Chinese car crash tests
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This is the Chery A520.
A car that looks slightly smaller than a Corolla, getting pretty good (3 stars) results in the C-NAP tests. Equivalents to the NCAP test from Europe.
This is a huge improvement from what Chinese manufacturers were getting just a few months ago.
They are learning very fast.
Is it scary???
First they copy and rip off other manufacturer’s car designs…
Now they are copying and ripping off other manufacturuer’s car safety features and body structures…maybe they ripped off Honda’s Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACE) body structure.
it’s no wonder their safety results improved, but who really wants a copy cat? getting the original is always better.
Well…onec they have their originals, you are going to say “well….it’s Made in China”. So…give yourself a break.
Notice though that the frontal impact isn’t an offset impact like EuroNCAP…a car will perform worse in offset crash testing so it’d be interesting to see how it performed under EuroNCAP conditions. Honestly it wouldn’t surprised me if the testing has been manipulated to give better results…
Ya those biotches how dare they copy safety related things ! they should produce crappy cars for 50 years then get safe like GM and some Ford vehicles did, !!! astro van, f-150 and many others ! im so damn mad that this car is safer than a cobalt !!! and how dare they crash 100 times safer than a dodge neon !!! HOW dare they !!
The car was traveling much slower than 35-40 MPH, which I believe is the norm for NCAP. If you compare the Chery A520 video to a Euro NCAP video, you’ll see the difference.
“Well…onec they have their originals” in your dreams…all that they’re making are copies of other manufacturer’s cars…they don’t know how to make originals.
Yeah, they can make one car not a utter disaster. But, I doubt they’ll be able to mass produce safety.
Just hope you don’t get a piece of the dash in your mouth during the crash. It’ll dissolve in your stomach into a date rape drug. The gear shift metabolizes to Ex-Lax, I hear.
They are not learning fast but copying our cars faster in a more detailed manner. they are well educated and ambitios and will be successfull. We have a counter weapon though…plummet the USD $ to make imports cost more. The Japenese however are beating us at that game and the Europeans are bewildered so expect thier prices to rise. The USD $ is now worth Canadian 94 cents?????
these are official tests?? i like how there are people standing right up close to film the side impact test.
“getting pretty good (3 stars) results in the C-NAP tests. Equivalents to the NCAP test from Europe.”
Believe me, this “test” has nothing to do with euro NCAP test…
You can badmouth Chinese cars all you want but it’s just inevitable that they will take a major share of the market sooner or later. Personally I don’t really care if they copy others’ products as long as they can provide a safe and quality car at a reasonable price. Japanese copy German cars 20 years ago and a few years back Korean copy everybody else as well. If you want to pay premium and buy a european car which is not too reliable, be my guest! Chinese engineers just need to copy others smarter.
You know how everything goes in China. They don’t learn but cheat illogically.
I doubt C-NAP stuff is trustworthy.
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You can badmouth Chinese cars all you want but it’s just inevitable that they will take a major share of the market sooner or later. Personally I don’t really care if they copy others’ products as long as they can provide a safe and quality car at a reasonable price. Japanese copy German cars 20 years ago and a few years back Korean copy everybody else as well. If you want to pay premium and buy a european car which is not too reliable, be my guest! Chinese engineers just need to copy others smarter.
November 9, 2007 2:09 PM
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totally agree with this dude! this is exactly whats happening. what? got a problem with that? can’t stand Chinese doing it? then dont buy it! no one force you to buy it! try to buy anything and everything that is NOT MADE IN CHINA now a days!!! If China shut down export to US, majority of the poor people would still be paying premium price such as $80 for a regular pair of non-brand name jeans. Thats US will be suffering from the economic sanctiong imposed by the Chinese by then!
stop accusing Chinese doing this and that, why dont you people wake up? This is how it is for the auto biz? look at what Korean did, on Vince’s blog, take a look at it!
Even more Genesis pictures
sure Chinese car does not have the quality where Korean or Japanese vehicles are today, but it wont be long, and I am sure someone will buy it as long as the price is right, and also, sooner or later, their quality will be just as good as Korean made car shortly, and they will take big chunk bite of our market here, its time for the big three to wake up!
the matured car industry knows the Chinese can contribute expertise to them..(livalve project for one)and expects reverse benefits although I expect some uses unfair tactics to hold back competition of the Chinese cars into their home turfs. Accepted Chinese cars are behind established brands but I remember shaking my head in the 60s at some Asian cars…not now.