Chinese 4x4 Gets Zero in Safety Test

[radioouman]

Chinese 4x4 Gets Zero in Safety Test


The first Chinese car to be sold in Europe has scored zero - the
worst-ever score - in safety tests.


The JiangLing Landwind was displayed at the Frankfurt Motor Show last
week and is expected to arrive in British showrooms within months. It is
already on sale in Holland, Germany and Belgium and has been billed as the
vanguard of a new invasion of Chinese vehicles.


The two-ton 4x4 scored zero stars in crash tests last week by the ADAC,
the German automobile club, which carries out tests for Euro NCAP. "It had
a catastrophic result," said a spokesman for the ADAC. "In our 20-year
history no car has performed as badly."


Testers calculated that a driver would be unlikely to survive a head-on
collision at 40 MPH, and in a side-on collision at 30 MPH the driver
would suffer severe head and chest injuries due to a lack of side protection.


"This car seems to belong in the 1990s in terms of engineering," said
Chris Patience, head of technical policy at the AA Motoring Trust. "We will
wait for the official Euro NCAP results, but if it really is that bad we
hope people will think very carefully before buying this car."


With an expected ?10,000 price tag, the Landwind is designed to rival
cars such as the Kia Sportage and Hyundai Tucson, both about ?5,000 more
expensive. The Chinese maker plans to sell at least 1,000 models before
July 2006.



http://mercury.walagata.com/w/radioouman/crashtest_landwind_1_467150.wmv
http://mercury.walagata.com/w/radioouman/crashtest_landwind_2_467165.wmv

 

[zixxer]

repost




it's a rodeo anyway

 

[nakedfrog]

Holy CRAP.

 

[Queasy]

The Chinese or so small anyways that they don't that big of a crumple zone.

 

[AMDZen]

2nd video link is dead

 

[misle]

Good lord. I hope that isn't sold in the US.

 

[sonz70]

Man....I'ma buy that for this friend I hate

 

[Whitecloak]

I wish that happens to me.

 

[radioouman]

Originally posted by: AMDZen
2nd video link is dead

fixed

 

[UlricT]

$10,000 suicides anyone?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Wow....I feel safer on my bike.

 

[Genx87]

omg what did they make it out of, Tin foil?

Why bother with the air bag with that truck? You are dead either way.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

man that sucks...there are indian cars in the european market that arent supposed to be too bad.

 

[Geomagick]

Originally posted by: UlricT
$10,000 suicides anyone?

Not quite right, the expected price in the UK will be £10000 which is approx $17000.

It is unlikely to be very successful as most family orientated cars are sold on the basis of their Euro NCAP safety rating in the UK at the moment. Most modern cars are rated to 4 or 5 stars for occupents so one that gets 0 will certainly not appeal to family buyers - the target market given the price.

£10000 is very cheap for an SUV in the UK.

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
man that sucks...there are indian cars in the european market that arent supposed to be too bad.

The Rover CityRover was based on an Indian Supermini and was awful. It got awful public reception and journalists weren't even allowed to review it in some cases.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: George Powell

Originally posted by: UlricT
$10,000 suicides anyone?

Not quite right, the expected price in the UK will be £10000 which is approx $17000.

It is unlikely to be very successful as most family orientated cars are sold on the basis of their Euro NCAP safety rating in the UK at the moment. Most modern cars are rated to 4 or 5 stars for occupents so one that gets 0 will certainly not appeal to family buyers - the target market given the price.

£10000 is very cheap for an SUV in the UK.

Originally posted by: Inspector Jihad
man that sucks...there are indian cars in the european market that arent supposed to be too bad.

The Rover CityRover was based on an Indian Supermini and was awful. It got awful public reception and journalists weren't even allowed to review it in some cases.

you guys get raped on your car prices


i saw the top gear where they had to fit a hidden camera on the reviewer and do a normal consumer test drive on the cityrover. what a POS.

i note that they only expect to sell 1000 of these in the next 10 months. maybe they'll find that many risk-seeking individuals

 

[brtspears2]

From the looks of it, the airbag was trying to save itself from getting smacked by the dummy. Isn't this car an almost exact copy of the Isuzu Rodeo?

With such poor crash scores, would anyone insure it?

 

[Super56K]

scary

 

[PHiuR]

might as well buy a bike.

 

[Leper Messiah]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
Holy CRAP.

pretty much sums it up.

 

[RU482]

what is the structural steel in this vehicle, 22 gauge?

 

[halik]

damn ... i love how the airbag delopys a seecond before the whole steering column shoots into the driver's face

 

[Fraggable]

The kid in the backseat in the first video looks like he's doing the wave.

It's kind of funny how most cars will slow down when they hit that barrier in the crash test, but that one just keeps going till it hits the firewall (if there is one) and then bounces to the side. Amazing.

cars are probably the last thing here in America that isn't made in China. I guess it's logical that they would try.

 

[rahvin]

And you people think those pieces of sh!t will be sold in the US? Never gonna happen, they are rolling death traps and will undoubtably be banned from the road of most states.

 

[Noirish]

is that made of glass? scary.

 

[NiKeFiDO]

meh, there probably just pissed that the Chinese are trying to take over the market.