ZENN car crash test video at 40 kph barrier impact

[juice0935]

40kph in about 24mph

[EdwardsJohnnie1]

@juice0935 only..wat bout 60mph/96km



[andruha11234]

so, stuff falls of the car when you hit something.. really?

[Ferrari5746]

1:22 It was hit by a smart car...what if it was hit by a truck? o3o

[iwashere339]

@Ferrari5746 looks like that was a neck breaking crash as well

[hunghuge12]

Airbags would be pointless in these cars because by the time there is enough force for one to be useful the whole structure has collapsed.

[CI9TK]

Much of your footage is of vehicles that are used at Golf Courses or anywhere NOT on public roads. You cannot mix those in with the Zen and pretend they are the same.

[elchicoboy]

that car is way rigid. but a 25 mph is not a test, at least for me. i mean who the hell crashes with a wall head on at 25 miles. i could even run. they can use the e-brake. standard now is 40. i rather do a higher speed like 55 mph test because most of the time cars go higher than that.

[hunghuge12]

@elchicoboy Rigid? Look at the side on view wheer the whole side is starting to collapse. And that's only at 25mph. Put it in an Ncap test and it's just going to crumple.

[waddlerobloxxxx]

derp

[mastifiorulamitongla]

the steering wheel was holding that dummys head to the head rest...

[thecopcarconnection]

lets see real world crashes ...truck vs crappy electric car 

[icimblind]

Glorified Golf Carts!

You would need CSI to identify who and what was in the car crash!

Thanks, but no thanks!

[yuprulesing]

Lucky Zenn is no longer making cars. They are just making the "next gen battery" for electric cars.

[DomBass]

watta cheap Fed-Cans way to discredit a Canadian ( but Quebeker concept ) Zero Ignition No Noise vehicule. Why don't they give a credit to this St-Jerome company to put air-bags, etc... NO.....WE CAN't...WE CANNUCKS ARE STUPID..... but the states are buyers, even BC.Yeah, they can....others cannucks can't. Have you seen the Chart morrons ! I give 5/5 for this car nd 1/5 for BC, and -6/5 for Canada.

[b4ptist]

@DomBass uhh safety is not discrediting something if it is extremely dangerous even at low speeds any accident and you are dead. or crippled for life.

[jcalberta]

SUGGESTION: DON'T CRASH. ANY CAR.

[chicorompecabesa]

no airbags. thats gonna hurt.

[dragonlance241]

wow!!!!!!!!!!!!! looks like the zenn can be taken out by a smart car!

[MetaView7]

I would buy one if this is available for sale in my area

[Sylw3g]

haha wonderful car :D

[counkev]

The top speed is only 25 MPH so it won't be going to fast to be unsafe and you won't be driving on any busy streets because top speed is only 25MPH

[atticus6]

@counkev so then when would you use it?!

[Billegut]

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[beautyHadiss]

i would stand in front of the car and not die and it would all crumble

[siraff2]

What's 40km/h - 25 mph? You would stand a better chance if you were walking and the car hit you.

[123dodgecharger]

lol the dummy got faceplanted

[MultiTueur]

olala si deja la c est éclater imaginer a une plus grande vitesse

[DSmaster99]

Shoot yourself in the head, it's safer.

[Salmlr]

Imagine going with 80 km/h!

[beautyHadiss]

@Salmlr i dont think it can do 80 kp/h

[KlunkerRider]

golf cart + open road = death trap

[iCrack101]

Lol your safer to jump before the car crash.

[bigbob1122]

Is there really a point to modern usage of full frontal crash tests? I though that offsets were supposed to be a better representation of a car's strength.

IMHO, full frontal crash tests are what automakers use when they know their car would miserably fail an offset.

[kreigsmann]

THEY DED!

[jaffacake1578]

i want to see a 40mph ofset test for both of these!!!

[ChrisBennett18]

sooo about 25 MPH

[toyotaprius79]

@ChrisBennett18 No. 40kph is 20mpg 25mph is 45 or 50 kph

[tharob]

Crash tests are so rad.

[sndd0138]

i've seen more than a few accidents at 40

[j101saar]

Death trap. What a load of rubbish.

[Ek0300]

that would hurt your nose!

[drewlsy]

Oh, woops 40 KPH, just caught that, which would translate to about 30 to 35 MPH, I'm presuming. Um, yea, I'd be very afraid to even turn into on-coming traffic down from where I live.

[adodgygeeza]

More like 25mph, Usain Bolt can run quciker

[drewlsy]

But these things can't even go 40, let alone 30? What's applicable here is the side-impact test, which looks to be the dealiest.

[tcpnetworks]

Urghh... Please don't let these things on the public roads...

I can just see my Ford FG G6E turbo cutting both of these in half...

