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The safety ratings of MSIL cars aren't that great to be honest. A number of their cars are often referred to 'tincan on wheels' owing to their very light body p
by papul1993 6y ago
The safety ratings of MSIL cars aren't that great to be honest. A number of their cars are often referred to 'tincan on wheels' owing to their very light body panels. In fact they recently decided not to send their cars to Global NCAP for safety rating.
[1] https://gaadiwaadi.com/maruti-suzuki-will-not-send-its-cars-for-global-ncap-crash-tests/ https://gaadiwaadi.com/maruti-suzuki-will-not-send-its-cars-...
- kgdinesh 6y agoAre they serious about this?
- lb1lf 6y agoAnecdote time - the first time I rode in a Maruti Suzuki (an Omni - think Toyota HiAce/VW Transporter), the driver asked me to close the sliding door, as I was the last to enter. Having ridden my fair share in old Transporters, I grabbed hold of the door handle and pulled, putting my body weight behind it to get the door going - and the door came flying along the rail, slamming shut with the sound of the lid being put on a shoe box, more or less. It was, ahem, of a considerably more material efficient construction than the sliding doors on a Transporter.
- gtyras2mrs 6y agoYea, that car is terrifying to ride in. Especially in anything more than slow city traffic. When I rode in one, I wasn't expecting much - since the car I was used to was a Maruti 800. But the Omni was terrifying, like one notch above an auto-rickshaw.
- thrwoer2343423 6y agoIndian automakers have been faring far better here. Tata and Mahindra's cars are increasingly top-of the pack when it comes to safety; very likely that if this continues, the Japanese car makers will enjoy the same fate as the Japanese bike makers.