Hafei Lobo Crash Test
4 January 2008
13 Comments
The Hafei Lobo is a self designed and researched model from Hafei Autos from Harbin City. Hafei have recently signed an agreement with Citroen to make a range of commercial vehicles in China.
100% frontal impact
The frontal impact shows the dashboard collapsed, pinning the drivers knee. Oddly the steering wheel seems to have twisted as though it has melted.
40% side impact:
Bad news for the passenger, his knees seemed to be crushed.
Side Impact
The side impact, whilst not great is not entirely bad either. The pillars remain intact, but the doors have changed shape dramatically.
No airbags for Hafei Lobo ?
Probably not for the cheapest ones (I think)
Would airbags actually help in this situation? If the car is so weak then perhaps not.
I don’t think so, the engine compartment pushed the dash that crushed the passengers… what’s an airbag if your car is crushing you…??
OMG how can this be acceptable???
I’ve crashed driving an Opel Corsa once, head on into oncoming traffic, while I was doing 60 km/h… the car was totaled, completly destroyed. I walked away without any scratch though.
I imagine now if these cars were sold here and people bought these things… on that crash I was into, I would be, if alive, seriously injuried.
Chinese cars still have much to improve about safety before I even start considering buying one…
I know there’s a lot of chat on here about chinese cars and how they’re progressing and they’ll soon be the new Japan and take over the world. However, this proves they still have a lot of work to do. These pictures aren’t good but if you sit down and think about what it would mean if you were inside it doesn’t bear thinking about. Like you I’ve had a serious crash before (in a Cotroen Saxo). OK, I got whiplash but the airbags and crumple zone saved me. There is a lot of work to be done, safety is paramount to human life!
Below I have copied a portion of the story…
“The frontal impact shows the dashboard collapsed, pinning the drivers knee. Oddly the steering wheel seems to have twisted as though it has melted.”
Seeing a lot of old driver’s ed videos here in the states tells me the driver’s HEAD did the magic twisting. NO melting or alien ray guns involved here, just a good old hit with the head…Which probably would have resulted in trama or death. A descent air bag would’ve done the trick..He would’ve been more than a veg, but still in a wheel chair.
Beijing Jim,
You are probably right! Imagine someones head hitting the steering wheel at such speed and velocity!
The car showed in the pictures is a restyling or something?, this is not the same sold in Venezuela
Quote “The Hafei Lobo is a self designed and researched model from Hafei Autos from Harbin City”. Thats wrong. The Hafei Lobo was designed by Pinifarina, an italian car design and engineering company
Please, hopefully one of your guys can help me with my problem. I bouht my Lobo from Hatfield Pretoria last year August. Since they delivered the vehicle to us we experianced a lot of faults, the body, lights, back wipers not working, paint is different colours etc. On the 15 May 2009 the crankshaftpully broke and I contacted Go now Boksburg to explain the problem and collection of the vehicle, they only come to pick up the vehicle on 22 May 2009. Since that day we’ve been strugling on a daly basis to speak to the right people in conection with the vehicle. Until today 18 June 2009 no person could tell us when the parts will arrived to fix the vehicle. Please if you can assist us to rectify the abouve problem. We bought this vehicle as new but it doesnt seem like it.
Thank you
Mari Bodenstein
082 567 0876
South Africa
Hi in bought a lobo from go now in milnerton,cape town.I bought it in 2008 september.In january 2009 the car paint started peeling off.Then the clutch cable broke.I experience that the wiper motor also broke .There is aslo a short in the wiper switch.Im struggling to find parts to service the car.Could you please advise me where i could have the car fixed and also the other parts like the clutch cable and wiper motor
Regards Mark Benjamin
+27849686367
“Hafei have recently signed an agreement with Citroen to make a range of commercial vehicles in China.”
Looks like that plan to jointly build with PSA in Shenzhen may be history, since the November 10,2009 signing over of Hafei to Chang’an.