BYD F3 – a Chinese car with a European safety level

peter236

january 2008
BYD F3 – a Chinese car with a European safety level


The last crash test was held at Dmitrovsky Poligon (testing ground) during the last days of 2007. Why was it special? First, a car of BYD, one of the most promising Chinese car manufacturers, was tested. Secondly, the test was held according to EuroNCAP rules which are considered among the most advanced today. These rules are not mandatory in Europe yet, but they are the ones all leading brands use to test their cars. And now that was the test for BYD F3 distributed to Russia by IRITO company. That was IRITO to decide to test the car to check its compatibility with high world standards.

According to the rules of a front-face EuroNCAP crush-test, a car collides with a shock-absorbing wall driving 64 km/h. BYD F3 tested was equipped by two safety bags (for a driver and a passenger). The bags worked perfectly – they saved the mannequins from the hit on their head. The engine compartment was considerably damaged, however, the cabin had enough living space for both the driver and the passenger. A slight fold on the roof did not prevent the driving door to open, which makes the car even safer, though this fact does not influence the EuroNCAP evaluation result. Contemporary solutions used in BYD F3 made it possible for this car to show considerably good result among the representatives of Chinese car manufacturers.

Because of the fact BYD F3 was not tested with a side collision test, it got a normal grade – 10.2 points out of 16. Compare with its main rival – a flagship of Russian passenger cars – Lada Priora which got only 10.56 points.

So, Chinese cars are slowly winning the Russian market. The fact that apart from a low price these cars can provide a normal safety level is rather optimistic.

http://www.eng.auto-dealer.ru/articles/event.php?id=25593

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAskckqdCLk

[ 本帖最後由 peter236 於 2008-1-28 20:49 編輯 ]

kits013

thatz great news for the chinese car industry!

hope it keeps the speed of lighting in it's improvement !
mb one day ppl will sell their MB or bmw and get a chinese car instand

WaruiOne

i wonder how long will it take for chinese cars to be a common sight all over the world...

winkyl

Are we suppose to be proud of being "copy-cat" even for cars... after VVII (not WII), LV bags, Rolex watches, etc?
Seems like whoever-his-name-is surely proud of that

peter236

We should not come back to this exterior design issue again. Many early Korean cars looked like Jap cars as well. The point here is that this car is structurally sound for international standards. If you guys have the engineering expertise or design talent, I strongly urge you to join the Chinese car industry and contribute. You guys have a lot of experience of what a good performance car should drive like. It is rather meaningless just sitting behind the computer bashing China all day long.

peter236

原帖由 winkyl 於 2008-1-29 02:28 發表
Are we suppose to be proud of being "copy-cat" even for cars... after VVII (not WII), LV bags, Rolex watches, etc?
Seems like whoever-his-name-is surely proud of that

Actually, LV bags are not high-tech items. So I think that Chinese people can also design their own luxury hand bags and establish their flagship stores all over the world. We should move our attention from chasing foreign brands to making our own.

notgoddy

Like I said in the other China's car thread, they will not do R&D when copying is cheaper.