Hyundai Creta revised variant launched: Check key features and other detailsHyundai Creta Variant Changes (Google Trends): Hyundai India has updated the Creta for 2026. Several variants, including SX Tech and SX(O),...
09 May, 2026, 04.46 PM IST
Renault Duster secures 5-star BNCAP safety rating: Full scores, crash test results, features explainedThe Renault Duster has earned a 5-star safety rating from BNCAP. It scored highly in adult and child occupant protection tests. This rating...
20 Apr, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
Maruti Suzuki announces standardization of six airbags in Ertiga & Baleno, ex-showroom prices to riseMaruti Suzuki will standardize six airbags in its Ertiga and Baleno models, leading to price increases of 1.4% and 0.5% respectively, effec...
16 Jul, 2025, 06.13 PM IST
All Maruti Suzuki cars to get 6 airbags by year-endMaruti Suzuki announced it will standardize six airbags across all its passenger vehicles by year's end, expanding safety features. Current...
12 Jun, 2025, 01.02 AM IST
Mass-market carmakers are making 'six airbags' a new norm for cars & SUVs in IndiaOnce seen only in premium and luxury cars, six airbags are now becoming more accessible to and affordable for the average car buyer in Indi...
09 Oct, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
Almost all auto companies are providing 6 airbags in cars, no need to make it mandatory: Nitin GadkariIndia launched in August the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP), which is modelled on the Global NCAP and tailored for India...
14 Sep, 2023, 12.08 AM IST
- Six airbags in passenger vehicles should be mandatory: International Road Federation
It had earlier planned to make six airbags mandatory in eight-seater vehicles for enhanced safety of occupants from October 1, 2022.
30 Sep, 2022, 09.03 PM IST
- Government recognised genuine concern of auto industry by deferring implementation of airbag norm: Bhargava
The government had earlier planned to make six airbags mandatory in eight-seater vehicles for enhanced safety of occupants from October 1, ...
29 Sep, 2022, 08.08 PM IST
Airbag firms pumped up to ramp up capacityCapacity will surge to about 25 million units from the current 5-6 million, which will create an industry of about $1.25 billion in a span ...
08 Sep, 2022, 05.04 AM IST
Govt trying to make it mandatory for carmakers to provide six airbags in 8-seater vehicles: Nitin Gadkari"A draft notification has been issued on January 14, 2022, which mandates that vehicles of category M1, manufactured after October 1, 2022,...
06 Sep, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
Law in the works for six airbags: GadkariHis comments came a day after former Tata Sons chairman Cyrus Mistry's death in a road accident on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai highway.
06 Sep, 2022, 12.27 AM IST
Kia India to offer six airbags as standard fitment in Seltos"It is our constant effort to update our products at regular intervals, basis our market research and understanding of the ever-evolving de...
03 Aug, 2022, 12.18 PM IST
Centre presses the pedal on safety, calls on auto cos to introduce 6 airbags in big carsSections of the industry have argued implementation of the norm will make four-wheeled vehicles expensive, putting them out of reach of ent...
21 Jul, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
Why Maruti Suzuki might discontinue small cars like Wagon R, Alto in IndiaFrom 1st October, it will be mandatory for automakers in India to install six airbags in all of their new passenger vehicles.
29 Jun, 2022, 06.00 PM IST
India to push ahead with six airbags in cars despite resistance - govt sourceIndia in January issued draft guidelines requiring all new cars from Oct. 1 to be fitted with six airbags, including four passenger airbags...
21 Apr, 2022, 03.18 PM IST
6 airbags may be mandatory in cars carrying up to 8 occupantsIn a series of tweets, road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said his ministry had already mandated the implementati...
15 Jan, 2022, 07.35 AM IST
Government proposes mandatory airbag for front passenger on all carsThe ministry modified the standard requirements applicable to M1 category of vehicles to include passenger airbags as a standard fitment vi...
29 Dec, 2020, 05.26 PM IST