Quote: Originally Posted by darkbeaver
They certainly do DurkaDurka. You think not at all.
and you know this from your extensive knowledge of the chinese auto industry or their industry in general?
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"SHANGHAI–Local brands took more than a quarter of China's passenger car market last month but foreign executives were mixed in their assessment of the competitive threat, saying quality standards still fell far short of globally acceptable levels."
"Nissan Motor Co senior vice-president Andy Palmer said he had seen a vast improvement in the craftsmanship of Chinese cars from seven years ago when the market – now the world's biggest – was just starting to emerge. A sizeable distance still remained, but he warned against writing off the scope for further improvement."
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"MOSCOW -- Add another product to the list of Chinese exports whose safety is being called into question: cars.
In one of the few crash-tests to date of a Chinese-made vehicle outside China, a Chery Amulet sedan's front end folded like a concertina in a recent trial here.
The Russian car magazine that organized the test said it was one of the worst performances ever and called upon Chery Automobile Co. to withdraw the car from the market. A clip of the crash test posted on -- Inc.'s video-sharing service YouTube has drawn almost 163,000 viewers."
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"STUTTGART, Germany (Reuters) - A mid-range sedan developed for the European market by Chinese carmaker Brilliance scored only one out of a possible five stars in a crash test, German auto association ADAC said on Thursday.
"In the event of a side crash, the strain on the driver's chest and abdominal area would be so high that a person would have little chance of surviving in a real accident," it said of test results for the Brilliance BS6 model."
