Top 5 Safest Cars Under Rs. 7 Lakh

Note: The adult safety score is out of 17 while the child safety score is out of 49. GNCAP then condenses the score into a star rating for easy understanding. For the sake of consistency, this list only includes made-in-India cars tested by Global NCAP.

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1. Tata Altroz

We start off with the only 5-star rated car you can buy for under Rs. 7.0 lakh. The Tata Altroz from Tata got a clean 5-star adult safety rating with a score of 16.3 out of 17. Its child rating stands at 3 stars with a score of 29 out of 49.

For under 7 lakh, you can get pick either of the lower 3 variants with a normal petrol engine or the base variant with the turbo diesel engine. The base XE petrol trim especially carries an aggressive price tag but is too barren. If you are fine with adding some aftermarket accessories, then you can get yourself the safest car India has to offer for under Rs. 6.0 lakh.

2. Volkswagen Polo

The Polo you can buy at a Volkswagen showroom today first went on sale in India about a decade ago. It still doesn’t look old, though. And it still retains its safety score of 12.54 for adults and 29.91 for children from 2014. Its combined safety rating for adult and child occupants stands at 4 stars and 3 stars, respectively.

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The 1.0-litre normal petrol engine, however, has a poor torque-to-weight ratio and poor drivability. Unfortunately, even the Comfortline variant, which breaches the Rs. 7.0 lakh limit even with the normal petrol engine. We strongly recommend you to stretch for the Comfortline turbo if you can. That engine offers far better performance, drivability and real-world efficiency than the normal petrol engine. The base petrol engine is only somewhat usable for everyday city driving.

3. Tata Tiago & Tigor

The Tata Tigor and Tiago use the same frame and carry a score of 12.52 for adult safety and 34.15 for child safety. The final safety rating of these cars is 4-star for adults and 3-star for children.

With a budget of Rs. 7.0 lakh, you can get even the top variants of either of these cars. With the automatic though, you will have to leave the Tigor XZA Plus out if you want to strictly adhere to the Rs. 7.0-lakh budget.

Here are the prices of the Tigor variants:

4. Renault Triber

The Renault Triber got 11.62 points in adult occupant safety and 27 points in child safety. It earned 4 stars for adult safety and 3 stars for child safety.

Please note that GNCAP tested the 2-airbag version of the Triber. So, if you buy a higher variant with side airbags, you will get a car with a slightly better safety rating than projected in these scores.

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5. Ford Figo

Lastly, we have the Ford Figo. It shares the platform with the Aspire, so the Aspire’s crash test results are also applicable for Figo.

Figo and Aspire got 10.49 for adult safety and 14.22 for child safety. The Figo and Aspire’s final score stands at 3 stars for grown-ups and 2 stars for kids.