[tekdemon @ Oct 17th 2006 5:38PM]

Don't be a jackass, that video shows a licensed clone of a Japanese designed vehicle (an Isuzu Rodeo-aka the Honda Passport) that was just as horribly unsafe. Pretty much all cars of that era were horribly unsafe-have you seen the crash tests for older F-series pickups from Ford?!
You might as well go around telling people to stop buying used cars because they'll all die.
Don't believe me? Just look at the IIHS crash test rating for the old Rodeo/Passport:
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=56

Am I saying that Chinese cars are awesome and safe? Not at all, but this nonsensical Chinese bashing has no real basis because Honda and Isuzu were selling the exact same thing back in 1997. And it's not a copycat-it's a legally licensed clone in that video-the Chinese car company bought not only the design but also the tooling used to make the cars to begin with.

You're equally unsafe driving either the Landwind or going to a used car dealer and buying an old Isuzu Rodeo or Honda Passport.

Chinese cars will get safer in time-whether it's because they'll be able to license 2000's designs soon or whether they'll improve safety themselves. But to link to that video as if it's evidence of lousy Chinese engineering is just plain misinformation.

And heck, plenty of US cars of even recent years were deathtraps. Go look at the crash test ratings for something like a Cavalier, or the 5-door Focus' rear seat, or whatever. Does that mean you shouldn't buy any US-built cars just because I can point out one model that is horribly unsafe?