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The India-made Renault Triber, targeted for African markets, underwent safety crash testing&nbsp;conducted by the Global New Car Assessment Program (GNCAP). Although Triber&nbsp;received a 4-star crash test rating in 2021, it scored&nbsp;only&nbsp;two stars&nbsp;under&nbsp;new rules and regulations.&nbsp;Due to insufficient chest protection for the driver and passenger in frontal and side-impact&nbsp;testing, it was penalised points. The Triber got 22.29 out of 34 points for Adult Occupant Protection (AOP).

Furthermore, the car&nbsp;received&nbsp;19.99 out of 49 points for Child Occupant Protection (COP)&nbsp;since it lacked&nbsp;ISOFIX anchorages.&nbsp;During a forward crash, the head of the 3-year-old&nbsp;dummy was left exposed, and its neck and chest were not sufficiently protected.&nbsp;The 18-month-old child seat, mounted rearward-facing with the adult belt, successfully prevented head exposure after a frontal crash, providing complete protection. Here's the video.&nbsp;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca6A4jd6Sno

The Triber has two front airbags as standard equipment, and it hasn't been subjected to a side pole impact test because it doesn't have side airbags. In the crash test report, the Triber's body structure was deemed&nbsp;unstable, suggesting&nbsp;that occupant safety in the event of a collision is compromised.

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<h2>Renault Triber&nbsp;MPV:&nbsp;Safety Suite and Powertrain</h2>

As mentioned, the car lacks&nbsp;several standard safety equipment&nbsp;across its variant lineup such as six airbags, ISOFIX anchorages, and three-point seatbelts for every seat. However, the safety features that do come as standard comprise&nbsp;traction control, hill-start assist, electronic stability program (ESP), rear parking sensors, ABS with EBD, and seat belt reminders for all passengers. Considering that the top-spec&nbsp;variants have four airbags, the model&nbsp;tested appears&nbsp;to be a base variant with two airbags.

Under the hood, the MPV has&nbsp;a&nbsp;1.0-litre 3-cylinder unit,&nbsp;producing&nbsp;71bhp of maximum power&nbsp;and 96Nm of peak torque.&nbsp;This engine is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox and a five-speed easy-R AMT.&nbsp;

<h2>Renault Triber&nbsp;MPV: Price Range</h2>

The ex-showroom pricing of the Renault Triber ranges from Rs 5.99 lakh to Rs 8.97 lakh. It is a seven-seater alternative&nbsp;for popular products&nbsp;such as the Maruti Suzuki Swift, Hyundai Grand i10 Nios, Tata Tiago, and Maruti Suzuki Wagon R. However, the Triber&nbsp;currently&nbsp;has no&nbsp;direct rival.&nbsp;

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<h2>Maruti Suzuki Ertiga Scores 1-Star Safety Rating</h2>

The <a href="https://www.autox.com/news/car-news/maruti-suzuki-ertiga-gets-1-star-safety-rating-in-global-ncap-crash-tests-watch-video-117921/">Maruti Suzuki Ertiga was also a part of the latest round of crash tests</a>&nbsp;alongside the Triber, under the GNCAP's 'Safer Cars for Africa' initiative. The MPV has received a 1-star safety rating.&nbsp;It comes with an electronic stability control (ESC), seatbelt reminder, dual&nbsp;front airbags, and a seatbelt pre-tensioner with a load limiter. In the back row, ISOFIX child seat anchorages are also included.&nbsp;

For Adult Occupant Protection (AOP), the Ertiga received 23.63 points, while for Child Occupant Protection, it got&nbsp;19.40 points. According to the results, the driver's and passenger's head and neck were well protected. The bodyshell and footwell were deemed unstable and unable to bear further loads.

India-made Renault Triber MPV Gets 2-Star Crash Test Safety Rating from GNCAP: Watch Video

In the Global NCAP's crash test report, the Renault Triber's body structure was deemed unstable, suggesting that occupant safety in the event of a collision is compromised.

The&nbsp;Global NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme)&nbsp;recently crash-tested the Honda Amaze. The&nbsp;assessment body&nbsp;gave the sub-4-metre sedan&nbsp;a two-star rating for adult occupant protection and a&nbsp;zero-star rating for child passenger protection.&nbsp;These results draw attention to important safety flaws and raise questions about the sedan's safety features. As India transitions to its own Bharat NCAP safety assessment system, the Honda Amaze is one of the last few vehicles to be tested under Global NCAP's Safer Cars for India initiative. Read on to learn more&nbsp;about the details of the&nbsp;latest round of crash tests.&nbsp;

