9 Top Safest Cars in India to Buy This Festive Season

It's no surprise that there's yet another Tata vehicle on this list, given the company's commitment to offering maximum safety to its buyers. The Punch benefits from a bold design and offers class-leading comfort to all its passengers. Its safety features include dual airbags that come as standard and a heavily fortified cabin for absorbing strong impacts.

Coming to out top three safest cars, on number three stands the XUV300. With a great adult occupant score of 5 out of 5 stars and a child occupant safety rating of a 4 out of 5. Its bodyshell integrity has been of particular praise. It offers customers as many as 50 safety features that include 7 airbags, disc brakes on all 4 wheels, front parking sensors and heated ORVMs. The car itself is a pleasure to drive owing to the immense stability it offers. Whether it's the manual or automatic version, the Mahindra XUV 300 thoroughly impresses, especially when you look at its price.

Lots of features on offer and a 5-star crash test rating for the Altroz makes it a well-rounded package, and with the growing demand for DCT vehicles in the segment, Tata hopes that this trend will catapult the Tata Altroz DCA as the most preferred vehicle in the market.

Mahindra's latest offering, the XUV700 is the safest car in India according to the NCAP. The feature-packed SUV offers so many safety features that it's hard to believe its price. You get a 7-airbag system on this vehicle, while there's even a 360-degree camera onboard. This advanced car also offers a Driver Drowsiness system that detects when the driver is dozing off and alerts them of the danger.

Compared to the two Korean SUVs, the top-spec Nexon misses out on features like wireless charging or ventilated seats. However, these are quite exclusive features anyway so, none of the other SUVs in this segment like - Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza, Toyota Urban Cruiser, or Ford EcoSport offer these as well.

The Thar too scores a great NCAP safety rating with 4 stars for both, adult as well as child occupants. So many people loved the idea of buying the old Thar, but never did, because it was impractical for daily usage, not family friendly and quite tacky on the inside. The new gen model attempts to change all that! So, the new Thar is a massive leap and finally becomes the car that many had always wanted the Thar to be.

The new Brezza does feel refreshed and more energetic thanks to the new petrol motor and the mild facelift. Although, the value-for-money proposition takes a hit with the Venue and the Nexon offering more features and pricing is much more competitive than that of the new Brezza. Plus, with the Kia Sonet coming in, the Vitara Brezza facelift has its work cut out, keeping its crown as the undisputed king of the subcompact SUV segment.

The Kia Seltos is bold, stylish, feature-packed and comes with several segment first offerings. Priced between ₹ 9.95 lakh to ₹ 17.85 lakh (ex-showroom, India) the Seltos compact SUV is certainly a premium yet strong value for money product. Moreover, it also comes with a range of smart, connected features. Overall, it does make a strong case for itself as a strong contender in the compact SUV space.

The 4th Gen Honda City has scored a very respectable 4 out of 5 stars with respect to both, adult as well as child occupants. Keeping these safety ratings in mind, the car is premium, well loaded, and well-designed car – fitting of the City nameplate. There are bits we could have been happier with, but there's plenty here to excite the segment. And the die-hard Honda City fan.