Amarok at AIMS 2010

[sh|tbmxrider]

I think I understand where you are heading now, re: problem.

[gavs]

So what your possibly saying is, VW may not be the first to fail this tests once the next gen of utes get this EU reg on their vehicles.

Incidently do you guys report back to the manufacturer as an aid for future development of their product?

When it comes to dealing with OE auto companies, in their minds they are never wrong. Feeding back information to them is redundant unless you are an OE supplier, otherwise they generally come back with an answer of "you were doing it wrong!" which as ridiculous as it sounds, is what you are told. They will always try and discount you as a manufacturer, which is why you have to always engineer your products to be better and stronger than the original vehicle. On the other hand, you also have to make sure that if something does fail, it is not a result of your product but neglect by the vehicle manufacturer.

If you look at the last 3 models on the market (BT-50 especially), you can see by their frontal design that they have been designed for a specific regulation. Good luck trying to get a neat fitting and looking frontal protection setup on the new BT-50 when it gets here!

[flyingfridge]

I know you can't confirm or deny this gavs, but I would surmise that it's related to the pedestrian frontal crash tests and the fitment of bull bars to crash boxes that are designed to deform and maybe something to do with bullbar/winch tows/mounts...

[gavs]

Sam, you're right, I can't confirm or deny anything