Autocar Professional Magazine - April 15, 2019

In this issue

For a country which sees 16 people killed and another 53 injured every hour on its roads, vehicular safety is of utmost importance. Which is why Autocar Professional brings out its annual Automotive Safety Special.

Even as the government has mandated a series of norms designed to make made-in-India cars and two-wheelers safer, India Auto Inc has already been working on developing safer products. Case in point is the fast-improving performance of some carmakers in the Global NCAP crash tests. Our cover story reveals just what four leading carmakers – Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki India and Toyota Kirloskar Motor – are doing to make their products safer.

Another automotive safety driver is Volvo Cars, which with its Equal Vehicles for All initiative, is sharing more than 40 years of safety research to make cars safer for everyone, including women.

We also visit Continental Automotive Brake Systems' ABS assembly plant in Manesar for a first-hand report.

To further boost the safety quotient of this issue, we have an exclusive column from David Ward, president and CEO, of safety watchdog, Global NCAP, who writes on 'Building a market for safer vehicles in India'. Along with crash tests and mandatory legislations comes a need for inculcating a culture of safety. Ramashankar Pandey, managing director, Hella Lighting India, writes on a subject close to his heart.

The past fortnight saw a lot of automotive action from Citroen to MG Motor India and we've captured it all in this issue.