The Great Wall Hover X240 has managed to score a 4 star crash test rating out of a maximum of 5 stars in the ANCAP’s latest tests. Impressive for a Chinese car that in the past have been associated with low crash safety. The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) is basically a crash test program supported by government transport authorities and automobile clubs in both Australia and New Zealand.
4 stars is in fact the highest rating that the SUV can score as the model sold in Australia does not have electronic stability control. ANCAP requires that for a vehicle to attain the maximum crash test rating of 5 stars, it needs to have some form of electronic stability control. The X240 does have dual front SRS airbags. Another car that scored 4 stars on the ANCAP recently was the new Toyota Camry Hybrid, which had electronic stability control. The Camry scored 28.22 out of 37 points while the X240 scored 25.48 out of 37 points.
Great Wall currently sells about 300 units of the Great Wall Hover X240 a month in Australia. You can look after the jump for the full ANCAP report. Let’s do a little voting here. The results should be quite interesting. Does above average crash test safety scores give you more confidence to purchase a vehicle from a Chinese automaker?
Right now there are a handful of Chinese automakers cars on sale here in Malaysia – Chery, Changan (Chana Era), Dadi (LMG Auto) and Brilliance Auto’s Jinbei Haise (Era Jinbei). Great Wall might be introduced here in Malaysia as well, since we have seen the Great Wall Wingle pick-up truck on test with trade plates here in Malaysia.
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While the crash test rating does help, I think for China cars, there are other factors that Malaysians look at, such as reliability, maintainability, build quality & second hand value.
I’m not a bit surprised to see the results. Some of us still live in caves!!!
Hello everyone?? China??? they sent their astronaut with their own rockets!!! Instead of our ” Space Tourist”…
They have MAGLEV train at more than 400km an hour!!!
To have all the big manufacturer building their factories over there!!! and they are the biggest car market in the world!!!
I bet in 5 years time the will be a brand from China that will break into the top 5 if not top 3, with best all round qualities.
Agreed with wat u r saying.
China is developing fast & as well as India.
yeah..
im agree with you…
malaysia progress only in infrastructure development such as building and houses..
but!
we are still lacking of technology!!
AGREE WITH YOU
they developed they country so fast and faster. now they lead world in financing, construction and property sector. also agriculture ( majority fruits like apple, plum import from China not USA ) and textiles. Remember Shanghai is 10 time bigger than our proud Kuala Lumpur with population above 10 milion. ( 1/3 from no of Malaysia citizen )
try google about china, and you’ll proud how faster they catch developed country like USA, Germany and Japan. Now they so big in economy. If you follow china auto industry, you’ll amaze how fast they catch the technology. They only build their own brand car in 1997, and suprisingly in 2010 at 2010 beijing auto show, for me they done very well. Majority of truely chinese manufacture have their own electric vehicle also hybrid car. Imagine 10 years later ? If before 2000, less than 10 % chinese brand car sales in their country, but suprisingly in April 2010, chinese brand dominate car sales in China which is largest auto market in the world with market share is 45.31 %, almost half of volume car sales in China. Foreign auto sales were as following: Japanese (20%) German (14%) American (11%) Korean (7%) and French (3%). 6, 170, 000 passenger car sales in 1st Quarter 2010, up 60.51% over last year. For me it’s interesting and amazing. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/05/11/2010-first-quarter-results-in-who-are-the-big-winners-in-q1/
aiyoo.kalau gagal crast test, kita kata kereta china tak selamat. kereta tak da kualiti. bila da lulus crash test kita tak nak akui. bagi saya, saya puji peningkatan Great wall dalam ujian ANCAP ni. sebab tahun lepas ( 2009 ), ujian ANCAP juga dilakukan pada kereta mereka. Keputusan sgt2 mengecewakan. Mereka hanya dapat 2 star ANCAP. Jadi media war2 kan kereta China Great Wall adalah kereta no2 paling tidak selamat di Australia selepas kereta Proton Jumbuck yang hanya dapat 1 star ANCAP. ( maybe faktor Proton Jumbuck tu kereta tahun 1990 an. Proton masa tu belum mantap ). ini link nyer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2OCYr0hpBE ( video crash test 2009 yg mereka hanya dapat 2 star dalam ANCAP )
Jadi apa yang harus kita lihat adalah peningkatan mendadak/ memberangsangkan mereka daripada gagal kepada lulus berjaya, daripada 2 star rating ANCAP kepada 4 star rating ANCAP. tahniah sebab meningkat 100%. Saya rasa benda yang lain pun meningkat sama. Bila saya tengok kesemua-semua gambar yang paultan berikan, memang nampak kemas betul2 interiornya. Leather pun nampak berkualiti. Cumanya yang tak suka design krg originality. Tapi model2 baru diaorang dah banyak ada origininality bila awak rujuk di sini http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/28/greatwalls-beijing-auto-show/
apa yang saya boleh kata model-model baru tu nampak solid, kukuh, besi berkualiti dan ada originality sebahagian besarnya. Juga makin cantik banding model di atas. kEY SAYA IALAH PENINGKATAN MENDADAK DALAM TEMPOH KURANG 1 TAHUN.
