Re: Are the Indian standards of build quality means safety?
P.S - None of your links are working.So I have to answer it in a way of what I have learned and analyzed about this.And whatever image you were willing to show,Let me tell you,If I make an image out of it by imagining how IT COULD be,I will say that the Japanese Car was standing facing a wall,There was a truck behind it,And an Italian Car crashed on the truck and the impact was passed on to the Japanese car finally losing all the force of the impact reaching the wall....See,You have to understand that,The Italian Car (if it crashed at 60 Kmh/r) hitting the truck,Is taking much more impact than the Japanese car in front of the truck.The Truck is heavier than the Italian Car and it crashes on the Japanese Car,Which means that,The supposed impact of the crash passed onto the Japanese car is MUCH LOWER than what the Italian Car suffered from.And if you didn't know,Both Japanese and Italians are very high in quality.As an example,Very iconic cars like the Corrolla AE86,Mazda RX,Nissan GTR Godzilla...All of these monsters,Are Japanese :)
To sum it up short -Yes,Most Indian Cars have pathetic frame structural design,Lower Quality parts (leading to lower weight) is used to cut production costs and make more profits.Let's get that aside now.
The 'Average Joe' Indians (Who are sadly a much bigger majority than us)don't care about safety.This is why Maruti Suzuki is still sold like Hotcakes.They care about Pointless Features like Daytime LED DRLs,Keyless Entry and start in their cars.This is why Hyundai sells so well.They don't care about driving pleasure.This is why cars like Alto and it's segment tin cans are sold so well,They're small,practical in traffic.They care VFM and are very proud of that 'big car' feel for the money.This is why the KWID is selling really well.MOST importantly,They care about 'Kitna Deti Hai' meaning Mileage (Fuel Efficiency) much more than their own safety of their life.
So for selling more cars and making profit means they have to serve what the majority of the consumer EXACTLY Needs/asks for the price.In India (As I said above),The Average Joe needs Comfort,'Big Car' feel,Pointless Features like Keyless Entry,Start Stop button (Which,IMHO,Steals away a major part of what the beauty is of owning a car,Nothing like the feeling of snapping your key in and twisting it to start,And it is something I actually HATE about my Cruze and miss my Optra).
See m8,This is the problem.Car guys like us Chose the car(s) carefully,who love their cars,Take Care of it ourselves,Share priceless moments with it,Do DIYs (and sometimes screw it all up
) and preserve it like a life with feelings and stuff.People like us are MUCH SMALLER in population than the much larger people buying tin cans for travelling A to B and they don't even care for the car even half as nearly as much we do,Nor do they have any knowledge about them after a certain level.And they'ren't interested about learning them even half as much curious as we are.
If this changes anytime,If Consumers is aware that safety is very important and cars shouldn't be Tincans with Wheels,Nor look like a Lunchbox on wheels (TUV300
).We will also see much better cars here,Which will be respected overseas too.And I am starting to have an optimistic thought that car makers like Tata are stepping up their game.Just have a look at how brilliant Tiago's Frame design is.The car will easily get atleast 3 stars with Airbags and ABS.
You get the TUV300 to the foriegn.Everybody will laugh at how pathetic that lunchbox on wheels looks (and drives) like.It won't even be allowed to run there.
Whereas Italians and Germans....Man,Those guys....In the current situation,Indians cannot even dream of making a car atleast half the great as their cars are.
But with that said,I FULLY Believe that Indian Car Makers HAVE the Expertise,Money,Talent to make something of very high quality and truly great to rival Italians,Germans,Japanese,British.etc.But without the need for such....And in the current condition of our roads (Trust me,It might seem something non-relevant,But it is highly relevant.Try running a Lambo here,The very next minute,You will be searching for the bumpers that got scrapped and ultimately fell off in the middle of the road somewhere)
In order to make that happen,We need someone with such passion,From our country.Someone who can make the money required for R&D and make a beast.