and cannot withstand further loadings.”
The Maruti Suzuki Eeco did not perform any better. Yes, it is a great runabout vehicle but in a crash it shall not be able to provide protection to the driver’s head or chest. “The protection offered to the driver’s chest was poor and the head protection was weak,” is what Global NCAP wrote in its report. Your knees are not in a better position as they could be damaged by: “...dangerous structures in the dashboard, the Transfascia tube as well as the shock absorber mounts mainly from driver’s side.”
Even the body shell is rated as unstable and cannot withstand further loadings. The Hyundai Eon is a small car but that is no excuse for the car being unsafe. It fared no better than its bigger rivals and scored a zero for adult safety. The results were pretty similar to what was stated about the Eeco.
 
All the above mentioned cars have one thing in common, they scored two points when it came to the safety of children in the car, which is not satisfactory but is a small bright spot. Coming to the Maruti Suzuki Celerio: “The protection offered to the driver’s head, neck and chest was poor and the passenger’s chest received marginal protection,” reported Global NCAP. This car scored only one point on child safety.
All the cars had one common issue: “The bodyshell was rated as unstable and cannot withstand further loadings.” This suggests that even with Airbags and ABS, the safety rating is unlikely to improve a great deal. The latest entrant to the game, the Renault Kwid which has been doing very well also faired pretty badly in the tests. Three variants of the Kwid were tested, one variant even had a driver’s side airbag but the results were no different. All three variants scored a zero in adult safety and two in child safety.
Renault has confirmed that they will implement further improvements to the KWID and Global NCAP will test these new evolutions in forthcoming crash tests. Safety should be the next big thing Indian car owners should be looking at. Fuel efficiency is important, but not more important than one’s life.
However, when contacted Maruti Suzuki, an official said: “All our products are safe. They meet the safety standards of India and in most cases, exceed them.
“The tests by global NCAP are conducted at speeds that are higher than those prescribed by the regulatory authorities not only in India but in Europe and USA. The results of Global NCAP have to be seen in that perspective.”
The official further said: “For Maruti Suzuki, as a market leader, safety is a top priority and we are fully committed towards enhancing the safety of our products and making consumers aware about the same. Thus we are offering an airbag option even in the Alto.”
Maruti says that their objective is to make the products compliant with all future regulations, ahead of the timeline. The recently introduced model Vitara Brezza, accordind to the company, already complies with safety regulation (offset/side impact) which will come in to effect in October 2017.

Edited By: Utsav Basu
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