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In German crash test, China's Brilliance BS6 sedan fails miserably.
China Brilliance BS6 is a recent entry into the European market, positioned as an import of high standard sedan at an economical price Well, after seeing the car videos undergoing crash testing using Euro NCAP guidelines at essentially AAA ADAC test center in Germany, one thing for certain buyers get what they pay for the BS6, as currently constructed, appears a complete piece of shit the horrifying crash test video shifted 40 mph frontal shows the damage that can be described as catastrophic at best the pillar collapses and folds like a cheap suitcase, forcing the driver to the door of the largely pop out of its frame, while the lower part of the car buckles like it's made of recycled pop cans we wouldn t want to be the legs or any other part of the driver him for this my SPECT to open the mangled door afterwards, the ADAC techs needed to use a huge crowbar to get it to move ADAC notes that the pedals intruded a foot and a half 32 cm in 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.
Follow the jump for more views of the coverage and related videos Thanks to Andy B for the tip.
The video side impact s no picnic, either, as the impact takes so hard, injuries would likely prove fatal to the entire upper body singing the driver on Chinese cars and how they're an inevitability if that is the kind of security they'll bring with them, happy to find buyers Back honcho April Brilliance said this very model, the BS6, would be imported to the US, either later this year or in 2008, you know that keeping it.
After seeing the car stellar crash performance in Deutschland, wouldn us t be caught dead in a Good news for Europeans is that this disastrous test result could be enough to halt sales that s what happened after the Jiangling Motors Landwind SUV is not the same test even more dramatically in late 2005 ADAC guys listen to crack after seeing the result Landwind in this second link.
Until Chinese automakers very serious about getting and export of cars that meet the standards of protection for occupants generally accepted the idea of having any impact on the market in the US concerned security is laughable.
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