Regal Receives 5-Star Safety Rating In China

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Regal Receives 5-Star Safety Rating In China
Buick has already sold over 100,000 new Regal's since launch.
www.gminsidenews.com
April 28, 2010

Shanghai – The Buick New Regal upper-medium sedan from Shanghai GM has received a maximum five-star safety rating from the China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC), which recently released its C-NCAP (China New Car Assessment Program) ratings.

The New Regal received a very high score of 49.7 points overall and a maximum score of 16 points in side impact crash tests against a moving deformable barrier. In frontal crash tests it received a score of 15.03 out of 16 points, while in 40 percent front offset crash testing it scored 15.65 out of 16 points. The New Regal received an additional three points for having a front seat seatbelt alert system, side air bags and side curtain air bags, and the ISOFIX anchoring system for child safety seats.

According to GM China Group President and Managing Director Kevin Wale, “We are pleased but not surprised by the results. GM has made safety a priority in all of our vehicles built and sold in China. The New Regal’s design and occupant restraint systems are intended to meet all current and anticipated crash safety standards around the world.”

The New Regal has a strong passenger safety cell protected by front and rear crumple zones. Special attention was given to minimizing the risk of intrusion from the engine. For improved side impact protection, steel door beams are mounted diagonally to help engage the side structure more effectively in spreading crash forces.

A new active head restraint for the front seats was introduced in the New Regal to help reduce the risk of neck injury in the event of a rear-end collision. The front portion of the head restraint was pushed forward 45 millimeters by a new cable linkage, which is sufficient to restrict rearward head movement.

Dual chamber head/thorax air bags are mounted on the outboard sides of the front seatbacks and full-length curtain air bags are installed in the roof. For further passenger protection, three-point seatbelts are provided for all seating positions, including the middle of the rear seat, with pyrotechnic pre-tensioners and load limiters on the front belts.

In addition, tire sensors warn the driver if the pressure in any of the tires drops below the recommended level. Sensors in the valves initiate a radio signal and a warning message is illuminated on the main instrument display.

The Buick New Regal was introduced in China in December 2008. Through the end of March 2010, Shanghai GM had sold 101,773 New Regals nationwide.

[upinottawa]

The five star safety rating is good to hear.

However, it could be coated with lead paint and sold as a child's toy and still receive a five star safety rating in China....

[SuperSS27]

So,....what does 5 star in China translate to in the USA? 1?

[smithb]

The five star safety rating is good to hear.

However, it could be coated with lead paint and sold as a child's toy and still receive a five star safety rating in China....

Darn, you stole my line. I was going to say prestigious a Chinese safety rating is, and now all they have to do is not use lead paint, asbestos, organic solvents, and make sure it can survive a crash over 5 mph.

[johnny smallblock]

The five star safety rating is good to hear.

However, it could be coated with lead paint and sold as a child's toy and still receive a five star safety rating in China....

You beat me to the same punch. I guess it's an obvious joke, but still a funny one.

[johnny smallblock]

The Buick New Regal upper-medium sedan from Shanghai GM...

The New Regal received a very high score...

The New Regal received an additional three points...

The New Regal has a strong passenger safety cell...

The Buick New Regal was introduced in...

Shanghai GM had sold 101,773 New Regals nationwide.

Is it called The New Regal in China?

[Beau]

According to GM China Group President and Managing Director Kevin Wale, “We are pleased but not surprised by the results. GM typically does not abide by the population control vehicle saftey standards that we have here in Soviet China. The New Regal’s design and occupant restraint systems are intended to meet all current and anticipated crash safety standards around the world so they would most assuredly dominate any test that we would top, of course with the exception of interior toxicity levels... we usually have the highest of said levels”

Fixed.

[vanshmack]

The one in the picture has projectors, Quickening.

Just sayin'.

[Quickening]

The one in the picture has projectors, Quickening.

Just sayin'.

That would be the optional HID headlight assembly...

[Toto]

So,....what does 5 star in China translate to in the USA? 1?

Don't know about the US, but 5-star rating China = 5-star rating Europe.

Euro NCAP Insignia

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[richmond2000]

China follows the World car program (sorta) and that is part un UNECE "E" code and would have to test similar to Euro NCAP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_F...le_Regulations

[staspeterson]

It would never occur to the Obama bureaucrats, to help American automakers by entering negotiations to unify such things as NHTSA "NMVSS" Crash ratings with the rest of the World's NCAP system.

Or a myriad of other government-imposed regulations. That would make some government jobs redundant and superfluous, and save some money. We can't have that...

[chevyrules!]

I just dont get crash ratings and why people read over them like they are the be all as to why you would or wouldnt buy a car! I have never even batted a eye at what a car gets in a crash rating!

What I would rather see is car makers spend more money on making tech that keeps these cars from getting in a crash in the first place!

Im 37 years never been in a fender bender, never hit anything while driving, and if you never hit anything then these crash ratings are worthless!

Its kind of like the trailer tow ratings of trucks, they just keep going up and up! Does anybody really know just how much in pounds a truck can haul or tow?

Lastly there comes a point when during a crash if your going to die your going to die and there is nothing a crash rating can do about it!

[Wagon of Fury]

It would never occur to the Obama bureaucrats, to help American automakers by entering negotiations to unify such things as NHTSA "NMVSS" Crash ratings with the rest of the World's NCAP system.

Or a myriad of other government-imposed regulations. That would make some government jobs redundant and superfluous, and save some money. We can't have that...

Do you look at everything in terms of partisan politics ? If you are really that simple-minded, then try this - the current administration has been in place for about 16 months now. The previous administration had 8 years to do the same, and didn't. Where was your outrage then ?

[goatgary]

I just dont get crash ratings and why people read over them like they are the be all as to why you would or wouldnt buy a car! I have never even batted a eye at what a car gets in a crash rating!

What I would rather see is car makers spend more money on making tech that keeps these cars from getting in a crash in the first place!

Im 37 years never been in a fender bender, never hit anything while driving, and if you never hit anything then these crash ratings are worthless!

Its kind of like the trailer tow ratings of trucks, they just keep going up and up! Does anybody really know just how much in pounds a truck can haul or tow?

Lastly there comes a point when during a crash if your going to die your going to die and there is nothing a crash rating can do about it!

I do not regard rating numbers as an absolute. But relatively speaking, if I am to be hit by another auto I would rather take my chances in a car rated 5 as opposed to 2 in terms of survivability. Also I am not a fatalist regarding dying. Hope you aren't saying that your chances of getting killed in a 35MPH crash are the same without belts and bags, energy absorbing crush protection and steel reinforcements... as with...are you?