[doraemon8061]

G-wiz does better than this

[maxfer1210]

hmm no seatbelts no airbags? c'mon dont diss the ZENN cards, thats just cheap blow.

[mint83]

thats only doing 40!

[Transc3ndence]

how often do you hit a brick wall at 40? roflmao

[jarail]

I'm worried the detachable (plastic?) hood will scratch my SUV or possibly leave a nick in the windshield as I pass through this 'car' otherwise unaware of the contact.

[matsui2001]

@jarail LOL ..Yes indeed bigger cars are safer in a crash (as a rule)

[fj9fl]

@jarail stupido americano puta!!!!!

[Gavichap]

@jarail The same goes for your SUV's hood (metallic or whatever) when hit by an articulated lorry, totally unaware of you and your haughty attitude.

[hunghuge12]

@jarail Nah - the paint and glass on your truck are probably much stronger than the materials this thing is made from. It'll just bounce off like a leaf.

[drakeaengland]

faceplant

[jrdforeas]

fuck that!

[brahALON]

the yellow car isn't even a zenn, it's one of those gem golf carts or something

[drumzstix666]

whoa I don't want a company who sells 15 year old remade Ligiers/Micro Cars its just not cool.

[IMnotHANDI]

read before you post dumbfuck

[Nerte85]

@nick76dune 90 % of the components from the computer you wrote this from are piece of shit then.

[abcdefghiklmnop12345]

Looks safer then a bicycle and a model-t so is perfectly fine!

[QuanticChaos1000]

@abcdefghiklmnop12345 Definitely not safer then a Model T.

[pauloSandar]

they are toys, not cars

[Landini100]

Dear God, now I see why the Ontario Government does not want these hunks of crap on our roads. If hit by anything occupant will die or be seriously injured. At what to a normal car would be very low speed crash with little or no injury.

KEEP THESE OFF OUR ROADS!!!!

[spavatch]

Actually I don't understand what's all the commotion. Nobody forces you to drive it, right? It won't harm you if you crash into it in any other car so what's your point?

[srle12]

This car's chassis is a garbage. Look at how the wheel hits the driver in his head. And it's only 40 km/h. What would happen at 60 (a common frontal crash)?

[amicofl]

Air bag? Opzional

[minicoop333]

chrisbennett18, airbags would not help the yellow car because they would be flying every were.

[JesseTinsley]

40 kph is about the top speed of this car. If you crashed in your standard automobile at it's top speed, the same thing would happen. Don't crash.

[kabbalahmum]

The ZENN is safer then it looks. I would buy one for sure. It is aluminum frame, same as a Smart fortwo. The only difference is no airbags. I feel the car is not getting fair treatment. It is perfect for city driving, I don't think you can do anymore then 35 km/h in downtown Toronto anyway :D

[btrecordscratch]

like peter696 says stop and think. what would happen to a person on a scooter if they slammed into a wall at 40km per hour? here's some actual facts: there are now 45 000 of these vehicles in the U.S. Over ten years 0 fatalities associated. in Europe and Asia these vehicles have been driven over 50 million km and 0 fatalities. those are actual facts. stop buying into the fear, we're smarter than this.

[theq68]

with this tests I sink no one can say its a safe car!

For a golf car its OK but for street legal I don't sink sow

[crushwb]

Zenn looks decent in a front collison...but lethal on side impact. (to be fair the Chevy Cavalier also has much the same issuess)

Perhaps a future hybrid or electric version of the Smart Car would be better ,Smart car is very strong in a crash

[ChrisBennett18]

wow why no airbags and the material thats is made from must be low quality i will buy a BMW

[etoirelav]

It literally buckles like a tin can.

[peterp696]

Did Transport Canada do crash test on motorcycles at 40Km/h? No one seems to want to airbags or side impact protection on motorcycles or bicycles which are legal on our roads... think people, think.

[smurftums]

The hood of the vehicle becoming detatched is a red herring (given that in a crash headlights, bumpers and the like also become detatched and have no bearing on the impact whatsoever). I'm more worried about the lack of side impact protection on the Zenn (and airbags would cetainly help frontal impact protection)...

[gigababy]

I suppose adding airbags would up the price quite a bit ... but maybe it's something ZENN can consider?

[atticus6]

@gigababy airbags would probably just make blow even harder on the passengers since the car basically folds in and crushes them as it is

[oghoodz]

@gigababy Should not be that much... heck, airbags only go for about $400 bucks... stolen that is ;) but really if the guy down the street at the local autobody can hook-it-up than why not this camp with the help/subsidies from Govnt's and R&D from Int. Corps with their billions of dollars and infinite resources? yeah I knw the answer.... profits/controll for a select few :(

[richard47129]

That's it! I'm keeping my Ford Aspire!