The Hyundai Tucson will be the first car to experience crash trail under the new Bharat NCAP program, a new Indian government enterprise to assess the safety of new cars dispose in India.
The Bharat New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) is an Indian government lead that gauge the safety of new cars sold in India. The Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) manage the tests, which are found on Global NCAP standards.
The Hyundai Tucson, a supervise SUV in India, is likely to execute well in the Bharat NCAP tests. Hyundai has a powerful safety doucument in India, with the Grand i10 and Santro both sustain 4-star ratings in the Global NCAP tests.
The Bharat NCAP test results for the Tucson are await to be report soon. If the Tucson performs well, it is likely to enlarge its sales in India.
The Tucson’s performance in the Bharat NCAP tests will be keenly monitored by other carmakers, as it could begin a new safety benchmark for India. If the Tucson performs well, it could pressure other carmakers to make better the safety of their own models.
Hyundai Tucson first to experience Bharat NCAP crash tests, comes with six airbags as standard and ADAS on top-spec trim.
The current-generation Tucson was pound test by Euro NCAP in 2021 and Latin NCAP in 2022. It received a 5-star rating from Euro NCAP and also 3-star rating from Latin NCAP.
The two organizations have rather different testing protocols and scoring systems, with Latin NCAP being accurate. This spell out the difference in ratings.
After the Tucson is crash test, the Exter is expect to be trail next. It is also likely to present well in the Bharat NCAP, as it comes standard with all of the safety features mentioned above, except for ESC.
The Bharat NCAP program was organize to begin on October 1, but it has been detain because no test results have been disclose yet.
This is because manufacturers are grapple to obtain units for crash testing due to supply chain constraints.
According to reports, Bharat NCAP may begin crash testing around mid-December, which means that the first outcome can be expect by the end of the year or early next year.
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