WOW!! Chinese SUV will enter the Euro market!! Actually...EuroNCAP and GGAA say NO!!!

[Timpo]

Here is the Jiangling Motors Landwind.

They were trying to enter the Euro market, but EuroNCAP and GGAA (General German Automobile Association) say NO to this SUV.

The new Landwind SUV made by Chinese automaker Jiangling Motors failed the frontal crash test. The Association stated that the driver would not have survived the 64km/h (40mph) test.

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The Jiangling Landwind is considered to be danger on the road as stated by the ANWB (the Dutch Automobile Association) on September 14, 2005, which have tested the car with their European sister organisations. The ANWB thinks that this SUV have to be banned from the European market. From experiments, it has become clear that the driver does not survive a frontal collision with 64 kilometres per hour. At lateral collision on the car is also unsafe. The ANWB say they haven't even tested such an unsafe car in the past twenty years.

^I can't believe they already sold some to some part of Europe...instant death :frown:

EuroNCAP crash test results of VolksWagen Touareg for comparison ... also at 64km/h (40mph).

Lexus GS gets one of the best safety rating from EuroNCAP.
(pic of side impact testing)

Here are BAD vehicles :frown:

Ford F-150
And you wondered why 271 people died in Ford Explorer rollovers...

Isuzu Rodeo

 

[NsXMas]

Re: WOW!! Chinese SUV will enter the Euro market!! Actually...EuroNCAP and GGAA say NO!!!

wow scary photos. FYI Ford Explorer is built on the Ford Ranger platform, not the F150 platform.

The earlier F150 trucks were not as as safe as the redesigned F150s, which now are far safer.

 

[NeoNSX]

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This photo was taken BEFORE the crash test, right? "Made in China" Quality at it's best.

 

[Klayton]

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GGAA (nice translation by the way) is just an automobile club. Its no official test or something.

 

[EIFFEL]

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The Landwind looks like a Isuzu knockoff. no wonder it fail!

 

[DocL]

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Wow. I think my 1:16 scale models would perform better at a 40mph crash test.

 

[downwiz2]

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Jianling...the automotive maker of China all inherit from Ssanyong Motors, a korean company, unknown to the west.

Ironically, Ssanyong is not cheap, it used to make bmw suvs, and are believe to enter the SUV market in the near future, and it uses a mercedez engine.

god, made in china. what do you expect? I doubt its going to do well here. I rather drive a kia Kia(yes, believe it or not, its doing ok, although it shouldn't be by its qualities). Yes a kia over a china car.

 

[downwiz2]

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Wow. I think my 1:16 scale models would perform better at a 40mph crash test.

LOL.

what did JiangLing make the cars out of? plastic?

of course, my very nationalistic Chinese friend would say, "China's own recipe."

 

[dave22]

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Hmmm, looks just like the Rodeo. And they crash exactly the same.

 

[Ojas]

Good eyes

It definitely is a Rodeo. From http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/News/articleId=104882:

Although it isn't a cheap knockoff of any existing product, the Landwind is a two generation old Isuzu Rodeo.

I guess you could stretch it and say this Chinese SUV is a Honda, since the Passport was built at the Isuzu plant where the Rodeo was made. :redface:

 

[transdzn]

Anybody have pictures of crash testing done for the NSX?

Thank you for interesting post Timpo. :smile:

 

[liftshard]

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You guys should check out the Pontiac TransSport. It was as bad as that, if not worse. American cars tested VERY poorly, until quite recently, in the frontal offset tests. These are at IIHS.org. They never crashed any NSXs or other niche vehicles.

Worst I saw was that one of the dummies had his metal foot snapped OFF. Clean off.

SUVs fare well only when they hit another, lighter car. If they hit another SUV or a static road obstacle, they are among the worst vehicles to be in. Few SUVs, excepting the recent unitbody offerings from Euro and Jap manufacturers, aren't built on an antiquated truck platform. This means they have poor handling, poor crashworthiness, poor just about everything. Oh, they tow well, I guess.

 

[quattro]

Anybody have pictures of crash testing done for the NSX?

Thank you for interesting post Timpo. :smile:

I don't think they test smaller volume production vehicles like the nsx/corvette very often.

 

[Jin1976]

http://www.wreckedexotics.com look under NSX. There are others too. :biggrin:

Anybody have pictures of crash testing done for the NSX?

Thank you for interesting post Timpo. :smile: