The Brilliance BS4 was given a bad crash test result when it was tested by ADAC in Germany a while back, it was tested in Spain again and received 3 stars. Crash tests arent always conclusive, they only test front, front offset and side impact (most of the time) but they dont account for real life crash tests such as the below BS4.
The BS4 driver was on the empty highway to Harbin cruising at 100kph, the car slipped on the wet road (it was a dry day, but the previous night it rained) the car went through the barrier, flying 150m down into a ditch, rolled two times, hit a pile of dirt, span 360 degrees and then landed again.
The driver reported that the drivers door would not open, so he climbed out of the passenger side. He was the only occupant. Surprisingly, for what is possibly unfairly lauded as an ‘unsafe’ vehicle, the only injury to the driver was where the seatbelt pulled against his waist during the crash. Bruising was his only complaint, that and the money he had to pay out: 1000rmb to have it lifted out of the ditch, 9000rmb to have it towed back to Beijing, Towing the car 750rmb, Accident Investigation fee 1350rmb.
The car is reportedly going to be scrapped, although negotiations are underway with the mans insurance company.
Those test results are for the BS6 not the BS4. As far as I know the BS4 has never been tested in Europe. It does have 3 stars in the China NCAP. Incidently the BS6 has never been given a China NCAP rating.
Anyway it looks as if the driver was pretty lucky.
ye that was the BS6 though.
Totally agree with you Mark, Brillance is very low key now in Europe and I think it will take them time to get back a good image even in countries where they have not been sold. And for those who dared to compare the new BS4 wagon to the current BMW 3-series wagon. Well if you do really believe that the landing is going to be very porblematic so just keep being modest…
Totally agree with you Mark, Brillance is very low key now in Europe and I think it will take them time to get back a good image even in countries where they have not been sold. And for those who dared to compare the new BS4 wagon to the current BMW 3-series wagon. Well if you do really believe that the landing is going to be very problematic so just keep being modest…
Maybe it was Mr. Wang at the wheel of the vehicle. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2007/12/18/im-only-going-to-buy-chinese-goods-from-now-on/
Good one
I try, for some reason all I could think of was the wrecked Benz for some reason.
The BS4 is a more mature car concept modern design in terms of chassis stability and improved active and passive safety systems upgrading.
Brilliance has also improved R&D and safety test capabilities and work close with European car importer HSO Motors Europe to take all efforts and ensure that export models shall meet and exceed European safety standards for export models such as BS4.
Well everybody is getting bored of that PR claiming for the last three years that Brilliance cars are going to be sold in France and Belgium in the next three months. At least the few enthusiasts of such exotic cars remaining. The others just don’t care…
I agree with Caroline, I am just tired to see so many empty words from Brilliance and others like Geely, I seriously think they need to keep their heads down and do more works and less talks, and really prove themselves to the world, seeing is believing, empty words really mean nothing.