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The Ministry of Road Transport would be announcing a new set of safety standards for passenger vehicles in the next three months, according to Maruti Suzuki executive director (engineering), CV Raman.
Raman, who launched the company’s compact car Celerio here on Friday, said the new specifications were being formulated by the road transport ministry in consultation with the Ministry of Heavy Industries and the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
He said the government was also expected to complete the establishment of the proposed car crash testing facilities at Chennai, Pune and Delhi (Manesar) by the end of this year.
The new norms were being introduced after some popular cars produced in the country failed safety tests done by car safety watch dog, Global NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme). The cars, including Maruti Alto, failed in frontal impact test at a speed of 64 km an hour.
Raman, however, said that Alto meets the existing Indian safety standards under which the crash impact tests were conducted at a speed of 48 km an hour as against 56 km in Europe and 64 km of Global NCAP.
Production of Maruti 800 stopped
Replying to queries, he said the production of Maruti 800 was stopped from last month.
Explaining about Celerio, he said the new car brought path breaking auto gear shift with a best in class fuel efficiency at 23.1 km per litre.
Raman, who launched the company’s compact car Celerio here on Friday, said the new specifications were being formulated by the road transport ministry in consultation with the Ministry of Heavy Industries and the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).
He said the government was also expected to complete the establishment of the proposed car crash testing facilities at Chennai, Pune and Delhi (Manesar) by the end of this year.
The new norms were being introduced after some popular cars produced in the country failed safety tests done by car safety watch dog, Global NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme). The cars, including Maruti Alto, failed in frontal impact test at a speed of 64 km an hour.
Raman, however, said that Alto meets the existing Indian safety standards under which the crash impact tests were conducted at a speed of 48 km an hour as against 56 km in Europe and 64 km of Global NCAP.
Production of Maruti 800 stopped
Replying to queries, he said the production of Maruti 800 was stopped from last month.
Explaining about Celerio, he said the new car brought path breaking auto gear shift with a best in class fuel efficiency at 23.1 km per litre.