<h2>Honda Amaze GNCAP Safety Rating: Child and Adult Occupant Protection</h2>

The Amaze did comparatively&nbsp;well when it was put through less rigorous testing in 2019, earning four stars for adult protection and one for child safety. However, under the new regulations, the&nbsp;adult and child occupant protection ratings have dropped to two stars and zero stars, respectively.&nbsp;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17ofOJHiHws

These&nbsp;results&nbsp;highlight that&nbsp;the latest ratings came about&nbsp;in part due to the&nbsp;lack of essential safety precautions. According to the GNCAP report, 'child protection showed head contact in the frontal impact for both dummies, high loadings in the chest and neck of the three-year-old child and ejection risk in the 1.5-year-old dummies.'&nbsp;The absence of three-point seatbelts in all seating positions and inadequate child restraint equipment&nbsp;were the main reasons for the car getting zero stars in terms of child protection.

For adult occupant protection, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.autox.com/new-cars/honda/amaze/">Honda Amaze</a> scored below optimal because of the absence of standard Electronic Stability Control (ESC), optional side head protection, and a driver-only seat belt reminder.&nbsp;The&nbsp;lack of more comprehensive safety features detracted from the car's&nbsp;overall rating, even though it was satisfactory&nbsp;in some safety parameters.

<h2>GNCAP and Honda&nbsp;Comment</h2>

In his remarks on the findings, Alejandro Furas, Secretary General of Global NCAP, said, 'Regrettably, Honda did not take the opportunity to update the Amaze with more safety features which explains its disappointing score.' This suggests that Honda could have achieved better scores for the car with appropriate safety upgrades.

<img alt="Honda Amaze GNCAP Safety Test" src="/uploads/2024/04/Honda-Amaze-GNCAP.jpg" style="width: 1280px; height: 720px;" />

Meanwhile, in an official statement, <a href="https://www.autox.com/new-cars/honda/">Honda Cars</a> India remarked, 'The South Africa spec 2nd Generation Amaze has already been tested as 4 star by GNCAP in 2019. The latest test basis new protocol shows that the total score is of 5-star level. However, mainly due to the requirement of certain equipment like Electronic Stability Control and Side Curtain Airbags, it resulted in a lower rating.&nbsp;At Honda, our unwavering commitment to safety is evident in the meticulous engineering of our products, integrating advanced active and passive safety technologies across our entire model range. We are dedicated to continuously working to enhance our vehicles on all parameters of Safety and improve them further at model change timing.'

<h2>Honda Amaze: Price and Safety Suite</h2>

The price of the Amaze&nbsp;starts at&nbsp;Rs 7.93 lakh&nbsp;and goes up to Rs 9.86 lakh. Both prices are ex-showroom. In terms of safety suite,&nbsp;the sedan offers&nbsp;dual frontal airbags, ISOFIX child seat anchorages, rear parking sensors, a rear multi-view camera, ABS with EBD, and a high-speed alert. In our market, the model competes with the Hyundai Aura and <a href="https://www.autox.com/reviews/car-reviews/tata-tigor-icng-amt-review-convenience-meets-efficiency-116239/">Tata Tigor</a>.&nbsp;

Watch: Honda Amaze Scores 2 Star Safety Rating in Crash Test by Global NCAP

For adult occupant protection, the Honda Amaze scored below optimal due to the absence of standard Electronic Stability Control (ESC), optional side head protection, and a driver-only seat belt reminder. 

The new Tata Safari and the Harrier have scored a 5-star safety rating and become the first&nbsp;Indian cars with the highest GNCAP score&nbsp;for adult and child occupant safety. The timing of these crash crash tests was&nbsp;significant as these were among the last few cars to be tested under the 'Safer Cars For India'&nbsp;programme&nbsp;before the&nbsp;Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP)&nbsp;came&nbsp;into effect on October 1.&nbsp;For those not aware, GNCAP's crash test protocols evaluate&nbsp;frontal and side impact protection and&nbsp;Electronic Stability Control (ESC) for all models, along with&nbsp;pedestrian and side-impact pole protection assessments.&nbsp;

<h2>Tata Safari, Harrier:&nbsp;Adult Occupant&nbsp;Crash Test Results&nbsp;</h2>

In Adult Occupant Protection, the facelifted versions&nbsp;received&nbsp;33.05 points out of 34 points. The updated SUVs offered 'good' protection to the driver's and passenger's head and neck in the frontal impact test, while the chest (both driver and passenger) was adequately protected.

