Crash Test Brilliance BS4 - No Sparks or Stars

The ADAC tested the Brilliance BS4 under the new
protocol EuroNCAP. She gets 0 star in part because
of the lack of active safety equipment

The German automobile club ADAC tested the Chinese Brilliance BS4 in the new EuroNCAP protocol in force since February. The conclusion is clear: the level of passive safety, the big sedan lags behind.

Chinese automakers line failures during crash tests. Brilliance BS4 family, which will be marketed in summer 2009 in Germany and is expected to arrive later in France, is not a queen of this kind of exercise, even if with the old protocol, it would awarded three stars, a rating level that a Dacia Logan.
The problem: since the introduction of the new process, the active safety systems (ESP warning buckle-belts, speed limiter) are taken into account, and the Chinese has none. However, these factors do not excuse everything. Because even in a conventional shock, the stability of the shell of the BS4 was put to the test.
The ADAC tested the Brilliance BS4 under the new protocol EuroNCAP. El ..

The stability of the hull of the BS4 has been a strain,
unfortunately even in this traditional Chinese exercise
was not convincing, but dangerous

At the regulatory front collision, made with an offset of 40%, the floor is torn, the dashboard has moved too far back, and cutting materials which compose have endangered the legs of the occupants. Worse, clutch pedals and brake turned into knives in the collision. In addition, the driver's airbag is misplaced head from touching the wheel. But not everything is black so far: the side crash, the Brilliance BS4 is doing with honors with a solid medium foot and side airbags properly sized. The final statement of the ADAC proves without concessions to Chinese,'' qualified car for the technical standards of the late '90s.'' To improve its poor score, the manufacturer should'' strengthen its structure, lower body, the front uprights, redo the dashboard, pedals, and get an ESP as standard.''

Our opinion is more differentiated: while the result is not brilliant, but the brand has made a significant improvement compared to the BS6 crash in 2007, which collapsed during the race. In addition, the new scale EuroNCAP is not without its critics: the active safety equipment - as they are desirable - are no longer useful in the crash. The organization EuroNCAP just check their presence, but not functioning. In the end, so it retains resistance average crash worthy of three stars, located at the Dacia Logan and Sandero. Moreover, these also lack the required safety equipment should logically lose their rating of three stars being subject to the new protocol EuroNCAP.

The side crash is revealed most concluding with an
acceptable level of safety, a solid mid foot, and airbags