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I dont want to be in one of these cars in an accident. Watch the video A Chery Amulet sedan was "one of the worst performers...ever," in a crash test conducted by AvtoRevu, a leading Russian auto magazine, according to a Wall Street Journal story.
Russia is China's biggest auto-export market, and the $9,000 Amulet is the top-selling Chinese model in Russia, selling 10,119 cars in the first half of 2007, up from 702 in the same period a year earlier.
A state-accredited safety testing center passed the Amulet in the "rudimentary tests" required for cars sold in Russia -- where price typically outweighs safety for budget-minded consumers -- and the car remains on the road today, the WSJ said.
"We have never seen such terrible deformation of a car's body," AvtoRevu reporter Yury Vetrov, who observed the tests, wrote in his article.
Although Chery contends that the test was biased, the outcome adds another product to the list of Chinese exports whose safety is being called into question, the WSJ said.
Cerberus-owned Chrysler last month finalized a deal with Chery to develop a range of small cars for sale in the U.S. The Amulet, one of the oldest models in Chery's lineup, isn't slated for sale in the U.S.
Steven Landry, executive vice president of marketing and sales at Chrysler, told the WSJ that he realizes customers have concerns about Chinese-made products and that is why Chrysler will have a lot of its staff involved in the development of the Chery-made vehicles to ensure quality and safety.
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« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2007, 08:43:16 PM » |
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I really want to watch the video, but I cant until I get home. There was some Network admin here that blocked all the good sites - lol, oh wait, I meant LMAO!
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ginz111
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« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2007, 08:44:17 PM » |
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oh sorry i forgot I blocked that site at work.
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« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2007, 08:46:27 PM » |
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Not a big deal - when I get home I will be too tired, so maybe tomorrow you can unblock just long enough for me to see the video - j/k - lol
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Polish Guy
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« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2007, 10:06:02 PM » |
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thats a horrible crash!
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« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2007, 03:35:20 PM » |
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Just saw it. I cannot wait till this thing hits the market, Im running right out and trading in my crappy german cars for that jewel!
Do you realize that if it ever came here at the price point that I am sure will undercut everything, thousands of fools will buy that?
Darwin's thinning of the herd.
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« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2007, 04:55:08 PM » |
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I posted this on another site some time ago, this is another car similar to the amulet. This one hit a squirrel ... and I understand that the squirrel walked away from the accident.  Another view.  |
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« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2007, 05:03:44 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2007, 05:22:35 PM » |
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I got a Daewoo Lanos rental when I got hit in the golf. Rearended a minivan in the rain because the brakes and tire sucked. Then after they said just keep driving it the damage is minor the hood folded back over the roof on 83 at 60mph good quality cars those
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« Reply #9 on: August 10, 2007, 05:43:13 PM » |
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lol^ these are just like the cars i'm going to be importing here in the next year or so... very small and unsafe. here are the cars i'm bringing over: Fiat 126p  1974 Communistic East Germany Trabant  last but not least: Communist built Russian AUTOSOVIET Lada  i should have 2 Fiat 126p's in the U.S. by next summer, the Trabant and the Lada might take a little longer  |
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« Reply #10 on: August 10, 2007, 08:31:22 PM » |
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Trabbie! the cardboard car! I once said at the Auto Show I wouldn't die happy until I saw a Yugo convertible. They made it the next year.
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« Reply #11 on: August 10, 2007, 10:41:20 PM » |
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I want a trabant.... they smoke more than me!
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« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2007, 08:00:21 AM » |
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I'll take a Fiat Chris!
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« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2007, 08:48:24 AM » |
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I'll take a Fiat Chris!
Yeah cause we know how much you like working on cars. They are cool but... |
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« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2007, 10:40:40 AM » |
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I'll take a Fiat Chris!
im not selling them when i bring them over, sorry. maybe one day i'll bring a few more over and sell them. |
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