First Chinese exported car deem unsafe -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first Chinese car to be sold in Europe has scored zero — the worst-ever score — in safety tests. The JiangLing Landwind was displayed at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week and is expected to arrive in British showrooms within months. It is already on sale in Holland, Germany and Belgium and has been billed as the vanguard of a new invasion of Chinese vehicles. The two-ton 4x4 scored zero stars in crash tests last week by the ADAC, the German automobile club, which carries out tests for Euro NCAP. “It had a catastrophic result,” said a spokesman for the ADAC. “In our 20-year history no car has performed as badly.” So how bad was it? take a look.... http://paultan.org/archives/2005/10/07/jiangling-landwind-x6-crash-test-outside-view/ http://paultan.org/archives/2005/10/07/jiangling-landwind-x6-crash-test-passenger-cabin/ looks like the chinese have some work to do before they become a player in the automotive industry