The Brilliance BS 6 to be imported into Germany and Benelux markets by HSO from its Chinese manufacturer has scored almost as badly with a one-star rating as the Landwind SUV did two years ago, in crash tests undertaken by the German motorists club ADAC based on Euro NCAP norms, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung has reported. The chance of the driver surviving a 40 mph head-on impact were said to be slight.

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