Before Bharat NCAP, safety was an afterthought for large portions of the car market India. Entry-level models often shipped with minimal safety equipment, sometimes offering just a single airbag and a basic seatbelt reminder. Buyers rarely asked about crash test ratings because no domestic benchmark existed. Global NCAP had tested some Indian models and occasionally generated headlines with poor results, but those tests were conducted abroad and felt remote to the average buyer walking into a ...