Comments on: European Imports Not Safe?

By: ukcar

ukcar — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:24:43 +0000

Not sure that NZ gets second hand cars from Korea, as cars in Korea are left hand drive. Sure, Korean cars may be sold in right hand drive in Japan, but so too are European cars, many of which end up in NZ.

By: Myke

Myke — Wed, 23 May 2007 06:49:07 +0000

It’s hard to believe it would cost so much to produce safe cars considering most luxury cars arent built in Europe anymore and therefore no high export costs.

Other car companies are able to produce safety and reasonable pricing with their cars, ‘european’ cars are no exception.

By: Lost out there...

Lost out there... — Wed, 23 May 2007 05:20:52 +0000

Well, one carmaker comes to mind when talking safety – Volvo.

Why is it then that they make DTSC (or ESP) optional (at $2190.00 thank you very much !) on the majority of their models such as the C30, S40, V50, S60, V70 and XC70.

The top of the line (AWD/Turbo) C30, S40 and V50 have it but the mainstream models don’t ! It is standard on the C70 and S80 only…

Our VW Jetta has ESP standard. It is a joke that Volvo portrays the safety image when they leave off ESP don’t you think ?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:51:08 +0000

Cheap bastards!
Safety should be their priority. So they’re ripping us of and endangering our lives?

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 23 May 2007 04:21:51 +0000

It’s sad if this is correct. And it is even more sad that I have held this nagging belief (hunch) for quite some time myself.

I also wonder how some cheap little Peugeot and other small Euro cars come here with massive price tags due to the fact that they are no different to the standard Mazda 2’s and such, yet come with all the toys and safety features. Thus jacking up the price because competing models don’t come with the toys as standard.

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