Saya rasa kita perlu beri mereka masa 5-7 tahun. Silap2 kurang 7 tahun salah satu sykt mereka ( sykt china model sendiri ) dah boleh berada dlm list top 10 dunia.
i hope for top quality @ low price.
i hope too
We only assume coz we imagine Beijing 10 years ago with a lot of bicycle.
if you go to shanghai… u dont see pasar pudu, lebuh ampang..chow kit or kg baru there….
you will see the difference between Shanghai as a city and our Kuala Lumpur as a city.
agree 2 miliion population in KL compare almost 20 milion ( 19,236,671 ) population in Shanghai. if you read wikepedia about Shanghai you’ll be amazed how they developed Shanghai so fast. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai
apapun saya lebih suka tinggal di bandar2 kecil di negara saya sendiri. KL pun tak suka apalagi Shanghai yang crowded tu. just nak tunjuk bagaimana diaorang developed bandaraya diaorang sebegitu cepat spy bukak sikit mata kita disini yang selalu labelkan China sbg poor dalam segala2 nya
Our local proton waja only manages 3 stars – that’s EURO NCAP though. Its good to see the importance worldwide crash testing places on ESC or ESP (Electronic Stability Control). Chinese carmakers are occupying the niche once occupied by Korean car makers. I am very suprised by their progress. Remember, Even Hyundai Kia had a long hard battle with Euro NCAP – the Kia Picanto only manages 3 stars and the last generation Sorrento barely made it into the Four star category. Malaysia has a closed loop car market – so I agree with Eazy, with the average malaysian taking a loan for a car for 7 years who will want to risk their time on an unknown brand?
I think Proton is really stupid – If lotus cars have ESP and ESC as standard, how hard is it to re engineer it into their newer models? Even if it is difficult they should do it ASAP as they are losing out in the long run.
Cost. It’s all about cost. If not why isn’t the High-Line model of Proton’s cars best sellers? Plus, even Toyota’s Vios & Honda’s City don’t have ESP etc. So how?
lol have you ever driven a Lotus? they don’t have any ESP/ESC kind of sh!t. even Evora doesn’t have it. (except the US 2010 version lol, but its kinda suck)
Where got Lotus got ESP? Where got?
must be some undertable moolah…….
Another good quality car from China, Congratulation!!
That SUV look’s a lot like Toyota’s version…
Why I have a feeling that it loos like Innova?
Need to power up my lens.
It’s just me lah!
another copycat!! look like old land cruiser than new /brand new model …..crap!!!
plz la…dun once see a korean car or chinese then saying it’s a copycat without look clearly on it la…
Hmm….
And the car looks good too. Not so all-over-place design anymore.
I saw one of this Great Wall in Australia, initially thought an X-trail from the back..You must watch the commercial..the tagline..it’s not just Good, It’s Great..LOL
Its a good thing that chinese made cars began crash tests. It definitely helps. But until the day they began designing their own cars, it won’t help at all.
i think brand perception are very important. now matter how good or progress they have achived, ppl still have low perception on china made cars…it have to join as many races, marketing brand image etc to catch up.. in the end…it is the Heritage, pedigree…
i’m agree with you. they must join many race, raly to show their ability. Both Great Wall and Chery have join Raly Dakar. The result is Great wall get no 33 from 140 participant while Chery get no 28 and 29.
But they lack in marketing their brand. Branding their car. I thk they need to sponsor big tournament or big event like Hyundai Kia who’s sponsor FIFA world Cup to make people in the world know that they are enter auto industry .
Cheers ….
Our Exora received 4 star Euro NCAP safety test rating..
This car is also not bad either.
If this even reaches our shores and priced correctly..
