Comments on: Chinese sedan flunks German crash test (with video)

By: sharpie

sharpie — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:36:20 +0000

“10 years from now Chinese made cars will probably comprise 500,000 unit sales in the USA and they will be as generally safe as any.”

WOW, don’t give up your day-job for fortune-telling because you suck at it!

By: 56oval

56oval — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:30:58 +0000

I can’t wait to buy my Ex-wife one of these.

By: Vertical

Vertical — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:28:34 +0000

pretty damn funny, CTS!

China probably will improve, as some of you have said. But hopefully the bad news coming out of that country lately (dead pets, “dead” crash test dummies), just MAYBE some of our greedy corporate types will slow down outsourcing to China.

By: CarStar

CarStar — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:04:11 +0000

Is Dodge still going to let Chery manufacture the
Hornet??? They should think twice…

By: ml350pc

ml350pc — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:04:47 +0000

I go out of my way (and wallet) to not buy stuff that is made in China, and in most instances have been successful in that mission. Having said that, I would not buy a Chineese car if someone gave me the money. When it comes to safety, I will stick with my 2006 Envoy XL. I had an earlier model invlved in a crash with a 24 foot box truck, and that vehicle maintained its original dimensions.

By: Get Real

Get Real — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:29:29 +0000

More work for “crash test dummies”, i.e: prison labor.

“We execute you now, or you test crash this car.”

What a great communist system.

Anyone remember China is a communist country where the party line is what you speak, all the time. Or you do jail time.

Now crash test this car.

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:25:11 +0000

that thing broke like a fortune cookie, “confucious say:youre dead”

By: Arbiter

Arbiter — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:46:36 +0000

LP640,
I may well be a “blind bastard AND an ignorant pig” but if you will take the time to learn to read, you will see that I am saying as we export our fast food culture to China (which the Chinese are eager to embrace) THEY will become the fat and lazy.

Our effects on other cultures via popular culture is way more powerful than military action.

And don’t talk about Bob and Sue that way, it is wrong to insult your parents in such a manner…………

By: maximus

maximus — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:20:51 +0000

The only star this one gets is a yellow star on a big red flag. Come to think of it, that’s China’s flag!!!

By: deantj

deantj — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 13:49:55 +0000

sucky sucky! Me love you long time!

By: fan

fan — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:40:14 +0000

dont forget, the chinese are coming. they got (nearly) unlimited resources, and a REALLY strong will to be amongst the top nations in the world – in ANY aspect.
maybe this first cars flunk badly. they WILL learn, imrpove their designs (yes, they will copy… but as long as people get the lowest price product, not the most genuine design, that wont bother them)..

ridiculing them is no help…

By: SRT-4Ken

SRT-4Ken — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:29:03 +0000

==========>>tell me about it, A4….

By: A4

A4 — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:32:42 +0000

ricardohead – chinese autos wont be here in 10 years with this kind of crash test ratings.

By: A4

A4 — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:32:10 +0000

CHINA SUCKS seriously, i think i was one of the only ones who said that back when the dodge hornet articles were around on LLN, everyone called us naysayers ignorant and stupid, now look who the ignorant ones were.

By: RicardoHead

RicardoHead — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 21:29:10 +0000

Don’t know about that, 55amg. I think if you crashed a 1980 civic at 40mph into a brick wall it would have crumpled as much or more as that “Brilliance” from China. Yes, there are 25 years inbetween, but this is China’s first real foray into building a car for a competitive modern international market. Truth is almost every one of these “3rd world upstarts” from major economies that sticks with it ends up producing world class products within a reasonable timeframe, and the Chinese will be no different. If anything the insular (import-restricted) nature of China’s domestic automotive market which secures direct foreign investment to produce products to western standards forces their local companies to compete with international products very quickly, and provides an excellent base of learning/copying technology. As I said before … laugh all you want, but in 10 years autos from China will comprise 500,000 unit sales here, almost guranteed. In 20 years it’ll be well over a million.

By: SRT-4Ken

SRT-4Ken — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:30:22 +0000

============>>very good thinkin indeed, 55amg….you beat me to that statement….

By: 55amg

55amg — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 16:12:26 +0000

but the Chinese and Japanese are different. I think that if you crashed that civic at 40mph you wouldn’t die.

By: RicardoHead

RicardoHead — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:23:13 +0000

I remember a friend’s Civic (1st or 2nd generation, I think) which was something like a 1979 or 1980 car. The lower rear seat was held in place with ….. velcro. You got it, velcro. Not bolts or screws, but velcro. This wasn’t some prior-owner half-assed rigged BS because his parents owned it new.
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That was Honda then, and you know what Honda is now. In fact that was Honda in 1980 and we all know what Honda was in 1990. Don’t discount “Jing-a-Ling” or Ding-a-Ling or Cherry or any Chinese company so quickly, folks. You’d be very very stupid to do so.

By: GBilbo070

GBilbo070 — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:12:02 +0000

i know what id rather buy.

