Chinese 4×4 gets zero in safety test

Friday, October 14th, 2005

The first Chinese car to be sold in Europe has scored zero – the worst-ever score – in safety tests. Nasty!

Testers calculated that a driver would be unlikely to survive a head-on collision at 40mph, and in a side-on collision at 30mph the driver would suffer severe head and chest injuries due to a lack of side protection.

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