European production of Chinese cars (Great Wall)
Chinese utes slammed again for a poor safety rating of the accident, as sales decline in Australia.
The Chinese utes reputation took another hit as the latest crash tests price only three out of five stars for safety and sales continue to free fall after the crisis of asbestos in 2012.
Great Wall Motors ute single cab is one of the least expensive vehicles used by Workhorse tradies, with a starting price of 18,990 vehicles travel.
But according to the authority of independent crash test Australasian New Car Assessment Program ANCAP Great Wall Motors ute single cabin trayback marked a poor rating three stars out of five possible.
This is a modest improvement in the two-star rating marked for other Great Wall utes in 2009 and 2010, in which the airbags were ineffective at improving the safety score.
In the latest crash test at 64 km h the Great Wall ute compartment lost structural integrity, the movement of the accelerator pedal was excessive components, and steering column are a potential source of knee injury for the driver , the report says ANCAP, which gave only 6 out of 16 for the shift assay.
The commercial vehicle safety has always been lower than that of passenger cars, although Utes are now the third largest category of vehicles after small cars and sport utility vehicles.
However, under new health guidelines and safety at work, many companies are implementing a policy of five stars in the purchase of commercial vehicles.
hot air airbags in the event in 2010 didn t improve the score two star Source provided.
The Volkswagen Amarok was the first ute to assign a five-star safety rating in Australia in 2011, but several other brands have followed since, including the Ford Ranger, Holden Colorado, Mazda BT-50, and some Toyota Hilux and Isuzu -Max D models.
Five Star VW Amarok ute is the first to score the highest security rating Source provided.
The Nissan Navara and Mitsubishi Triton score four stars for safety, but are due to be replaced by all new five star models next year.
The bad security income for the ute Great Wall Motors has sales figures show Chinese vehicles are no longer a threat to the established brands.
Big Splash Great Wall utes initially sold well, sales are now in mud Source provided.
Sales of Chinese vehicles have been plummeting in the two years since 21000 Great Wall utes and SUVs and 2250 Chery cars were recalled for engine parts containing asbestos.
At their peak in 2012, more than 12,100 Chinese vehicles were sold locally, but so far this year only 2500 Chinese vehicles were sold, a dramatic decrease of 54 percent from the same period last year.
There are now at least seven Chinese auto brands sold in Australia, but Great Wall and Chery are the greatest; others are yet to publish sales figures.
A spokesman for the Australian distributor of Great Wall Motors, Chery and Foton said Japanese automakers established had dropped in price, to pressure the Chinese brands.
The massive devaluation of the yen means that many established Japanese vehicle brands can be much more competitive prices on the Australian market than was the case Great Wall launched by mid-2009, said spokesman Daniel Cotterill .
Down, down established utes like the Toyota Hilux prices fell Source News Corp Australia.
He said emerging competition traditionally marks on the price, but this price advantage had all but evaporated in the last two years.
Where once ute Great Wall would have been six or seven thousand dollars cheaply on a Japanese brand established, it is not the case at the moment in many cases, Cotterill said.
The drop in Chinese car sales is as another division of Great Wall Motors has announced its intention to set up in Australia as Haval brand name.
However, the new SUV Haval was due in Australia this year has been postponed indefinitely after being withdrawn from sale in China twice due to construction quality problems.
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