zero stars for all cars in latest global ncap crash tests

Alejandro FurasGlobal NCAP Technical Director

Delhi, India, May, 2016

Safer Cars for India

Research Project:

Car Brand and model

VIDEO

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

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Results

Star rate: MAX 5 STARS POINTS

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RESULTS codes in dummies

Green Good

Yellow Adequate

Orange Marginal

Brown Weak

Red Poor

Hyundai EON

Research Project: Safer cars for India

Models tested

Maruti Suzuki Celerio Renalult Kwid (I)NO Airbags

NO Airbags

NO Airbags

NO AirbagsMahindra Scorpio

Maruti Suzuki EecoNO Airbags

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

Hyundai Eon - NO Airbags

20.42

0.00

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

Mahindra Scorpio - NO Airbags

16.73

0.00

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

Maruti Suzuki Celerio - NO Airbags

11.53

0.00

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

Maruti Suzuki Eeco - NO Airbags

24.20

1.13

Renault Kwid

JAN2016

APR2016

MAY2016

Global NCAP’s Kwid

Renault Kwid

Kwid (I)

JAN2016

APR2016

MAY2016

Kwid (II) Kwid (III) Kwid (IV)

18,091 unitsUNTIL

MEEBBA005G1323780

FROM MEEBBA008G5362695

Est. 5,000 unitsFROM

MEEBBA005G4350297

Est. 25,000 unitsFROM

MEEBBA005G1323781

Global NCAP’s Kwid

Tested Asked to be tested

Asked to be tested

(pending)

Not Tested?

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

Renault Kwid (I) - NO Airbags

23.89

0.00

18,091 units produced until January 2016 UNTIL VIN MEEBBA005G1323780

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

Renault Kwid (III) - NO Airbags

14.85

0.00

Est. 5,000 units produced from early April to early MayFROM MEEBBA005G4350297

DriverFront passenger

Good

Adequate

Marginal

Weak

Poor

Renault Kwid (III) – Driver Airbag

16.63

0.00

Est. 5,000 units produced from early April to early MayFROM MEEBBA005G4350297

Research Project: Safer cars for India Summary of Results

Datsun Go

Maruti Suzuki Swift

Datsun Go

Toyota Etios

EON

Mahindra Scorpio

Eeco

Celerio

Renault Kwid (I)

Renault Kwid (III)

Renault Kwid (III)

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Research Project: Safer cars for India Summary of all results

Conclusions

Conclusions: Adult Occupant protection

Bodyshell integrity is critical for the protection of occupants even in cars fitted with airbags. All cars selected by Global NCAP for the Research project showed unstable body shells in the NCAP crash test.Airbags requirement must come along with UN94 Frontal crash occupant protection. The Renault Kwid with driver airbag showed still a poor protection performance. Car manufacturers can produce new platforms and improve their structures in short time but they can also remove reinforcements in short time.

Body shell integrity is critical for the protection of occupants. Without adequate body shell strength

there is no point in fitting airbags.

RENAULT KWID (I) Maruti Suzuki Eeco

Conclusions: Adult Occupant protection

Bodyshell integrity is critical for the protection of occupants even in cars fitted with airbags. All cars selected by Global NCAP for the Research project showed unstable body shells in the NCAP crash test.Airbags requirement must come along with UN94 Frontal crash occupant protection. The Renault Kwid with driver airbag showed still a poor protection performance. Car manufacturers can produce new platforms and improve their structures in short time.

Conclusions: Adult Occupant protection

Bodyshell integrity is critical for the protection of occupants even in cars fitted with airbags. All cars selected by Global NCAP for the Research project showed unstable body shells in the NCAP crash test.Airbags requirement must come along with UN94 Frontal crash occupant protection. The Renault Kwid with driver airbag showed still a poor protection performance. Car manufacturers can produce new platforms and improve their structures in short time.

Conclusions: Adult Occupant protection

Conclusions: Adult Occupant protection

General Conclusions - Recommendations

Global NCAP welcomes Indian government to adopt Regulation UN94 (frontal crash protection) as mandatory for all cars as from October 2017.

Car manufacturers do not have to wait for legislation to be fully applied in order to align all their production with UN94. Manufacturers that claim to use Global platforms like the CMF-A (Common Module Family-A from Renault-Nissan) should make sure that they are designed to meet UN minimum crash test standard in all markets.

Global NCAP welcomes the creation of BHARAT NCAP and recommends to perform the frontal crash test at 64km/h

Global NCAP and its members are ready to assist the Indian Government with technical support.

Coming up next…

Some models that could not be tested on time for this publication and the Renault Kwid (IV) with airbags will be published after August.

Thank you very much for your attention.

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