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As for the side impact test, the latest <a href="https://www.autox.com/new-cars/tata/harrier/">Harrier</a> and Safari offered 'good' protection to the head, chest, abdomen, and pelvis. Also, the footwell area and bodyshell were 'stable' and could&nbsp;withstand additional loads. Meanwhile, in the side pole impact test,&nbsp;the SUVs provided 'adequate' protection to the abdomen, 'good' protection to the head and pelvis, and 'marginal' protection to the chest.&nbsp;

<h2>Tata Safari, Harrier: Child&nbsp;Occupant&nbsp;Crash Test Results</h2>

As far as child occupant protection goes, the refreshed models secured 45 out of 49 points. This includes a&nbsp;child restraint system (CRS) installation score of 12 points and a dynamic score of 24 points. The&nbsp;models tested&nbsp;were equipped with dual front airbags, side head curtain airbags, side chest airbags, ISOFIX anchorages, three-point seatbelts with pre-tensioners, seatbelt reminders, ESC,&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;a&nbsp;passenger airbag disabling switch. Moreover, the Safari and Harrier also met the requirements of UN127 and GTR9 for pedestrian protection as standard.&nbsp;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC46CDDw5Jc

<h2>Tata Safari, Harrier SUVs: Safety Equipment, Powertrain &amp; More</h2>

In terms of safety, the newly-launched SUVs offer a host of features, such as up to seven airbags, one of which will be for the driver's knees. In addition, the Harrier and Safari also come equipped with level-2 ADAS technology with 17 driver assistance capabilities. Among other safety features are ABS with EBD, ESP, a tyre pressure monitoring system, cruise control, driver attention alert, hill descent control, emergency call, and breakdown alert.

The Safari and Harrier are based on the same vehicle platform, however, the Safari can seat up to seven people, whereas the Harrier offers a maximum capacity of five. Under the hood, the Harrier and the Safari come powered by a 2.0-litre diesel engine, yielding 168bhp/350Nm with a 6-speed manual or automated transmission. The new Harrier has a manual fuel efficiency of 16.80 km/l and an automated fuel efficiency of 14.60 km/l. The asserted fuel efficiency for the revamped Safari is 16.30km/l for the manual and 14.50km/l for the automatic.&nbsp;

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The price of the Tata Harrier facelift&nbsp;starts at Rs 15.49 lakh and goes up to Rs 24.49 lakh, while the&nbsp;2023 Safari retails between Rs&nbsp;16.19 lakh and&nbsp;Rs 25.49 lakh.&nbsp;Prices are ex-showroom, India.

Tata Safari, Harrier Score 5-Star Safety Rating in Global NCAP Crash Test: Watch Video

In Adult Occupant Protection, the facelifted versions of the Tata Safari and the Harrier received 33.05 points out of 34 points. As for child occupant protection, the refreshed models secured 45 out of 49 points.

Despite featuring six airbags, the Kia Carens failed to come out with flying colours in the Global NCAP crash test.

Global NCAP (GNCAP) has released the last set of results for the #SaferCarsForIndia campaign under its current test protocols. Next month onwards, the GNCAP assessment protocols will also include side-impact, Electronic Stability Control (ESC), and pedestrian protection requirements.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxZGudorY7c

This time, the new <a href="https://www.autox.com/new-cars/kia/carens/">Kia Carens</a>&nbsp;underwent&nbsp;GNCAP's rigorous crash testing. Unfortunately, it failed to receive a five-star rating. The Kia Carens secured three stars (out of five) for adult occupant protection and three stars (out of five) for child occupant protection, which amounted to an overall safety rating of just three stars. The made-in-India Carens was tested in its most basic safety specification, featuring two frontal airbags, two side-body airbags, and two side head protection airbags. ESC is also a standard fit in this specification. The Carens also underwent side-impact testing and fulfilled the UN95 regulatory requirement.

<img alt="Kia Carens Global NCAP Crash Test 1" height="720" src="/uploads/2022/06/Kia-Carens-Global-NCAP-Crash-Test-1.jpg" width="1280" />

Due to the following assessment, the Carens lost many points on the test. It was revealed to have an unstable structure and offered marginal protection to the driver’s chest and weak protection to the driver’s feet. Global NCAP further noted that the model is sold with a lap belt for the rear-centre seat, instead of a three-point seatbelt.

<img alt="Kia Carens Global NCAP Crash Test 2" height="720" src="/uploads/2022/06/Kia-Carens-Global-NCAP-Crash-Test-2.png" width="1280" />

Sharing his thoughts on the Carens' performance, Alejandro Furas (Secretary-General, Global NCAP) said, 'Global NCAP welcomes Kia’s decision to make six airbags a standard fit in the Carens ahead of a regulatory requirement. However, we expected a better performance from this model. It remains a cause for concern that global car brands such as Kia, which normally achieve five-star ratings in other markets, are still not reaching this level in India.'

