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hina'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.
Knoxfire wrote:If they sell a car for under 10,000 or a RWD coupe for under 15,000$ they got my money. I'm looking for a car, not a tank.
Jonathan Pike wrote:Knoxfire wrote:If they sell a car for under 10,000 or a RWD coupe for under 15,000$ they got my money. I'm looking for a car, not a tank.
Even though a potential simple accident leaves you without legs?
Quote:that's hilarious. I suspected these cars were crappy... just not that crappy.
The horrifying 40 mph offset frontal crash test video shows damage that can be described as catastrophic at best.
Knoxfire wrote:If they sell a car for under 10,000 or a RWD coupe for under 15,000$ they got my money. I'm looking for a car, not a tank.dear lord. what's wrong with your head?
Knoxfire wrote: Junkyards used to be littered with "death cars" back in the day.yes, and that's why they're in the junkyard, and that's why they don't make them anymore
Knoxfire wrote: Life is replete with risk.and that's why God gave us a brain (to ascertain and avoid risk); so again, where's your head at?
Knoxfire wrote: How about a convertible in a rollover? Heck, even a garden variety SUV really isn't all that safe since it doesn't have to pass any of those crash tests (not the car SUVS, I mean the truck based ones) and even if they end up not crumpling like a beer can, I can guarantee a lot of pain for the driver since it must be like being dropped off a building while being locked inside a safe. In a SUV the crumple zone is you.show us some numbers.
urban wrote:dear lord. what's wrong with your head?Quote:
What? You mean why do I not refuse to be paralysed by fear? Or why I don't ride around in a car equiped with a 12 point rollcage and sprinkler system while wearing a fire retardant suit and helmet. I mean, if we're gonna be safe let's not do it in half measures. Let's go all the way. Let's have our cars speedo's locked at 55 and the onboard computer can keep prevent us from accelerating in under 10 seconds from 0-60 (not that we'd get to sixty right?).
I'm 34 years old now, I assume you're younger than me because younger people are always more scared of death. Well, the average lifespan for a man today is 74, which means I have 40 years left to live. That's 40 summers, 40 springs, 40 falls and 40 winters. Doesn't sound like a lot when I put it like that huh? Not to mention that of those 40 years of my life there's a good chance that at least 5 will be impossible to enjoy due to different circumstances. So now it's 35.
35 years. Think about it. Tick tock, tick tock...
Yeah yeah yeah. I know... trust me. Cheap dangerous Chinese piece of crap car. Well what do you think old Musclecars are with their rusted frames and their swiss cheese floors? Think the drum brakes are there to do anything more than give you the illusion of being able to stop in time? What about the steering that takes 97 turns to make the wheels go right or left? At least the Chinese put some Airbags on their pieces of crap.
Everything's dangerous. Especially anything that's fun. I'm not spending my whole life locked inside my house. I'm going to go spend it out there in the real world doing stuff and seeing things, even dangerous scaaaaary things like driving fast cars that low crash ratings.
And if it happens that I turn into Christopher Reeves while trying to ride a horse or something, I still won't regret my decision. Sure, I'll have to spend the rest of my life sitting in a chair watching TV, but really... isn't that just what most people do anyway?
urban wrote:show us some numbers.
2004 Ford F-150
1996 Chevrolet Blazer
2001 Dodge Ram 1500
Jonathan wrote:The newer Cavaliers have a 4 star front crash test rating, but if you watch this video of a 95 Cavalier, it doesn't look like 4 stars.
1995 Cavalier sedan
notice the dummie's head contacting the bottom of the window frame, but it held up a little better than the Chinese car.
The neon on the other hand didn't, although it actually got a better rating than the Cavalier.
2000 Dodge Neon
It doesn't really matter anyway, cause these tests are basically an ideal collision, and really don't mean much in the real world.