Author: Sankar

  • Which car is safer? A Star ZXI or Ritz LXI?

    Safety is an accessory in India. This is what we see in the way manufacturers market their cars here providing safety as an option in their higher end models. This is often a concern for the car buying public who are looking for active safety measures, but does not need to spend for the baggage such as in car entertainment and other creature comforts.

    Within a limited budget imagine the car buying public has two options to go for:
    Option A) A smaller car with ABS, EBD & airbags
    Option B) A larger car without active safety features.

    Consider ‘option A’ as an A Star ZXI with ABS, EBD, Airbags etc and ‘option B’ as a Ritz LXI. A Star ZXI has better safety features but Ritz is a larger car and maybe better engineered too.

    Links pointing to EuroNCAP rating of both A Star and Ritz:
    Euro NCAP – For safer cars | Suzuki Alto
    Euro NCAP – For safer cars | Suzuki Splash

    But please bear in mind that these Euro models have multiple airbags and are not exactly the variants we get here. This is just to give an idea of how both vehicles if equipped with Airbags etc would fare in the crash and Ritz scores better in this regard.

    But here, in this post, we are comparing A Star ZXI ABS/EBD/Airbags with Ritz LXI, which car would offer better crash protection? Which car is safer?

  • Mahindra Classic Soft Top With Soft Doors

    A friend of mine is looking for an OE (or OE look alike) soft top for his Mahindra Classic. Since he is not a member here he as asked me to help him out to find out from where it can be sourced. Can some one give me the contact details of people who can make or get this for him?

    GTO’s Classic’s look alike hood is what he is looking for.
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