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2-Star Chery


2-Star Chery

Author: Trent NikolicDate: 7 October 2011

Chery continues to struggle with safety issues in Australia after another poor result in ANCAP crash testing this week. The Chery J11 has been awarded a low, and unimpressive, 2-star ANCAP rating by the NRMA and RTA, making it the only compact SUV on the Australian market, tested by ANCAP with a rating of less than 4-stars.

 NRMA Motoring & Services vehicle expert Jack Haley said ANCAP had rated 14 compact SUVs – of which seven scored a 4-star rating and seven managed to score 5-stars.

“The Chery J11 scored just two points out of 16 in the frontal offset crash test,” Mr Haley said. “The ANCAP side impact test on the Chery is yet to be conducted because of a recall campaign relating to the front seats, however the vehicle cannot improve on its 2-star rating because of the poor performance in the frontal offset test.”

This is a genuine blow for the Chery brand in Australia, which has been working concertedly to improve its safety rating and get that message across to consumers. Jack Haley reckons it is important to get the word out there though. “ANCAP has a responsibility to inform the public about the results of its tests as quickly as possible. Studies have shown you are twice as likely to be killed or seriously injured in a 1 or 2-star vehicle than a 4 or 5-star vehicle in the same crash,” he said.

“The design of the Chery J11 is not friendly to pedestrians and other vulnerable road users either as it scored zero points in ANCAP’s pedestrian tests.” The ball is now back in the Chery court it would seem, with the Chinese brand needing to work even harder on safety to win the battle with the public in this country.

 

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