Indian cars in crash-flop - Aftonbladet

2008 we launched it as the “world’s cheapest car” in their home country India.

Now it looks as though the Tata Nano is also the world’s most dangerous car.

and four others have been tested with the result: zero stars.

Traffic in India is not the safest in the world. Not getting the better of the country’s five top-selling cars are dangerous bumping into most dangerous of them all is the Tata Nano – budget car that would be in India what the Beetle been to Europe and the West. A cheap car that everyone can afford. With a price tag of 15 000 would finally India motorized real.

Nano also passed a crash test in the UK, writes the Guardian. But now the Global NCAP, the sister organization of Euro NCAP crash tested five models that together paid 20 percent of the country’s car sales. Suzuki Maruti Alto 800, Tata Nano, Ford Figo, Hyundai i10 and Volkswagen Polo, all of which are manufactured in India.

cars, all of which lack the standard-fit airbags, crash was against a barrier at 64 km / h.

All five got zero stars when it comes to adult protection. Tata Nano also got zero stars have child welfare.

VW has already withdrawn its Polo model without airbags, which in India is optional.

– The Indian consumers have a right to know how safe their cars are and should be able to expect the same basic safety standards that consumers in the rest of the world, says Max Mosley on Ncap the Guardian.

ambition is to make Indian consumers more aware of cars and traffic.

– While the Chinese are actually impressively moves forward when it comes to building cars with quality scrolls India only their thumbs, says David Ward who is the Secretary General on Ncap.