Posted on 06/26/2007 12:14:39 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
China's Brilliance BS6 is a recent entry into the European market, positioned as a premium-style import sedan at a budget price. Well, after seeing the videos of the car undergoing crash testing using Euro NCAP guidelines at the ADAC (Germany's AAA, essentially) test center, one thing's certain: buyers get what they pay for. The BS6, as currently constructed, appears to a complete piece of crap. The horrifying 40 mph offset frontal crash test video shows damage that can be described as catastrophic at best. The A-pillar collapses and folds up like a cheap suitcase, forcing the driver's door to pop largely out of its frame, while the lower portion of the car buckles like it's made of recycled pop cans. We wouldn't want to be the driver's legs...or any other part of him for that matter. To open the mangled door afterwards, the ADAC techs needed to use a huge crowbar to get it to budge. ADAC notes that the pedals intruded a foot and a half (32 cm) into the driver's space, while the IP moved in almost 8 inches (20 cm). Needless to say, the BS6 failed the test, garnering just 1 star.
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PING!
What to expect from a Chicom-car??
But it looks that this car may turn out to be the sometimes running dog of communism.
No surprise there. Did the car come with the melamine doggy treats in the glove compartment, I wonder?
One thing about China, after they do it 10,000 times, they will get it right.
Yeah, but who wants to be one of the 10,000 people the Chinese will undoubtedly crash test the car with?
When we watched a news report on side-impact crash testing, my wife lamented the fact that the Chevrolet Cavalier (her car) got a one-star rating. To console her, I pointed out that the head remained on the dummy in the Cavalier; in a different vehicle (which got a two-star rating, incidentally) the head came off.
I’m convinced the word “steel” just doesn’t translate properly into Chinese. They’ve got some stuff they call “steel”, but it doesn’t seem to be.
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