Mahindra Scorpio N Australian NCAP Vs GNCAP

The Mahindra Scorpio was introduced in Australia in April 2023 and New Zealand in August 2023 and does not come with an autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system.

The Scorpio N has scored zero stars in the Australian NCAP and the primary reason for that is the absence of ADAS features. ( Image Source :Somnath Chatterjee )

Mahindra is looking at global markets and the XUV700 plus the Scorpio N are sold in other markets outside India. Hence, with these cars going on sale in some selected markets abroad, they also have to be subject to the market's safety crash tests. Here, the Scorpio N has scored zero stars in the Australian NCAP and the primary reason for that is the absence of ADAS features-something which is present on the XUV700.

The Mahindra Scorpio was introduced in Australia in April 2023 and New Zealand in August 2023 and does not come with an autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system, or a lane support system (LSS) which resulted in zero stars.

Likewise, the Scorpio N also scored 5 stars in GNCAP crash tests for adult occupant protection and three stars for child occupant protection. So how is that possible? Well, simply put you cannot compare GNCAP with Australian NCAP or even the stricter Euro NCAP.

In GNCAP tests, the Scorpio N scored 29.25 out of 34 points in adult occupant protection while in Australian NCAP it scored 17.67 out of 40 points. That is due to much stricter testing standards and a huge difference in testing standards or protocol. So, does this mean the future Bncap testing needs to be more stringent? Well, these tests are there to ensure that manufacturers update and equip their cars with latest safety features and that includes ADAS.

Going forward there should be mandatory testing for BNCAP and also measures like more basic safety features as standard along with six airbags.