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Renault has made new Safer and Heavier Kwid for Brazilian Markets. Renault Kwid for Brazil gets structural changes to make it safer than the Indian version. Will be 140 kg heavier than the Indian Kwid owing to chassis strengthening.
To conform to strict safety and crash protection laws in Brazil, the Brazilian-spec Renault Kwid will specifically be made safer than the India-made Kwid. This involves chassis strengthening and equipping the Kwid with a number of active safety features.
For starters, the Brazil-spec Renault Kwid will be 140 kg heavier than the India-made Kwid, owing to structural reinforcements with increased usage of high-strength steel. It will now weigh 840 kilos, around 20 per cent heavier than the Indian version. Additionally, the Brazil-made Kwid will offer ISOFIX child seat anchor points, four airbags and ABS as standard. In contrast, the India made Kwid offers a driver’s airbag and seat belt pre-tensioner as optional extras in the top-end grade. With the safety improvements, the Brazil-spec Kwid is expected to fare much better than the Indian version in NCAP crash protection tests, for which the latter scored a 1-star rating after repeated attempts (Yes the Kwid scored 0 in few earlier attempts Renault Kwid scores zero stars in Global NCAP crash test).
The sheet metal used in Kwid is wafer thin and airbags would do more harm than good if buying in a car like Kwid IMO. Cars produced before May 2016 are highly unstable and weak. According to the testing agency, the Renault Kwid’s structure has indeed been modified, however, Renault has done the modification only on the driver side and not the passenger side. Renault reportedly started producing this version of the Kwid (with better structural reinforcements) from May 9, 2016.
Renault has played an unfair game for 1star rating by providing structural integrity only on the driver side.
Even other manufacturers (like MS, Hyundai etc) have given inferior Indian versions compared to European versions but this is even more "cheating" since a better version is produced in India along side the "unsafe" Indian version and the difference in the cousins is huge. The difference in Indian Swift, for example, is there compared to European version but not huge. But in case of Kwid versions its really huge and shows Renault's profit making strategy in India. 660-700kg weight and a wafer thin body for a car like Kwid is disappointing. Even a 14-15L Duster used to have no airbags or only 1 airbag in RXZ.
Now, to be fair No A class car is safe by any standards but then again the difference in foreign version and Indian version is not so huge either. Instead of putting money into that 7inch touchscreen which is not a big feature IMO, Renault could have well improved the body strength by putting in a high tensile steel.
Source - Renault Kwid for Brazil gets structural changes to make it safer than the Indian version
Renault Kwid scores zero stars in Global NCAP crash test
Reinforced Renault Kwid with airbag scores 1/5 in crash test
To conform to strict safety and crash protection laws in Brazil, the Brazilian-spec Renault Kwid will specifically be made safer than the India-made Kwid. This involves chassis strengthening and equipping the Kwid with a number of active safety features.
For starters, the Brazil-spec Renault Kwid will be 140 kg heavier than the India-made Kwid, owing to structural reinforcements with increased usage of high-strength steel. It will now weigh 840 kilos, around 20 per cent heavier than the Indian version. Additionally, the Brazil-made Kwid will offer ISOFIX child seat anchor points, four airbags and ABS as standard. In contrast, the India made Kwid offers a driver’s airbag and seat belt pre-tensioner as optional extras in the top-end grade. With the safety improvements, the Brazil-spec Kwid is expected to fare much better than the Indian version in NCAP crash protection tests, for which the latter scored a 1-star rating after repeated attempts (Yes the Kwid scored 0 in few earlier attempts Renault Kwid scores zero stars in Global NCAP crash test).
The sheet metal used in Kwid is wafer thin and airbags would do more harm than good if buying in a car like Kwid IMO. Cars produced before May 2016 are highly unstable and weak. According to the testing agency, the Renault Kwid’s structure has indeed been modified, however, Renault has done the modification only on the driver side and not the passenger side. Renault reportedly started producing this version of the Kwid (with better structural reinforcements) from May 9, 2016.
Renault has played an unfair game for 1star rating by providing structural integrity only on the driver side.
Even other manufacturers (like MS, Hyundai etc) have given inferior Indian versions compared to European versions but this is even more "cheating" since a better version is produced in India along side the "unsafe" Indian version and the difference in the cousins is huge. The difference in Indian Swift, for example, is there compared to European version but not huge. But in case of Kwid versions its really huge and shows Renault's profit making strategy in India. 660-700kg weight and a wafer thin body for a car like Kwid is disappointing. Even a 14-15L Duster used to have no airbags or only 1 airbag in RXZ.
Now, to be fair No A class car is safe by any standards but then again the difference in foreign version and Indian version is not so huge either. Instead of putting money into that 7inch touchscreen which is not a big feature IMO, Renault could have well improved the body strength by putting in a high tensile steel.
Source - Renault Kwid for Brazil gets structural changes to make it safer than the Indian version
Renault Kwid scores zero stars in Global NCAP crash test
Reinforced Renault Kwid with airbag scores 1/5 in crash test
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