China to Renault: Your cars aren't safe enough, go away.

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That's right, China don't think Renault's cars are safe enough.

And that's not a misprint. China's 'General Administration of Quality Supervision Inspection and Quarantine' (much better name than EuroNCAP) have banned Renault from selling in their country.

Why? Well we don't know. They haven't released any specific information about why the 4 cars in question have been banned, but have said that they have 'serious safety risks' and that they don't adhere to certain technical regulations.

Irony alert!

It's not clear why China seem to be holding this grudge towards Renault, but frankly it's one that Renault should have seen coming. Think about it: there are copies of BMW, Toyota, Nissan, Mercedes, Jeep and even Daewoo's cars floating around in China, but no Renaults. And when the Chinese don't start stealing your ideas, you know something's wrong.

I mean really China, if you don't want Renault all-up-in-yo-space, just say so! They only sell 1000 cars per year there, so I don't suppose they'd mind going away if you asked nicely...

Link: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/11/ironic-twist-renault-reportedly-banned-from-selling-in-china-ov/
 
Of all the car makers, Renault? Really?

I bet it's because they make Chinese cars look bad in crash tests.

Volvo better watch out, they're next.
 
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I mean really China, if you don't want Renault all-up-in-yo-space, just say so! They only sell 1000 cars per year there, so I don't suppose they'd mind going away if you asked nicely...
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I can pretty much promise you that Renault will mind and in a big way.

Along with India and Russia, China is the market you want to be in right now, as the potential for growth in the next few decades is massive.

The Chinese authorities are most likley miffed at the Dacia, rather than Renault products as a whole, as the Dacia Logan is a potential risk to home grown Chinese products. The Logan is due for release in China next year.

Toronado
I think we should proceed to spam this thread with pictures of Chinese cars failing crash tests.
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Here we go




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Scaff
 
I wonder if the Chinese have some strange different crash regulations than the rest of the world does. That could explain why Chinese cars do so badly here.
 
Maybe China want's to thin the population a little, Renault are not helping..
 
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China.. blaming Renault for unsafe cars..? Gee, I wonder how much they had to tinker with that Renault in order to make it look bad.. they probably used higher testing speed too.
 
I know Chinese cars are known to be dangerous but couldn't Renault cars also be unsafe? Of course China is going to sell Chinese cars in because they make them. If a Renault is just as unsafe or nearly as unsafe why would they sell them? They have no reason to. I do find it hard to believe any car and especially a European car can be less safe or close to being as unsafe a Chinese car.
 
why don't you check out how the Chinese cars in general have done in the EuroNCAP and then compare their results to Renaults..
 
TVC
I know Chinese cars are known to be dangerous but couldn't Renault cars also be unsafe? Of course China is going to sell Chinese cars in because they make them. If a Renault is just as unsafe or nearly as unsafe why would they sell them? They have no reason to. I do find it hard to believe any car and especially a European car can be less safe or close to being as unsafe a Chinese car.
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Safety is probably the number one priority at Renault and their cars are generally considered to be among the saftest there are.
 
I know! The Renaults are too strong! When they hit another Chinese car, the Chinese one just crumples away into the grill! If a Chinese car hits another, it may just be safer because there's equal annihilation for both parties! They're brilliant. (Although they could also build cars out of metal from the get-go, rather than paper-mache.
 
Oh how interesting... I wonder if Scaff could confirm something I've just heard with regards to this...

"There is an assembly plant in Wuhan that has bought all the tooling from the last gen Renaults and are making them out there..."
 
Eventhough its ironic that Renaults, been some of worlds the safest cars, are not getting into China I suspect that there are valid reasons as to why this is happening.

I see it as having similar reasons as to why certain cars dont make it into America, including good quality european cars and also Renault's.

1. They dont meet specific standards and specifications with regards to safety (such as the US's lighting reg's). Its not about better or worse standards, its about different ones.

2. They don't want foriegn cars cannibalising an already crippled local auto industry.

The same reasons are likely to apply to China.

Robin.
 
Or, if what I've heard is true, 3. They're making their own versions.
 
Scaff
The Chinese authorities are most likley miffed at the Dacia, rather than Renault products as a whole, as the Dacia Logan is a potential risk to home grown Chinese products. The Logan is due for release in China next year.
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Those were the lines I was thinking along. Too much competition...
 
Hmm, now this is interesting...

BBC News
The ban was announced three days after honorary citizenship of Paris was given to the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama.

The Chinese government had condemned the award.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8094417.stm


And seeing how the Chinese have been making licensed versions of Peugeots and Citroens, it makes sense that they've targeted Renault on their lonesome. *Strokes beard*
 
*Faints* Oy ey vey... I can't believe that... that makes me very, very concerned on how safe are the cars that are in and made in.. China. Aren't some of the Renault cars... considered some of the safest in Europe? --- Randy
 
I had to drive a Renault/Dacia/Whatever Logan in driving school and it caused more annoyances than the Nissan Sentra I have back home. And I only drove it for 2 hours. Safe, maybe. Reliable, no.

Chinese cars are just bad.
 

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