No doubt that it will be one of the best selling cars…
240….i think it refers to 2.4l…
Not bad.
peter,
yup, the 240 means it is a 2.4 litre unit with the 4G69 engine. this is a mitsubishi unit. it is only available in manual though. and if this model comes here… with mitsubishi engine… and MANUAL, how much is a fair price for it? just curious ;)
Strictly speaking, they haven’t received the 4 star rating, but have carried out crash testing (on pre-production models) that shows the Exora should receive a 4 star rating:
http://paultan.org/2009/04/17/proton-exora-crash-testing-videos/
Should have & Officially Received is 2 different thing…
If u guys go check the Proton Impian (waja) for Euro NCAP, the spec given is not even the same as local market. If not mistaken got side air-bags.
Did proton show the spec of the Exora being tested? And did Euro NCAP really tested it, or by another private tester? Just think about it..
Exora’s tested to EuroNCAP standard but isn’t officially certified by EuroNCAP. Reason being the Exora’s not on sale in the EU. Only cars that are going to be sold in the EU can undergo EuroNCAP testing.
Anything that was ‘Made in japan’ 60 years ago was crap, look at where Japan is now. Improvement takes time, advancement in technology is not a 1 or 10 years miracle everyone is hoping for. In reality, China is only 30 years old, I think in another 30 years time it will be better than most countries, not the best but only better.
Well, we have to admit that they are now building cars with safety in mind to compete with others, proton on the other hand chooses not to engage the Koreans and Japanese in safety and crash test.
If a proton car cost less than a Japanese and Korean cars but comes with 80% of the safety features found in all Jap and Kor cars, people will buy proton, it is just common sense. If we pay RM10, we expect to get RM10 worth of value. Currently we’re paying RM10 and gets RM5 in value whereas if we buy a Jap or Kor cars we get the full value of it.
60 years ago Women made in japan r very fine quality, fair and smooth skin, screamy engine at nite..
This is what you get when you open up your market to foreign
competitors. Unlike our protected market with limited / even nothing
to shout about – i just saw the basic persona on display at the Giant
supermarket . – what a let down with really poor and ugly looking fittings.
Is this what you can offer after 25 years in the industry.
what a disgrace.!! And offering 10 years – zero downpayment to
goverment servants ??!! Probably this is the way P1 meet their numbers.
The people has – NO Choice !!
This car is a rip off of Isuzu Axiom…if you don’t know how the Isuzu axiom looks like here’s a link for you to see.
http://www.netcarshow.com/isuzu/2001-axiom_xsf_concept/1024×768/wallpaper_03.htm
tengok gambar di paultan ni exterior dan interior both cantik. interior nampak kemas tak macam kereta2 china sblm ni. dah ada peningkatan byk. cuma yang tak suka exterior nampak ala2 Toyota Fortuner la
peter,
yup, the 240 means it is a 2.4 litre unit with the 4G69 engine. this is a mitsubishi unit. it is only available in manual though. and if this model comes here… with mitsubishi engine… and MANUAL, how much is a fair price for it? just curious
aik. tadi rasa da komen tapi bila tengok tak adalah pulak. huhu.
ini saya jumpa barisan model2 Great Wall. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/28/greatwalls-beijing-auto-show/
nampak agak cantik jugak exterior. harga pun ok. body nampak solid, kukuh. cuma enjin jer tak pasti reability nya. rasa kita patut bg diaorang masa 5-7 tahun, insyaallah mampu gempar dunia
i think most of their petrol models use mitsubishi engines. check out their website and you will see engines like the 4G13, 4G15, 4G63, 4G64 and 4G69.
kalau macam tu agak ok la. kalau masuk Malaysia insyaallah saya akan pertimbang untuk beli sebab harga memang murah
nuradi oh nuradi..
patriotik la skit..
kalu nak patriotik gi nyanyi lagu negaraku la…… ni soal pasal komen automotive. jgn campur aduk……..
the majority of the Chinese brand cars sold in Malaysia are old models that got improved during the several years period of the sale in China. They are somehow out dated but significantly more reliable than the latest models.
