How Is This So: Chinese Brilliance BS4 Crash Test Recieves "Zero" Stars

ADAC, Germany's and Europe's largest automobile club - something like the AAA in the USA- has released the latest crash test results for the Brilliance BS4 sedan and the outcome for BMW's Chinese partner is far from good. In fact, in the new crash test procedure that was performed under Euro NCAP's stricter rating scheme that takes into consideration safety systems such as electronic stability control (ESC) and seat belt reminders, the BS4 received a zero star rating. ADAC notes however that in the previous rating system, the BS4 would have been awarded with three stars.

Still, ADAC's final report on the BS4 is that the compact sedan is "far away from the current safety standards" and that it poses several hazards to the driver's well being in the event of a crash noting for example that the steering wheel airbag is positioned incorrectly and that the clutch and brake pedals compromised protection for the driver's feet.

HSO Motors Europe, the official importer of the Brilliance brand in Europe questions ADAC's results saying that the German automobile club's counterparts in other European countries such as ÖAMTC in Austria and the Swiss and Dutch motor clubs, which co-funded the test, "unanimously evaluated the crash test by awarding three stars." The company's European importer also states that even though ADAC's test was based on the Euro NCAP rules, "it was not requested by the official Euro NCAP organization in Brussels".

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david999 - 3/27/2009 2:41:12 PM

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Don't get sucked-in by david969.

America - 3/27/2009 3:57:08 PM

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BMW had nothing to do with engineering these sleds from the orient.

TECHGEEK - 3/27/2009 12:57:20 PM

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I wonder where you get your facts from.

BMW cars are comparable in safety to the best and the X5 has constantly turned in some of the best results for trucks ( alongwith Volvo offcourse ).

HSCenterconsole - 3/27/2009 1:40:42 PM

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The M-Class has always scored up there with the X5 as well.

100octane - 3/27/2009 2:17:29 PM

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i wonder if they still sell the bs4 on the chinese market

blueshirts0819 - 3/27/2009 2:26:20 PM

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I think they should give this car to "bigeasy" so the gene can stop here.

_43LE - 3/27/2009 4:32:24 PM

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LOL!

cococo - 3/27/2009 2:54:24 PM

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What do you expect from a car called the 'BS'?

abcd - 3/27/2009 4:23:43 PM

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"The remarkable thing is that ADAC's counterparts in other countries, including the ÖAMTC in Austria and the Swiss and Dutch motor clubs, which co-funded the test, unanimously evaluated the crash test by awarding three stars. Only the ADAC has shocked the public with its bad news. The ADAC is misleading the press, policymakers and consumers by eliminating all of the stars and equating its zero-star rating with zero safety. The other participating motor clubs have provided much more transparent information.
In an initial statement, Focus-online has summed up this matter as follows: "The zero-star rating leads clueless buyers to believe that the BS4 is a totally unsafe car — which it is quite definitely not. Its crash test results may not be brilliant, but they are sound."

Oooo, I've heard first time that ADAC is misleading public, I was thinking that they're more honest, but still it's only once, German car mag "Auto Motor und Sport" is regularly writing half-truths and is misleading public.

abcd - 3/28/2009 5:03:14 AM

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TurboSpyder, I said about the German car mag (I read it translation sometimes so I know what I'm talking about), not about all Germans, I very like German peoples in fact. Germans in the past also received moneys from USA -> Marshall Plan and that despite starting another war, so maybe they want to help others now.

abcd - 3/29/2009 11:21:28 AM

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TurboSpyder:
"I can't foresee (based on history) Poland"

I bet you don't know very much about history of the country, at least before 214 years ago.

So supposedly Germans had to repay 1/3, it's still a lot of free cash and a lot of loan-which is also very helpful, some countries didn't have a loan not to mention free cash.

TurboSpyder:
"And this person has a very different view of the Marshal Plan.

http://wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/articles/marshallhoax.html"

There is recently a lot of revisionist history(not only this article but the whole site), not only in Germany, but I would rather believe in what is generally accepted. I think Germans like you (you said once that you're German descent) should be happy that Morgenthau Plan wasn't adopted. And after the war there was something called reparations in kind. Germany, Japan, Italy had to "pay" reparations in kind, but Germany and Italy at least received free cash and loans.

abcd - 3/29/2009 4:16:21 PM

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TurboSpyder:
First, wikipedia isn't credible source of information (at least when to a wikipedia text aren't added credible sources), second, Germany stole (together with Russia, Austria) Polish-Lithuanian territories at the end of 18th century. I know that you desperately want to defend and glorify Germany but you can't change the history, sorry.

Lamborghini_vs_Ferrari_Racer - 3/27/2009 4:30:55 PM

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The X5 has always happened to be safer than the M Class always Mister Center Console.

VISO - 3/27/2009 4:49:46 PM

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Not even 1 Star for attempt?

America - 3/28/2009 1:07:23 PM

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See: http://video.hsus.org/?fr_story=3cd5ce39ab3f35cbde85e1b4121b06731d31f305 for a some truth about other Chinese products. It may shed some light on their lack of concern for crashworthiness.

LDMAN - 3/29/2009 5:03:25 AM

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I did not realize that this brand is also produced under CKD in other countries
http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/7195/Brilliance-to-export-500-Junjie-FRVs-to-Egypt.html