Geely Panda – the safest little one from China

Sat, 01/30/2010 - 19:42 — Joanna Kujawska

C-NCAP conducted crash test of Geely Panda. The car surprised all observers getting 45,3 points and maximum five stars, , because it got the best result among all city models crashed by local organization. Tests were conducted 29th of December, but official results have been unveiled now. Earlier – five stars results were given only for two compact models – Roewe 550 and Chery A3.

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Geely underline with proud, that Panda became a symbol of developing passive safety in Chinese cars, which already presents international standards. “In 2008 roku we published some prospect about the first model with four stars C-NCAP (Vision) result, and company set itself the goal to get four or five stars for every model. Five-stars result of the smallest Panda is a perfect proof for Geely to show the level of advanced technology in cars’ production and fast concern’ transformation.” – concerns’ spokesperson comments.

The result of this crash test is also a crucial step for Chinese Automotive branch, which is coming closer and closer to the world top leaders. Although the basic version, costing 37,800 yuan (around 16,000 PLN) does not have any airbag and ABS as standard equipment, there are even curtains assembled in the top variants. Such equipment was not possible to reach in most bigger models not so long ago and even today is not a standard yet in this market segment.

Geely Automobile is starting to be the one of the leader among Chinese carmakers. Last year the company bought for 40 mln USD the Australian company Drivetrain Systems International (DSI), specializing in production of automatic gearbox and started the licensed production of London taxi TX4. This year, the Swedish Volvo will be also taken by the concern under its wings, which means, one if the most unexpected takeover in automotive’s history.

Source: Geely
Source: C-NCAP

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