chinese car crash test

[thectrlguy]

I wonder what the MSRP is on that thing... hope it's not much more than $5000, don't think people will be lining up for that one.....

It's Chinese deja vu all over again.... and this is a SUV.... just imagine a Tahoe hitting one of these crap boxes.... lights out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Ts94rjr4M

[1991 318is]

The misleading thing about such tests is that the driver is coming to a stop in a longer period of time resulting in a slower rate of deceleration. Then the driver has a crash with the inside of his car. If the car collapsing does not result in crushing the driver, he's better off. The BMW comes to a stop in a very short distance. The damage to the car is not the best measure of safety in a barrier impact. I'm not denying that this doesn't always correspond to increased safety in real life situations where an pickup bumper comes over the frame rails or into the side of the car. Without seat belts or an air bag, the driver continues at the car's speed until he is stopped by the interior of the car. Seat belts slow that down and air bags even more so. A car that collapses 12" comes to a much faster stop than one that collapses 24".

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

The misleading thing about such tests is that the driver is coming to a stop in a longer period of time resulting in a slower rate of deceleration. Then the driver has a crash with the inside of his car. If the car collapsing does not result in crushing the driver, he's better off. The BMW comes to a stop in a very short distance. The damage to the car is not the best measure of safety in a barrier impact. I'm not denying that this doesn't always correspond to increased safety in real life situations where an pickup bumper comes over the frame rails or into the side of the car. Without seat belts or an air bag, the driver continues at the car's speed until he is stopped by the interior of the car. Seat belts slow that down and air bags even more so. A car that collapses 12" comes to a much faster stop than one that collapses 24".

Very good point,

But I would much rather have a sore neck than have no neck.

[aaron.j]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPpU5azjCB8&NR=1

[thectrlguy]

Holy shit!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPpU5azjCB8&NR=1

[thectrlguy]

Ok then..... Answer this one, if you were the crash dummy and the car was traveling at 60 mph instead of 40 mph, would one would you pick?

There is nothing misleading about these tests, they are conducted in controlled environments. There is a very good reason that rolling beer can got a score of 0.

The misleading thing about such tests is that the driver is coming to a stop in a longer period of time resulting in a slower rate of deceleration. Then the driver has a crash with the inside of his car. If the car collapsing does not result in crushing the driver, he's better off. The BMW comes to a stop in a very short distance. The damage to the car is not the best measure of safety in a barrier impact. I'm not denying that this doesn't always correspond to increased safety in real life situations where an pickup bumper comes over the frame rails or into the side of the car. Without seat belts or an air bag, the driver continues at the car's speed until he is stopped by the interior of the car. Seat belts slow that down and air bags even more so. A car that collapses 12" comes to a much faster stop than one that collapses 24".

[Kruzen]

well don't get in a crash with a cheap chinese car! you're still safer than being on a motorcycle.

Not really.

With a motorcycle your crash is all about luck. If you strick an object and continue to travel at a high rate of speed, impact the ground at an angle other then 90*, and slide. You are much much safer than in any car, because the energy gets expended over a much much longer period of time, and you dont run the risk of getting dismembered by the metal cage around you.

[trashcop 80s 80s]

That e90 held up like a badass, good job BMW.

[FJ40]

Not really.

With a motorcycle your crash is all about luck. If you strick an object and continue to travel at a high rate of speed, impact the ground at an angle other then 90*, and slide. You are much much safer than in any car, because the energy gets expended over a much much longer period of time, and you dont run the risk of getting dismembered by the metal cage around you.

that is assuming you dont get plastered/impaled/skinned/etc by your surroundings...

[bimmer8604]

bet ya dont wanna be in a side impact in an e30 now do ya?

kyle

[thectrlguy]

That couldn't have been another car, did it slide into a tree?

bet ya dont wanna be in a side impact in an e30 now do ya?

kyle

[bimmer8604]

thats a crash test car, notice the markings on the roof and door?

kyle

[thectrlguy]

I did notice the markings after the fact, it still seems like an odd crash pattern...

thats a crash test car, notice the markings on the roof and door?

kyle

[Digitalwave]

That bus crash is just scary. And the E30 is as well, but it MUST have been a pole/tree simulation, getting t-bone by another car would not look like that.

[Jand3rson]

Jesus, that's INSANE. That Chinese car balled up like tinfoil, and the 3 series hardly even buckled the front fender past the halfway mark of the wheel well.

:shock: