[DicKy]

1. Is it the petrol or diesel?

2. "Tata Motors!!! tsk,tsk,tsk..."

Originally Posted by CEF_Beasts

PS: Have one question though, why didn’t the curtain airbags open in the side impact test, considering the variant was AX7L?!

Maybe cause it is not the AX7L?

The test specifically mentions just 2 airbags and no curtain airbags. Also no alloy wheels, just steelies with covers. So it is AX3?

But then again, I believe the colour is exclusive to the AX7. Shouldn't the MX be tested by NCAP? Does that mean the MX will be phased out?

Too many questions. But congratulations Mahindra!!! Hope the Scorpio repeats the same feat.

[d3mon]

Originally Posted by CEF_Beasts

PS: Have one question though, why didn’t the curtain airbags open in the side impact test, considering the variant was AX7L?!

The variant does say AX7L on the back, but look at the result pdf. It clearly says there were no side head or side body airbags. This aligns with the airbags available in the base variant too, which is GNCAP's philosophy.

Good job Mahindra. It's always harder to make a behemoth SUV safe. The fully loaded test weight was almost 2 tonnes. Even though it has a slightly lower adult occupant protection score, it's actually likely the safest Indian car, because star ratings are only comparable within their own weight class. You'll be much safer in this xuv 700 than the much lighter "India's safest car", Tata Punch.

[SoumenD]

Kudos to Mahindra. Be it their 10L car(xuv300) or 15-20L car. All 5*

Hope they launch a campaign like TATA to rub it on the koreans and knock some shame into them.

P.S: High time Tata gets the harrier/safari tested.

[CEF_Beasts]

Originally Posted by krishnakumar

The variant tested seems to be the MX, since the report card says "2 Airbags".

Generally, the cars tested are the base variants hence my assumption that it could be MX. It could also be the AX3 which I think comes with 2 airbags as well.

Originally Posted by DicKy

Maybe cause it is not the AX7L?

The test specifically mentions just 2 airbags and no curtain airbags. Also no alloy wheels, just steelies with covers. So it is AX3?

But then again, I believe the colour is exclusive to the AX7. Shouldn't the MX be tested by NCAP? Does that mean the MX will be phased out?

Too many questions. But congratulations Mahindra!!! Hope the Scorpio repeats the same feat.

Sorry for not being clear at the beginning itself but in the side impact test the White XUV700 was the AX7L trim, which should have 7 airbags.





CarandBikeshow's video has a XUV700 with all 7 airbags deployed:

[Benoit]

Kudos to Mahindra. This will up the sales some more for the XUV700. I wish they ramp up the production and sell 5-6k a month. This car is a winner.

Pawan Goenka had mentioned about Mahindra's commitment to safety, and they are sticking to it. I hope Mahindra achieves 4+ rating on the upcoming Scorpio too.

[RD150]

Stunning, awesome, fantastic !!!
Mahindra take a bow. Kudos to all the the engineers and entire Mahindra team. This is how it's done, feature rich without comprising on safety. This will force Hyundai/Kia and in general all other competitors to make sure that their cars atleast get 4 stars now onwards.

[Bibendum90949]

Mahindras and Tatas have really cracked the safety conundrum. Kudos to them.

So the count of 5 star GNCAP rated cars from their stables rise to 5 now. This is indeed a stupendous achievement and shows that safety need not be compromised while the margins are kept intact. Hope the Korean siblings and the market leaders are listening. They should follow suit at least now.

[Gaur]

Originally Posted by CEF_Beasts

PS: Have one question though, why didn’t the curtain airbags open in the side impact test, considering the variant was AX7L?!

Side airbags appear to be forcefully disabled to convert the higher spec variant into the base variant, maybe due to some availability issue of variants or may be they had a extra test vehicle of the higher spec already used for some other testing and decided to reuse it instead of wasting another usable variant.

[fhdowntheline]

Originally Posted by CEF_Beasts

Sorry for not being clear at the beginning itself but in the side impact test the White XUV700 was the AX7L trim, which should have 7 airbags.

CarandBikeshow's video has a XUV700 with all 7 airbags deployed:

I am even more curious about the side impact test which I had indicated in the earlier post. Even in this Car and Bike
one, they have not shown the vehicle careening sideways to the full extent like they did with say the Punch. And if you see the Car and Bike YouTube video, please pause around 7:23. Now why would the ORVM on the passenger side be dislodged if the impact has been tested on the driver side of the vehicle ? Did the car hit something else along the way?

[AROO7]

Kudos to Mahindra and its team for achieving this feat. Also, we need to appreciate Mahindra here as passing all the tests especially the side impact tests for a big SUV is no small feat. Had it been easy, we would have seen Tatas to be the first one to send the Harrier/Safari duo.

On a side note-
If Mahindra keeps the pricing of the XUV700 in the same range as now then this will pose a big question on the future prospective buyers if to go for "Not So Safe or Not Tested" SUVs/CSUVs over the much safer XUV700 just for the sake of getting a niggle free vehicle. Out of this, the biggest hit will be taken by the Korean twins and Harrier/Safari duo if the public sentiment favors safety ratings.

What will be even more interesting is if Mahindra keeps up with the deliveries of the XUV700 then we will not only see it eating the sales numbers of the Harrier/Safari duo but also a good fight for the number 4 spot in the coming months between the two brands. TBH that's exactly what we should have for getting better engineered and safer cars in our country.

[arvishnu]

Kudos to Mahindra for making some of safest cars, this will result in good sales numbers for them. Hopefully the cars are niggle free as well. Other manufacturers should definitely learn from them, especially Maruti Suzuki. Mahindra and Tata are taking the industry in the right direction ����

[Old_Salt]

Wow, wow, wow!

Just an amazing result. A worthy upgrade for my XUV 500 couple of years down the line.
To be honest, even if Mahindra were to charge some premium (infer=greedy) , after the crash results, I for one wouldn’t mind paying that extra bit.

It’s easy to make a product and put elephants on the roof, but to go ahead and prove it, takes something.

Big congratulations to Team Mahindra.

[CarNerd]

How can they award it 5 stars when side airbags didn't deploy and the head has banged into the B-Pillar? What kind of ridiculous testing is this? This GNCAP is based on front offset tests only:


Getting 5 star safety rating from GNCAP is like getting admission into IIPM rather than IIM which is the Euro NCAP.

[AZT]

There should be pressure to get the Harrier tested now.

[nagr22]

Originally Posted by CarNerd

Getting 5 star safety rating from GNCAP is like getting admission into IIPM rather than IIT which is the Euro NCAP.

By your same analogy, until IITs are established, we have to be content with scoring full marks in IIPM.

Thanks to more cars scoring full marks, GNCAP has already announced more stringent tests from next year so we will soon take some strides towards becoming IIT