10/14/2005, 11:52 AM

Industry/General

Chinese car fails Euro crash test with score of zero

The first Chinese car to be sold in Europe — the Jiangling Landwind SUV — has scored zero in a safety test conducted in Germany. Paul Tan reports two crash tests were conducted: a frontal 40mph (64 km/h) crash test and a side collision at 30mph (50 km/h). The testers calculated that the driver would likely not survive the 64 km/h frontal collision, and the side collision would result in severe chest and neck injuries. A video is available of the horrendous crash, which lest the driver’s compartment completely destroyed. Another video is available of a lower-speed test, and the result isn’t much better. GM recently considered suing Jiangling over the Landwind’s design, which it says borrows too heavily from the Frontera. Ford recently increased its stake in the company to 0.04 percent.

 
 
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