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Monday, October 17, 2005

Jiang Ling Landwind - aka Deathmobile

This truck makes the list not because it's fugly, but because it's deadly. Basically a massaged 1991-1997 Isuzu Rodeo sold as new by the Chinese car company Jiang Ling as the Landwind.

It recently made the news as the first Chinese car imported into Europe and the first car to score ZERO on European crash tests.

The link below contains some amazing videos. Notice how the airbag deploys as scheduled, slightly before decapitating you with the steering wheel and crushing your remains with the dashboard. Also shown is a link of a REVISED Landwind, tested 10 mph LOWER with results just as crushing.

http://paultan.org/archives/2005/09/30/jiangling-landwind-x6-gets-zero-in-crash-test/