This Pick-Up Truck's 0-Star Crash Test Is Downright Horrifying To Watch
A lot of us take modern car safety for granted these days, but in some markets, a worrying amount of vehicles offer extremely poor protection in the event of an accident.
As part of its Safer Cars for Africa campaign, Global NCAP tested an entry-level version of the Great Wall Steed pick-up truck, yielding a grand total of zero stars. The car has no airbags or seatbelt pre-tensioners, and even does without ABS.
The footage isn’t quite as horrifying as the video of Global NCAP’s Nissan Hardbody crash test, but the way the passenger cell deforms is still shocking. Even if the vehicle did have an airbag, the outlook for the occupants would still have been pretty grim, with the body shell integrity is described as “unstable”. Both the driver and front passenger’s knees may hit “dangerous structures” behind the dashboard, the report states, while driver chest protection is rated as “weak”.
Speaking about the test results, Global NCAP general secretary Alejandro Furas said:
“Another zero star rated ‘Bakkie’ gives us very serious cause for concern in our latest crash test results for Africa. The potential for life threatening injury in the Steed 5 follows the zero star performance of the Nissan Hardbody pick up. The contrast between the marketing claims for such vehicles and the reality of their poor safety performance could not be more stark.”
In the safety organisation’s latest batch of Safer Cars for Africa tests, the Renault Kwid and Haval H1 were also trialled. The two fared slightly better, but each still only managed a paltry two stars. Unlike the Great Wall, the Renault and Haval did come with airbags (two apiece), but the bodyshells were - again - rated as “unstable.”
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No airbags, no ABS, no EBD, price about 11000EUR
The fuск is this shit?
You can buy these in the U.K. right? Yikes
We actually used to make them here(in Bulgaria, Litex Motors)
Yes, you can, but different for our market since we have stricter laws. IIRC it scored 3 out of 5 on the ANCAP test (there’s no Euro NCAP rating). It didn’t stop the turbo from exploding in the one an old colleague used to have, though.
No.
I don’t understand how car companies can still sell in 2020 cars without ABS nor airbags…
Those cars are targeted at third-world countries, where safety standards are very primitive, because cars in such countries have to cut corners to be sold at low prices.
It’s a Chinese car maker. That is how.
Ah yes, classic chinese quality.
Look at how the spare wheel cleverly detaches to reduce the kinetic energy of the crash. Yes, very smart safety feature.
This looks to be just as good as the roads the chinese built in Africa recently.
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If european cars aren’t cool, then what is?