Jiangling Motors' Landwind, which spectacularly failed European crash tests last year, is a copy of Opel's Frontera.
"Regarding front- and rear-end crash tests, our cars are as secure as European or American cars, " Cordeiro said.
But last November models from SAIC and Geely won high marks in crash tests by a European safety agency.
The crash tests found the Latin American model had a weak, unstable body structure that offered occupants little protection in even non-serious wrecks.
Crash tests and accident statistics, he tells us, indicate that these Jeep-derived vehicles have a kill rate at least three times higher than cars.
Four of Brazil's five bestselling cars failed their independent crash tests.
To choose the safest model, Rader recommends starting by looking for vehicles with the top rating in all crash tests, plus those that incorporate ESC.
You might interject that crash tests are usually run on dummies.
Finally, we noted how well each vehicle performed in crash tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
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Another high-speed, high-definition camera, originally developed to film car crash tests, was used to capture an eye-popping scene of a Great White shark leaping out of the water to devour a seal in midair.
Two companies whose vehicles fared well in the Insurance Institute tests say they had already factored more crash scenarios into their engineering.
The lorry has been removed from the building and has been taken away to undergo further tests that will help establish the cause of the crash.
Investigators hope tests that began on January 18 will help determine the precise cause of the July 25 crash when the aircraft, with flames spewing from the wings, slammed into the ground minutes after taking off from Charles de Gaulle airport.
Despite tests, Michelin were unable to "understand or reproduce" the tyre failure that caused the crash.
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