Interesting. But i think their models also have been improving. Some me the models bear a striking resemblance to other popular models but i guess it is just a matter of time before chinese design has their own language. My guess is about 2 to 3 years. For now, what they have are promising but it depends on price. Price the models well, let them gain popularity, then move up the value chain.
agree with you. give they a time
Getting a high safety score is good but allow me to ask:
Does anyone buy Merc or BMW because they are safe?
but people buy Volvo because it’s proven safe. And 1 factor people also diddn’t want to buy chinese car be4 because say its crap.
aiyoo.kalau gagal crast test, kita kata kereta china tak selamat. kereta tak da kualiti. bila da lulus crash test kita tak nak akui. bagi saya, saya puji peningkatan Great wall dalam ujian ANCAP ni. sebab tahun lepas ( 2009 ), ujian ANCAP juga dilakukan pada kereta mereka. Keputusan sgt2 mengecewakan. Mereka hanya dapat 2 star ANCAP. Jadi media war2 kan kereta China Great Wall adalah kereta no2 paling tidak selamat di Australia selepas kereta Proton Jumbuck yang hanya dapat 1 star ANCAP. ( maybe faktor Proton Jumbuck tu kereta tahun 1990 an. Proton masa tu belum mantap ). ini link nyer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2OCYr0hpBE ( video crash test 2009 yg mereka hanya dapat 2 star dalam ANCAP )
Jadi apa yang harus kita lihat adalah peningkatan mendadak/ memberangsangkan mereka daripada gagal kepada lulus berjaya, daripada 2 star rating ANCAP kepada 4 star rating ANCAP. tahniah sebab meningkat 100%. Saya rasa benda yang lain pun meningkat sama. Bila saya tengok kesemua-semua gambar yang paultan berikan, memang nampak kemas betul2 interiornya. Leather pun nampak berkualiti. Cumanya yang tak suka design krg originality. Tapi model2 baru diaorang dah banyak ada origininality bila awak rujuk di sini http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/28/greatwalls-beijing-auto-show/
apa yang saya boleh kata model-model baru tu nampak solid, kukuh, besi berkualiti dan ada originality sebahagian besarnya. Juga makin cantik banding model di atas. kEY SAYA IALAH PENINGKATAN MENDADAK DALAM TEMPOH KURANG 1 TAHUN.
Saya rasa kita perlu beri mereka masa 5-7 tahun. Silap2 kurang 7 tahun salah satu sykt mereka ( sykt china model sendiri ) dah boleh berada dlm list top 10 dunia.
nah, those are bought because of premium value. something that mercedes and bmw marketers have built up over the decades and they are now reaping the benefits of their effort years ago. building up a brand’s image takes a lot more time than a company to design and build a car. where great wall goes and which positioning direction they take in the next 5 years is anyone’s guess but i suppose with the connected world, it will be easier for them to build up their brand name.
I know some people who buy continental cars cause of safety and solid body
There’s lot of ppl used Great wall pick-up “deer” model in middle east.
Chinese cars much much better than Malaysian car
copy,copt,copy….
http://www.hybridcarnews.org/entry/12-best-cloned-cars-of-china/
if they copy with permission such as re-badge, i dun care,but if it is about copying without permission, just simply copy, hey, its like rip off their own dignity. it is similar like copying other student homeworks or copying in a test and then they success with it. wtf?? even the china roket is a copycat from the russian. actually they hv no original tech. just simply copy. look at the USA, how they use the idea of making the space shuttle so that it can differentiate their tech from the russian roket and buran. this is also similar with iran’s military where most of their fighter jet is a copy from the USA’s. in term where they called as “reverse engineering”. similar like china but they use it in the car industry. n i just want to remind that what i am talking about is about the China’s own tech. not sumthing that is high-tech but the chinese only put the screw in such as the iphone n so on. look at the other car maker, they spend a lot of money on creating the design by hire a lot of designer but in the end, their hard work is simply taken by the chinese and ppl start to praise them(china). how about if proton did like that? by buying engine from mitsu n steal the design from T, what will the malaysian ppl say?? waste the G money?? even the japanese get incentive from their G for the car industry. no idea? malaysian cannot design? at least MOST of the proton car are designed by malaysian, not by a white fella from other west country.
about the ratings, let me connect this with some historical things.
paleolitc period is the period where the ppl like to use things which is more functional and practical, without care about the aesthetic value.(e.g, use coconut shell as a cup)
neolitic period is the period the ppl mind is start to became more advance whre they use the things which is functional, practical, and yet, has the aesthetic value.(e.g use clay to make cup as clay can be easily mould to create diff size of cup or vase)
we can say that the china product are like the ppl from the paleolitic period where they dun care bout the aesthetic value(the design). as long it can be use,long lasting, and hv high safety rating. it also same like using a sharp stone to cut a carrot, rather than using the proper-designed knife, they dun care bout the design, as long it can be use, long lasting, and hv high safety rating which is same with the paleolitic period mindset.
maybe some people can only afford the stone rather than the proper-designed knife and to them it would be good enough? :)
terima kasih link tu.
memang diakui china byk pengeluar yg copy cat model2 kereta lain. tapi bukan semua company yg buat demikian. Lagipun itu cerita lama, skrg sbhgn besar company china dah mula design sendiri kereta masing2.
