Here are some interesting views by Maruti chairman :
Maruti Chairman R C Bhargava had in an earlier interview to The Indian Express said, "We will start making cars that fulfil global safety standards. Then a large number of people will not be able to buy those expensive cars and will have to make do with two-wheelers. What is safer for him? Will his family be safer on a two-wheeler or a car that does not meet those high standards of safety? Our cars today meet Indian standards, which are based on European standards. You want even higher standards? At whose cost will it be?"
And a counter argument :
But Dinesh Mohan, the Volvo Chair Professor Emeritus at IIT Delhi, says safe doesn't have to mean expensive. "Safety features such as airbags, ABS (anti-lock brake system) and rear wipers would only add about Rs 20,000 to the cost of the car. But because it is not mandatory, car manufacturers provide these features only in top-end versions of cars and bundle it with other features making it expensive by over Rs 1.20 lakh, depriving the Indian car buyer of a variant that has safety features," he says.
