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Old 08-01-2014, 12:18 PM
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Old 08-01-2014, 12:24 PM
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Old 08-01-2014, 12:35 PM
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Old 08-01-2014, 12:44 PM
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Old 08-01-2014, 12:45 PM
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It's brilliant!

This is funny I think:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFtBjc1dz7w

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Old 08-01-2014, 01:17 PM
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Old 08-01-2014, 01:24 PM
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Excellent engineering on the Brilliance. A forward crumple zone is sacrificed to protect the beer in the trunk.....


(BTW, are we sure that's not a higher-speed crash in the Brilliance's case?)

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Old 08-01-2014, 01:36 PM
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Probably not. China's safety standards have been criticized before:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33XXQDJnQw

The crash tests start about 3:30 but the whole thing's worth a watch

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Old 08-01-2014, 01:37 PM
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Ah.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliance_BS6

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Old 08-01-2014, 03:36 PM
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