Yikes, another reason not to buy Chinese products.

I think they extended the "Crumple Zone" a little too far back!

Tough to do that lv_hunter. If you shop at Walmart, you've helped hollow out America's manufacturing sector, benefiting China. And typing that post on the Sift, chances are that the majority of the components in your computer were manufactured in China as well. Capitalism at its finest.

>> ^GuyIncognito:
Tough to do that lv_hunter. If you shop at Walmart, you've helped hollow out America's manufacturing sector, benefiting China. And typing that post on the Sift, chances are that the majority of the components in your computer were manufactured in China as well. Capitalism at its finest.


Betcha that computer wouldn't survive a 64km/h impact too well either. Ugh, such shoddy manufacturing!

*engineering *actionpack!

Adding video to channels (Actionpack, Engineering) - requested by Krupo.

>> ^GuyIncognito:
Tough to do that lv_hunter. If you shop at Walmart, you've helped hollow out America's manufacturing sector, benefiting China. And typing that post on the Sift, chances are that the majority of the components in your computer were manufactured in China as well. Capitalism at its finest.


Pretty sure most computer manufacturing goes in more developed Asian countries like Taiwan and South Korea. China generally sticks more to basic manufacturing.

Not to attack your comment or anything, but you have to admit the futility of arguing against free trade. If in the long term all countries were to focus on what they specialise because of a cost advantage (such as China in basic manufacturing, and the US in several more specialised service industries) then all would benefit from lower prices, and better standards of living from greater efficiency.

As for the whole topic. Well duh, China have lower safety and crash standards than the US or most other developed countries. How else do you think they're going to make automobiles affordable to their growing but still relatively poor middle class in comparison to highly developed countries? Lower domestic equilibrium wage levels will only go so far. That should not reflect on the quality of Chinese goods as a whole, just the state of their current market. Odds are, even if you were to sell a pricier car with a better crumble zone in China, it just wouldn't sell anywhere near as well.

This fucking pisses me off. Chinese car company cutting corners where it matters and selling an unsafe product. Jerk offs. Hopefully they have a plan for creating some sort of safety regulations.

In Soviet Russia chinese car crash you?

40 mph? Really?

>> ^dannym3141:
40 mph? Really?


In the US, roughly half of all accidents occur at speeds faster than 40 MPH, the other half occur at speeds slower than that. 40 MPH is essentially "the middle of the road" in that respect. Also, most accidents are "offset impact," which this video illustrates - they type of accident most likely to occur when one car drifts the oncoming traffic lane. This means that the force cannot spread out evenly over the front of the vehicle.

This is basically the same test they show on Dateline when they do the Insurance Commission/Consumer Reports car safety tests.

I don't see anyone walking away from an accident at any speed in this car. It looks like the engine block would tear your legs from your body. You can clearly see the dummy's head hit the steering column with neck-destroying force.

>> ^RedSky:
Pretty sure most computer manufacturing goes in more developed Asian countries like Taiwan and South Korea. China generally sticks more to basic manufacturing.


Really? Let's start by looking at Foxconn, which according to their homepage, mainly manufactures in China, and is the largest exporter there.

"Foxconn is the largest manufacturer of electronics and computer components worldwide, and mainly manufactures on contract to other companies. Although sometimes referred to as an original equipment manufacturer, Foxconn would be more accurately described as an original design manufacturer. Among other things, Foxconn produces the Mac mini, the iPod and the iPhone for Apple Computer; Intel-branded motherboards for Intel Corp.; various orders for American computer retailers Dell, Inc. and Hewlett Packard; the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3 for Sony; the Wii for Nintendo; the Xbox 360 for Microsoft, cell phones for Motorola, and the Amazon Kindle." -Wikipedia

I'm sorry RedSky, but you don't know what your talking about. While companies like Foxconn and Asus have headquarters in Taiwan, the vast majority of computer manufacturing takes place in China.