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Kia Carens Global NCAP safety rating: only three stars for the MPV

This time, it was the turn of the new Kia Carens to undergo Global NCAP's rigorous crash testing. Unfortunately, despite featuring six airbags, the Carens failed to come out with flying colours in the GNCAP safety rating.

As part of the #SaferCarsForIndia campaign, GNCAP tested the Renault Kiger, Nissan Magnite, Honda Jazz, and the fourth-gen Honda City.

We’d already seen the Nissan Magnite’s impressive adult occupant safety score a few months ago, and now the Renault Kiger, which is based on the same platform, has received a similar score in the GNCAP crash test.&nbsp;

The Kiger scored four stars for adult occupant safety, but only two stars for child occupant safety, which is the same as the Nissan Magnite. Interestingly, the Kiger was given the rating of an unstable bodyshell, while the Magnite’s result mentioned a stable body shell.

<img alt="NISSAN Magnite GNCAP Test" height="720" src="/uploads/2022/02/NISSAN-Magnite-GNCAP-test.jpg" width="1280" />

On the other hand, the Honda Jazz scored a similar four stars for adult occupant safety but&nbsp;an acceptable score of three stars for child occupant safety. GNCAP also scored the Jazz’s body shell integrity as stable.&nbsp;

<img alt="HONDA Jazz GNCAP Test" height="720" src="/uploads/2022/02/HONDA-Jazz-GNCAP-test.jpg" width="1280" />

It was the Honda City, however, that surprised us the most. The model that was tested was the fourth-gen of the City, and not the latest fifth-gen model. Even so, the City manages to score the same four stars for adult occupant safety as the other (more modern) cars. What's more,&nbsp;it even managed to outscore&nbsp;the other cars in the child safety rating with four stars. However, the City’s body shell integrity was mentioned as unstable.&nbsp;

<img alt="HONDA City GNCAP Test" height="720" src="/uploads/2022/02/HONDA-City-GNCAP-test.jpg" width="1280" />

Of course, this isn’t a comparison of crash test results, but since these cars were tested together, it is interesting to see how each of them fared.

The #SaferCarsForIndia program is certainly bringing more awareness to safety, highlighting cars that are safe or unsafe. This also pushes manufacturers to get their cars crash-tested, so customers can decide based on not just safety equipment on offer but also crash rating.&nbsp;&nbsp;

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Renault Kiger and other made-in-India cars score four stars in GNCAP crash test

GNCAP crash tested the Renault Kiger, Nissan Magnite, Honda Jazz and the fourth-gen Honda City, with similar results for all in the adult occupant safety ratings, but with varying results for their body shell integrity and more importantly, child occupant safety.

Global NCAP to launch ‘Stop the Crash’ campaign at the Buddh International Circuit (BIC)&nbsp;by showcasing a demonstration of crash avoidance technologies.

Global New Car Assessment Programme (GNCAP), a UK-based charity that conducts crash safety tests on cars across the world,&nbsp;will host its first ever ‘World Congress’ in New Delhi, India in partnership with the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) from September 26-29, 2018. Day one will also see the launch of the 'Stop the Crash' campaign at Noida's Buddh International Circuit.&nbsp;

During the World Congress, GNCAP will bring together the community of New Car Assessment Programmes (NCAPs) to share experiences about independent consumer vehicle safety ratings. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to assess the contribution that safer vehicles can make to United Nations’ 'Decade of Action for Road Safety and the Sustainable Development Goals' initiative.

'The major highlight of the World Congress will be the launch of the 'Stop the Crash' campaign. The campaign will rally for early adoption of crash avoidance safety systems like electronic stability control as standard across four-wheelers.', said Dr Rohit Baluja, President of the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE).&nbsp;

'The 'Stop the Crash' program will also encourage the adoption of autonomous braking systems, a technology that is known to greatly reduce the risk to both the car in question and other vehicles or vulnerable road users around it in case of a detected crash/obstacle. Global NCAP strongly supports the Indian Government’s mandating anti-lock brakes and automatic headlights for motorcycles. New two-wheelers sold in India greatly outnumber the number of cars sold in the country and safer two-wheelers can greatly reduce the number of accidents and fatalities on Indian roads.', said Mr David Ward, Secretary General of Global NCAP.

The launch of the campaign will take place at the Buddh International Circuit and will be accompanied by live demonstrations of safety systems. The demonstrations will include a showcase to demonstrate how much safer cars can be with the likes of ESC or Electronic Stability Control and autonomous emergency braking. The demonstrations will also showcase ABS for two-wheelers.', Mr Ward added.

GNCAP to host its first-ever World Congress in Delhi NCR from September 26-29, 2018

Global New Car Assessment Programme (GNCAP) will host its first ever ‘World Congress’ in New Delhi in partnership with the IRTE.

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