Having never driven in India myself, I can only base my opinion from TV, internet and the experiences of some friends/colleagues that have been there. With the amount of scooters, tuk tuks(or whatever the Indian equivalent is called), unregistered semis, cattle, pedestrians, bad roads do you really think that they need cars that have 5 star NCAP ratings?? Do they ever get going fast enough?? Will they be remotely affordable?? What about the older models on the road that are death traps and number in the millions?? Seeing a 25 year rez wagon on the streets here is a rare occurrence, at least in my experience, is a 25 year old clunker that rare to see on the street there?? If I was making a tenth of my wage, or less, per year, Id want a car to get around in, airbags, stability control and ABS be damned.