The Global NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme) has crash-tested the made-in-India Hyundai Grand i10 Nios as a part of its #SaferCarsForIndia campaign. It managed to attain two stars for both adult occupant and child occupant safety. Its rival, the Maruti Swift, too had an identical fate when it had been crash-tested in 2018.
The vehicle tested was the mid-spec Sportz variant of the hatchback. While Hyundai offers the Grand i10 Nios with standard safety features like dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, and rear parking sensors, the Sportz variant gets additional safety equipment within the sort of front seatbelt pretensioners and cargo limiters, rear parking camera, and speed-sensing and impact-sensing door lock/unlock. It secured 7.05 out of 17 points for adult occupants and 15 out of 49 points for child occupants.
As per the norms, the Grand i10 Nios was crash-tested at a speed of 64kmph. While the hatchback’s bodyshell integrity and footwell area were termed unstable, the worldwide NCAP report mentioned the top and neck protection for adult occupants to be good. However, the chest protection for the passenger was rated adequate while for the driving force , it had been labelled weak. The protection to the femur and knees was labelled marginal to adequate for the driving force and adequate for the passenger.
The Grand i10 Nios doesn’t get ISOFIX child seat anchorages and CRS (Child Restraint System). the kid seat for the three-year-old child dummy was installed facing forward with the adult seatbelt. However, it wasn’t ready to prevent excessive forward movement during the impact because it offered poor protection to the top and fair protection to the chest. The 18-month-old dummy’s CRS was installed with the adult belt facing rearward. It showed good protection for the top and fair protection for the chest.
Hyundai doesn’t offer ISOFIX child seat mounts and three-point seatbelts altogether seating positions. As a result, the kid occupant protection rating dropped to 2 stars.