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:03:29 +0000

well now… I feel MUCH safer in my Ford Taurus lol

By: illwill

illwill — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 22:11:26 +0000

LMFAO

By: 04focus

04focus — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 21:06:20 +0000

On the other hand, the Chinese gained one star in two years. at this rate they’ll make cars that have 5-star crash ratings by 2015….

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:43:16 +0000

by the way, i think these cars probably got 5/5 in the “Chinese” crash test.

Comment by 55amg, posted on June22 at 10:26 pm

hahahaha, good one, lmao.

By: GMCsyclone#478

GMCsyclone#478 — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 04:12:31 +0000

LP640, maybe “Bob and Sue” (slur?) would buy chinese death traps, but not because they are “mentally retarded morons”. unscrupulous chinese profiteers will produce and sell dirt cheap products, while unscrupulous americans will slyly market and sell them at a considerable profit.

i too believe the chinese are laughing all the way to the bank, but why does that lead you to pick on the victims (“Bob and Sue”) rather than those exploiting them (in addition to an untold number of child-aged slaves).

the chinese know very well the crap they are producing and selling to americans and other countries, with seemingly no principles. quality control and regulations are virtually NON-EXISTENT in china (or just not enforced).

it is very difficult to buy non-chinese made products, even though you might be aware of the threat. too many products that are ‘Made’ in trusted nations have components or ingredients straight out of china – yet there is no way for the consumer to know.

it seems to me that the answer lies in each of us, whenever possible, not buying products made, marketed or sold in such a manner (e.g. chinese products). choke the profit out of the unscrupulous profiteers.

By: nickthaskater

nickthaskater — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:47:12 +0000

“and keep in mind folks, 64km/h is exactly 35mph,” – SRT4-Ken

No it isn’t, it’s 39.767 756 303 mph -exactly-.

By: 55amg

55amg — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 03:26:50 +0000

by the way, i think these cars probably got 5/5 in the “Chinese” crash test.

By: global_lightning

global_lightning — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:47:32 +0000

Holy s**t! An empty beer can has better crash resistance!
On the other hand, Ford is shopping Volvo around, and I bet Jiangling has got the cash…

By: LP640

LP640 — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 02:46:42 +0000

========================>^Look a little closer to home Arbiter you blind bastard its the Americans who are dying from clogged up arteries after having one too many KFC’s and Mickey D’s NOT the chinese you ignorant pig. Even though this toy car may be a pathetic excuse for a mode of transportation im sure that some mentally retarded morons named Bob and Sue would be more than happy to drive one of thses deathtraps which i suspect would crumble into dust after collididng witha child’s bicycle. I think RicardoHead might be right about the part of the chinese laughing all the way to their piggy banks.

By: Arbiter

Arbiter — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:37:50 +0000

Wal Mart will sell them…….and the scary thing is morons will buy them!

Forty years ago we thought China would go to war with us, today they don’t need to, they have invaded us one shipping container at a time and bought up our national debt!

But we will prevail, Mickey D’s and KFC will clog their ateries and they will grow fat and complacent! The power of culture will always beat the army! Of course by then we will all be dead, but hey, you gotta sacrifice!

By: RicardoHead

RicardoHead — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:20:57 +0000

30 years ago almost every car in the world fared as badly in tests.
15 years ago a Hyundai was a laughing stock of a car company.
5 years ago I wouldn’t buy one tool made in China – today there are a quite a few I’d consider.
10 years from now Chinese made cars will probably comprise 500,000 unit sales in the USA and they will be as generally safe as any.
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People like you discounted all of post-war Germany for “100 years to come”, said the Japanese in the 1960s and early 1970s were only good for transistor radios, cheap toys, and crappy “japtraps”, and laughed at Hyundai in 1990. Laugh at the Chinese all you want today – I guarantee they are laughing back … all the way to the bank.

By: jonnycat

jonnycat — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 22:41:52 +0000

They should let Michael Bryant have one

By: CTS DRIVER

CTS DRIVER — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:20:27 +0000

masher probably back to the model t

By: Masher

Masher — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 21:14:02 +0000

I wonder how many decades you’d have to go backwards to find a japanese, german or american car that dangerous in a minor accident.

By: sharpie

sharpie — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 20:34:06 +0000

Poison food is not news, at least not in China! I heard about it all the time back home and I am from HK. We do not buy Chinese made food product even though they are cheaper than those made and packaged in HK. The quality control is non-existent!

A friend of mine went to Shenzhen and bought a jump drive when they were still relatively expensive. The thing did not work so he opened it up to find the end of a USB plug inside with about half on inch of the cord still attached.

Last year I went to NAIAS aka Detroit Autoshow. There was one Chinese automaker in the show in the lower floor, and rightfully so because the show car had paint chips in the paperthin paint. Chinese cars, or joint ventured cars made in China are just unsafe. I hate visiting my relatives because of the death traps on wheels.

By: gitcypher

gitcypher — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:37:52 +0000

Ha Jing-a-ling
You beat me to it global_lightning