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Originally Posted by gassed250
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Not all star ratings are equal. The AU sedan gets a safety rating of 24.2/37, just 0.3 short of a 4 star rating. The safest Aussie family car at the time. How did the Merc E class of the time fare? 25.7/37. The Falcon actually performed better than the Merc in the frontal offset crash test (11.37/16 vs 10.36/16), and only slightly worse for side impact (11.13/16 vs 11.33/16)
The Great Wall V240 on the other hand? 16.49/37. What did the Great Wall score in the offset crash test? 2.36/16. That's alarming. Surprisingly enough, the car performed perfectly in the side impact test (!) but the horrifying frontal crash test score can't be ignored. How do most crashes occur, anyway?
We should also compare apples with apples. The AU ute gets a safety rating of 4 stars, and it can't achieve 5 stars anyway due to the lack of stability control and seatbelt reminder sound.
As for the GW itself? My mum's cousin owned one, the tray was askew from factory. He upgraded to an early 2000s Mazda B-series.