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TOK:
Consumer electronics aren't cars. In German, but lowest possible rating in crash test. This is considered one of the premier Chinese cars for export.
You'll die in this one in a 40mph crash, not 25.  ;D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9RbZyrJQ4g&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kQGAK550LE&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVwmuQqN46g&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]


hyiu:
I think give China some time... and soon or later, they will manage to catch up...

but until I got solid proof that they make their cars right... I'm not going to buy it....

I saw those crash test videos some time ago... there's another chinese made suv crash test too...
its deadly...

danny_galaga:

--- Quote from: hypernova on April 05, 2009, 07:33:03 pm ---They can't even make a $10 child's toy function the way it's intended.

Ford, etc. move aside.  Anything from China in the way of the auto will dwarf your recall numbers.

--- End quote ---

so what are you typing that message out on?

boykster:

--- Quote from: shmokes on April 06, 2009, 09:22:28 am ---You're telling me that Asus and MSI and Gigabyte aren't designing their own motherboards?  Lenovo isn't designing its own laptops (some of the best laptops in the world, for that matter)?

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Last time I checked, Taiwan isn't "China" as we know/think of China.  Lenovo is a Chinese company, but MSI, Asus, and Gigabyte are Taiwanese. 

Sure, mainland China would LOVE to claim Taiwan, and yes, Taiwan is also known as Republic of China, but Taiwan is more like S. Korea when it comes to their quality and manufacturing. 

I'm guessing it will be about a decade before we see any autos from China being comparable to what is on the road RIGHT NOW.  That's how it was with the Koreans - one review of a Hyundai Sonata back in the early 90's read that the Sonata was a comparable to a Toyota Corrolla - from 1982.  It took Hyundai a good solid decade before their cars caught up.

shmokes:
Taiwan is part of China, IMO.  Mainland China wouldn't just LOVE to claim Taiwan.  They DO claim Taiwan, and Taiwan will not declare independence (if they did they'd have the Chinese army there in a heartbeat).  The U.S. does not recognize Taiwan as an independent state.  Taiwan was a founding member of the UN and had a permanent seat on the Security Council.  They are no longer a member and mainland China holds that seat.  Taiwan ought at least declare independence before you declare it for them.  I recognize that there's room to for argument, but it's probably not worthwhile.  Afterall, we do have Lenovo and a bazillion other things like other every other laptop in the world and other electronics like the iPhone being manufactured on the mainland.

And I wouldn't hesitate to say it'll be ten years before China is a significant competitor in the US market.  But think about it.   Ten years?  That's a blink of an eye for a foreign company to break into our auto industry like that.  If they can do it in ten years it would be astounding and nothing short of a phenomenal success.

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