Brilliance DOES Produce Safe Cars After All

Real Life Crash acts as proof

Crashed Brillaince BS4
Crashed Brillaince BS4
Crashed Brillaince BS4
Crashed Brillaince BS4
Crashed Brillaince BS4
Crashed Brillaince BS4
Crashed Brillaince BS4

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autoque

A real safe car would've intervened with an active safety system so as to keep the car stable even if the driver loses control of it. It's a sedan, not an SUV; no need to roll two times before hittin the ditch. In any case, they are taking a positive step toward safer cars...albeit slowly.

May 6, 2008 12:18 pm

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wolff

This is a Chinese car for heaven's sake.. not a European one.. u have too much of expectations i say!! :D

May 6, 2008 12:42 pm

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Driftzwerg

Are you serious? The car collapsed, you can see that easily. This is nowhere safe. I don't wanna start china bashing, but calling that safe... I am glad for the driver, but it was just luck. The Chinese will learn fast from theit mistakes, till then you a better of with a 5 Star NCap car.

May 6, 2008 12:42 pm

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That's exactly why it's safe, it doesn't matter how badly the car gets damaged, it's about how good it protects it's occupants. ANY car would be totaled if it hit a barrier at 100km per hour, dropped hundreds of feet, and rolled around two times, hit a pile of dirt, and landed again.

August 22, 2009 10:16 pm

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Spyshot-73

If we all stop buying chinese goods then they would have to sell decent things in the end , And you are right about the NCAP 5 star ratings .

May 6, 2008 2:49 pm

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wisp

The point is is simple as Mercedes learnt the hard way back in the late 90's in South Africa. They went on air "blah blah blah safest best engineered car in the world crashed 100feet down at Chapmans peak and hey pristo the driver walked out of the crash". BMW crashed this advert by using the recently launced 5 series with the saying "WHY NOT SIMPLY BUY A CAR THAT MANAGES BENDS" or something like that. This advert to date is still looked at as one of the best aggressive direct attack adverts and it worked coz that 5 series was worlds ahead and better engineered than the 'diving Merc'. Emphasis should be on drivability of a car coz then the car would aid the driver to avoid such an accident. Prevention is way better than cure.

May 6, 2008 4:33 pm

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stillthewhizz

It isn't that safe. Look at the safety cell, that is supposed to stay in tact. It looks thoroughly bent to me.

May 6, 2008 4:40 pm

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Skulinex

Especially the fact that the door frames are outside (above) the roof frame where they are supposed to act as a structural reinforcer

May 6, 2008 7:22 pm

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BabyMilo

thnk god i wasnt in that car! i would be dead, CHINA FIX UR CARS!

May 6, 2008 8:44 pm

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christo-mckee

btw anyone noticed the crash was caused not by other cars or anything.... but the inner casing of the wheel which completly snaped off the wheel fixation by the disk brake!!! thats sign of poor quality of materials used to make those wheels!!!!! not cool.

May 7, 2008 7:16 pm

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How the hell would you know what caused the crash??!!! Mr.crashexpert??!! Were you there to witness it??! The wheel would hace been a result of hitting a barrier at 100 km per hour, DUMBASS!!!

August 22, 2009 10:26 pm

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I imagine a BMW would roll a couple times if it flew into a ditch at 60mph too.

May 8, 2008 1:11 am

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Really lucky driver....

May 10, 2008 3:23 pm

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