Only two stars for Chinese pickup

Wed, 12/23/2009 - 19:42 — Michał Hadyś

Australian organization ANCAP responsible for car’s safety level, has conducted crash test of Chinese pickup V240 produced by Great Wall Motor company. The vehicle offered in China under Wingle name and in Europe under Steed name, received only two stars of five possible. It is very important, that this model obtained Whole Vehicle Type Approval (WVTA) certificate of the European Union in September and it sale in Europe will start next year.

The car has been offered on the Australian market with a price AUD 23,990 since June 2009. During collision with a deformable barrier and speed 64 km/h the front seat belt retracting mechanism failed to correctly restrain occupants under extreme loads. “Even though the passenger airbag deployed, the dummy’s head hit the dash. To make matters worse, the driver-side dummy’s head struck the steering wheel, despite the airbag deploying” - according to service goauto.com.au. The V240 also lost points under the rating system because it does not have ESP or seat-belt reminders, nor does it have top tether anchorages for child restraints.

For this reason, the safety recall campaign has already been announced for the selected party vehicles which came to Australia and this fact immediately caused a big stir in the media about the quality of the vehicles imported from China. Great Wall Motors spokesman Daniel Cotterill told GoAuto that the company had received no reports of V240 seat belt failure on Australian roads. The company could replace the mechanism on 115 cars, while a further 285 vehicles would be checked.

Curiously enough, the SA220/Sailor (AUD 19,990) - which unlike the V240 does not even have airbags or ABS available - also scored just two stars in the ANCAP testing, while Proton’s Jumbuck scored only one star.

Source: goauto.com.au
Source: ANCAP

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