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Chery Amulet Fails Miserably In Crash Test
An article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal spotlights a Russian car magazine’s recent test of the Chery Amulet, and the results are riveting. The best-selling Chinese four-door sedan quite literally crumples to the B-pillar in a relatively standard frontal impact test at 40 mph. The front of the vehicle is mangled, while the door comes off and the driver’s head smashes into the A-pillar.
Despite the results, Chery seems resolute in maintaining the car’s ability to withstand impact. The WSJ states that Chery officials said they were not given a fair test.
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One wonders how a Russian bias could so dramatically affect a crash test. The Russian car magazine, AvtoRevu, is one of the country’s most highly regarded media outlets and conducts its own crash tests for many models. Of course, the words “Russian” and “conspiracy” have gone nicely together in the past, but the article states the likelihood of a bias is unlikely, and that AvtoRevu hasn’t been bashful about telling the truth about subpar Russian models. The article states that “one of the worst performances — a score of 0 out of 16 — was recorded by an Avtovaz model in 2001. At times, the magazine has been scathing about the safety record of some homegrown models…”
Source:
Winding Road
An article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal spotlights a Russian car magazine’s recent test of the Chery Amulet, and the results are riveting. The best-selling Chinese four-door sedan quite literally crumples to the B-pillar in a relatively standard frontal impact test at 40 mph. The front of the vehicle is mangled, while the door comes off and the driver’s head smashes into the A-pillar.
Despite the results, Chery seems resolute in maintaining the car’s ability to withstand impact. The WSJ states that Chery officials said they were not given a fair test.
[youtube]JFr5BXLRw_E[/youtube]
One wonders how a Russian bias could so dramatically affect a crash test. The Russian car magazine, AvtoRevu, is one of the country’s most highly regarded media outlets and conducts its own crash tests for many models. Of course, the words “Russian” and “conspiracy” have gone nicely together in the past, but the article states the likelihood of a bias is unlikely, and that AvtoRevu hasn’t been bashful about telling the truth about subpar Russian models. The article states that “one of the worst performances — a score of 0 out of 16 — was recorded by an Avtovaz model in 2001. At times, the magazine has been scathing about the safety record of some homegrown models…”
Source:
Winding Road
