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Formally Kia Chaser
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle
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http://www.autoblog.com/2007/06/22/b...-anything-but/
The Chinese made BS6 gets 1 star on the NCAP Test 40mph: ![]()
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Falcon Addict
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Searching for ANOTHER Ice Pack....
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Get in the ring!!!
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Mornington Peninsula
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Wait for GM to whack a Holden badge on it and then tell us that NCAP tests don't correlate with their own...
Oh, wait, they already have the Barina
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IWCMOGTVM Club Supporter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Northern Suburbs Melbourne
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Nice to see motoring at it's best.
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windsor user
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Geelong
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they're actually not a bad looking car, one of the first Chinese cars that aren't hideous
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V8 Powaah
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Watch the youtube clip that will scare you to death, its even worse than the Landwind, Frontera knock off thing.
Maybe it some form of chinese super weapon designed to get even with the west either that or its their replacement for the one child policy.
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Just slidin'
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brisvegas
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I will never buy a chinese car. Its just way to scary.
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Back in a Ford
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Australia
Posts: 2,620
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Have a go at this one...
What a shocker, and from America too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wxDqG2ZSFA Also found the Ford Escape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT-VBO4O55A I'll stop posting them up now, there's plenty on there to take a squiz at. ![]() Cheers
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Regular Schmuck
Join Date: Dec 2004
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Wasn't there also a chinese 4WD that would have decapitated the driver due to the steering column rocketing towards the dummies head not that long ago? |
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Can't go around corners
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Radelaide
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HOLY CRAP. There are safer cars that were built by japan in the 60's (and america for that matter)
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Formally Kia Chaser
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle
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lol.
The Oragami Kamakazi Car...
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Just slidin'
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Brisvegas
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The other 4wd was the jiangling land winder.
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White Car Driver
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Melbourne
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I have the High Quality videos of that landwind on my PC, shocking, just shocking. Oh, and the Montanna... For something that carries 8 people, families, it should be the safest type of car available, that is unacceptable.
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Back in a Ford
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Central Australia
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Curry in a hurry
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Perth
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Cars like that should not even be on the road.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Feb 2007
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holy crap
im sure glad i dont have 1 of them |
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Regular Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
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styling is actually quite nice, shame its deadly
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Isnt it a Rover made by the chinese? If it is, it would be interesting to compare it to
Rovers crash tests. |
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast, QLD
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Nanjang and new MG are trying similiar stuff but doing it the hard way by reverse engineering the car with their tooling , they also expecting 4 stars for restarted MG linup in UK, dont know what theyll get with their reverse engineered Rover 75 But all this only happened through using foreign designs and keeping plenty of UK techies from Powertrain INC on board and still wont be as good as what MG Rover could have done themselves
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Regular Schmuck
Join Date: Dec 2004
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There's no way in the world I would buy a Chinese made vehicle unless I had seen one being crash tested (and even then I doubt I ever would). Seems like they're trying to cull the population using vehicular selection. |
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Sydney, NSW
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Ouch, the Ford Festiva also had a 1-star safety rating, if im not mistaken.
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LPG > You
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Force Fed Fords
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Enroute
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Here is the landwind. The crash test dummy comes out of it like Buster on Mythbusters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZWy_...elated&search=
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Solution Was Boost 4?, 6 & 8
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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That shouldn't be allowed to go on sale, there more strength in a sardine can..
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Force Fed Fords
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Enroute
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Here is the Chevrolet Kalos, AKA Holden Barina. Check the side impact and look at what smashes the drivers side window.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2yjy...elated&search=
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windsor user
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Geelong
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now this is how they're suposed to be..........5 stars i think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLW8j...elated&search= LTD, that volvo is funny, but still looks like you'd live lol |
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ORSM Ford Cruisers
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Melbourne- Thomastown
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does anyone have any videos of the australian fords? it would be interesting to see. especially the e-series.
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windsor user
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Geelong
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http://www.ancap.com.au/results/search/
see most modern stuff there... cant find any eseries footage though :( |
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