Chinese car crash test failure

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Description: 64km/h car crash test in moscow. As can be seen, the car has no structural integrity whatsoever. I have seen pictures of this car published by the Moscow automotive press. I am not a Russian, but I have access to many information from the automotive presses. Anyway, pictures reveal that this car does NOT have a frame rail underneath the car, or on the chassis. As a weekend race-car builder, I would imagine that having two rails that run from the rear bumper to the front bumper, as an integral structure of the car, would improve the car's safety significantly. It would also improve handling.

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