Plus model macam 1) Isuzu D Max 2) pick up chevrolet 3) nissan x tera tak ketara sangat persamaan dengan model original/ asal. banyak juga yg berbeza. Yang lain2 memang diakui sama. Lagipun model kita pun ada similiar contoh Proton Exora kdg2 similiar dengan Mazda 5 + Toyota Wish + Mitsu Grandis, kereta Kia pun ada sesetangah model yang similiar dgn BMW bhgn belakang, tepi ataupun belakang dan lain2 la. Hyundai pun ada sama. hehe.
Apa yang boleh kita lihat semenjak tahun 2009, kebanyakan sykt auto di China dah design kereta masing2.
cuba awk tengok skrg di 2010 beijing auto show. byk design diaorang dah ada originality. kalau tidak masakan klien terbesar firm design popular spt Pininfarina dan Bertone adalah sykt2 dari China. Memang masih ada yang klon design produk jenama lain macam BYD, tapi saya ulang sekali lagi skrg tak semua yg buat macam tu.
contoh
1) Great Wall awk boleh tengok disini http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/28/greatwalls-beijing-auto-show/ ( memang ada yang masih similiar dgn jenama2 tertentu, tapi bkn semua ) ,
2) Chery pulak http://conference2010.cheryinternational.com/auto-china-2010/events/2
3) SAIC ( jenama MG Roewe atau diluar dikenali MG Rover ) http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/Gallery/51/SAIC.html
4) Geely http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/23/geely-at-the-beijing-show/ ( dahulu dikenali peniru kereta2 mewah. tapi skrg dah byk kereta mereka yg ada originality )
5) JAC http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/21/jac-new-mpv-and-suv/
hehe. bg diaorang masa macam kita bg masa pada industri kita, industri korea dan industri jepun. insyaallah next 5 years tak ada lag isu copy cat
terima kasih link tu.
memang diakui china byk pengeluar yg copy cat model2 kereta lain. tapi bukan semua company yg buat demikian. Lagipun itu cerita lama, skrg sbhgn besar company china dah mula design sendiri kereta masing2.
Apa yang boleh kita lihat semenjak tahun 2009, kebanyakan sykt auto di China dah design kereta masing2.
cuba awk tengok skrg di 2010 beijing auto show. byk design diaorang dah ada originality. kalau tidak masakan klien terbesar firm design popular spt Pininfarina dan Bertone adalah sykt2 dari China. Memang masih ada yang klon design produk jenama lain macam BYD, tapi saya ulang sekali lagi skrg tak semua yg buat macam tu.
contoh
1) Great Wall awk boleh tengok disini http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/28/greatwalls-beijing-auto-show/ ( memang ada yang masih similiar dgn jenama2 tertentu, tapi bkn semua ) ,
2) Chery pulak http://conference2010.cheryinternational.com/auto-china-2010/events/2
3) SAIC ( jenama MG Roewe atau diluar dikenali MG Rover ) http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/Gallery/51/SAIC.html
4) Geely http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/23/geely-at-the-beijing-show/ ( dahulu dikenali peniru kereta2 mewah. tapi skrg dah byk kereta mereka yg ada originality )
5) JAC http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/04/21/jac-new-mpv-and-suv/
Plus model macam 1) Isuzu D Max 2) pick up chevrolet 3) nissan x tera tak ketara sangat persamaan dengan model original/ asal. banyak juga yg berbeza. Yang lain2 memang diakui sama. Lagipun model kita pun ada similiar contoh Proton Exora kdg2 similiar dengan Mazda 5 + Toyota Wish + Mitsu Grandis, kereta Kia pun ada sesetangah model yang similiar dgn BMW bhgn belakang, tepi ataupun belakang dan lain2 la. Hyundai pun ada sama. hehe.
hehe. bagi saya saya pun tak suka ciplak2 ni. Tp lebih baik bg diaorang masa macam kita bg masa pada industri kita, industri korea dan industri jepun. insyaallah next 5 years tak ada lag isu copy cat. Plus tak semua yg buat perangai copy cat
paultan fan ni byk betul post pasal china punya automotive. tak bosan ke?