Several manufacturers have very cheap cars available in other markets. Renault immediately comes to mind with the model year 2016 Kwid that is sold in emerging

Several manufacturers have very cheap cars available in other markets. Renault immediately comes to mind with the model year 2016 Kwid that is sold in emerging markets. One of the things you may find unpalatable is how they hold up in crash tests. That is, they don't or they don't do it very well. At those price points, safety is truly optional. Let's compare the Renault Kwid that was tested in March 2016, and a newer Renault Kwid III with a driver-side airbag that was tested a month later. * Renault Kwid I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Xiw-xP3HA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Xiw-xP3HA * Renault Kwid III: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1LgUrd5fI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi1LgUrd5fI The newer Kwid certainly didn't have _complete structural cabin failure_, but forces experienced and expected injuries still resulted in 0-stars for front occupants. You get what you pay for. Here's an Indian news story (cheap car safety was a hot button issue in 2016) that included an interim revision of the Kwid (the Kwid II, amongst other current cars failing crash tests) which fared better structurally, but had the driver basically eat the steering wheel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqbQZBmxyE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqbQZBmxyE Renault isn't some scrappy upstart either -- they know how to engineer very safe cars, but they (as does sister company Nissan, as well as Hyundai and VW) sometimes make some pretty sketchy stuff for emerging markets.