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StanAE86
10-19-2005, 09:29 PM
Damn...I don't think even Hyundai or Kia were this bad when they started...hahaha

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22749-1783784,00.html

RC45
10-19-2005, 09:44 PM
“This car seems to belong in the 1990s in terms of engineering,”

And their point? It's not like everyone driving a car with "1990's engineering" all died instantly the moment they drove down the street.

It's a cheap car - the main reason you buy cheap cars, whether a used 1990 car or a cheap new car as good as a 1990 car is because.. yeah - you can't afford a higher priced car ;)

ZfrkS62
10-19-2005, 09:48 PM
i knew the chinese would end up trying to destroy the world...just not like this :?

BADMIHAI
10-19-2005, 10:39 PM
I wonder who the first idiot to buy one of those will be. :lol:

StanAE86
10-20-2005, 11:14 AM
I suspect that it may be banned. Cars produced today, have to meet the stricter standards of today, not 1990. Otherwise, automakers would saves billions by just building to 1990 regulations. When you buy a second-hand car, you know it's old. If you buy a new car, you would expect it to have all the new technology for keeping you safe...

AlienDB7
10-20-2005, 11:40 AM
Damn...I don't think even Hyundai or Kia were this bad when they started...hahaha

http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,22749-1783784,00.html
At least Landwind's airbag worked. I remember that was problem with the airbag in the Hyundai or Kia in the 90s. Basically it would deploy *after* the driver hit the steering wheel. I suppose the driver would end up getting killed by the airbag deploying at 200kph instead of the collision itself.

StanAE86
10-20-2005, 11:44 AM
Haha...that reminds me of National Lampoon's Vacation with Chevy Chase and when he launched the stationwagon, landed, was recovering from what happened, the POOSH! the airbag deployed....hahaha

Yablokov
10-20-2005, 12:05 PM
“This car seems to belong in the 1990s in terms of engineering,”

And their point? It's not like everyone driving a car with "1990's engineering" all died instantly the moment they drove down the street.

It's a cheap car - the main reason you buy cheap cars, whether a used 1990 car or a cheap new car as good as a 1990 car is because.. yeah - you can't afford a higher priced car ;)

ROFL @ this thread. lol i dun think the chinexe are off to a good start.

@RC45, your are absolutly correct m8. couldnt of said it better.

AlienDB7
10-20-2005, 12:22 PM
Consider the car is made in China, you dont know if the internals actually came from a 1990s car. They probably imported old cars and put a new body on them ;) You won't notice any difference, not like a new car from them would be any more reliable than a 10 year old car.

On the topic of chinese made products, you got to check out the box of my 2yrs old mp3 player (made in china of course) :lol:

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/7996/chinesemp3player8hf.th.jpg (http://img432.imageshack.us/my.php?image=chinesemp3player8hf.jpg)

StanAE86
10-20-2005, 12:30 PM
That's awful...an excellent example of Asian consumer product translation...terrible...

crayzayjay
10-20-2005, 01:31 PM
Imagine telling your friends that you drive a "JiangLing Landwind".... ROFL :lol:

StanAE86
10-20-2005, 01:39 PM
I would just mumble the end, to make it sound like I'm a pimp and I drive a LandROVER...it would go like this:

"I drive a Landmrrerr. It's such a POS. I much prefer my other cars...." :lol:

Anonymous
10-20-2005, 01:40 PM
“This car seems to belong in the 1990s in terms of engineering,”

And their point? It's not like everyone driving a car with "1990's engineering" all died instantly the moment they drove down the street.

It's a cheap car - the main reason you buy cheap cars, whether a used 1990 car or a cheap new car as good as a 1990 car is because.. yeah - you can't afford a higher priced car ;)

yeh i'm driving basically 50's engineering and i'm fed up with people telling me its unsafe. Most of the old cars fair particularly badly when crashed against new ones, selfish cunts in their safe cars :P Anyway i agree any intelligent customer can make an informed decision, i.e. don't buy this heap of crap

StanAE86
10-20-2005, 01:42 PM
In a head-on wreck, I'd rather be in an old Caddy from the 60s or 70s than a new Kia or Hyundai or Civic for that matter...

crayzayjay
10-20-2005, 01:45 PM
I would just mumble the end, to make it sound like I'm a pimp and I drive a LandROVER...it would go like this:

"I drive a Landmrrerr. It's such a POS. I much prefer my other cars...." :lol:
LOL :lol:

AlienDB7
10-20-2005, 04:31 PM
Imagine telling your friends that you drive a "JiangLing Landwind".... ROFL :lol:
Not as bad as telling your friend to get in your "J****L*** Landwind" for a drive at higher than parking lot speed :twisted:

Sir_GT
10-20-2005, 04:39 PM
Apparently, when you buy the car, it comes with 20 people included, all hidden away in secret compartments, and disappear into the wilderness when nobody's watching.

sads
10-21-2005, 01:46 AM
The early Hyundais weren't exactly good either but now they are much better and I suppose with time the Chinese will start making some half decent cars as well but I won't be buying this one :|

martin100
10-21-2005, 03:57 PM
I´ve already heard about this but didn´t know it was the worst crash result ever :lol: The Chinese should rather continue using bicycles :wink: