protege 5 clone

[Rickman]

where did you look?
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2004-12-19-crash-tests-kia_x.htm

http://www.iihs.org/vehicle_ratings/ce/html/0417.htm

Interesting quote form article:
"Only two small cars the Mazda 3 and the Hyundai Elantra earned the institute's highest rating of good in this round of testing"

 

[GordonJ]

i looked....it got 4 stars...how is that bad?

No it didn't, it received a "poor" rating, the first such rating given out since 2001.

A snippet from the artcile:

""The Kia Spectra's poor performance was a surprise, said Adrian Lund, the Institute's Chief Operating Officer. "Most manufacturers have figured out how to design vehicles to do a good job of protecting people in frontal crashes. Kia lags behind its competitors."

In the Kia Spectra, a Korean-made small sedan, a crash dummy's head "bottomed out" an air bag and struck a door frame. High impact forces were recorded on the dummy's head and the test showed the possibility of injuries to an occupant's neck, chest and both legs. "

Whole article: http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/17/pf/autos/iihs_small_car/index.htm


LOL. Even the people who evaluate these cars for a living are surprised with the shitiness of Kias. So now, not only are they ugly and unreliable, they're unsafe too! What a combo!



(pow)

 

[Pesty]

LOL. Even the people who evaluate these cars for a living are surprised with the shitiness of Kias. So now, not only are they ugly and unreliable, they're unsafe too! What a combo!



(pow)

LMFAO!!!

 

[NJP5Guy]

i looked on NHTSA.com