Smart cars have been around for a few years and have been quite popular. Cute, easy to park, awesome gas mileage, people cannot stop looking at them. Even the Toronto Metropolitan Police got a couple for their parking enforcement officers. Imagine, getting ticketed by a Smart car.
Anyway, one of the major concerns with the Smart car has always been safety; last year, a smart car got stuck like a "rock" in front of a truck, because the truck driver couldn't see the Smart and ended up rear-ending it for miles on a freeway.
I mean, a car that small cannot possibly take any type of contact. Well, it seems like we have nothing to worry about..at least the steel reinforced cage should keep people in one piece.
Smart car survived 70mph crash (or 35mph head-on crash with another 35mph car). :-)
Now, let us compare that crash test with the following crash test of a Chinese car (not sure how fast) :
The cage just crumpled. As one commenter mentioned... let the patriotic Chinese try out their cars for 10-20 years first. If you see one heading your way on the roads, RUN!!!