Here is the actual story the poster stole from. You will also see howmuch opinionated BS was added into his cut-and-paste "story. You can also see not only that there is no Aussie version of the Camaro, but that the problem has been fixed by Holden, and we simply need GM North America to add Holden's fix.
Camaro only gets four-star safety rating
August 7, 2009 by George Skentzos
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Achieving the maximum five-star safety rating in crash tests has become the norm for most modern cars, especially for headlining models such as the 2010 Chevrolet Camaro.
However it seems the Australian engineered Chevrolet Camaro didn’t perform quite as expected in recent NHTSA crash testing – the US equivalent of ANCAP – achieving only a four-star safety rating.
The Camaro managed to score the maximum five-star rating for side and roll-over testing, but the car’s front impact rating of only four-stars dragged down the overall score.
In comparison, its main rival the Ford Mustang managed to achieve the maximum five-star rating across all tests, making this a less than ideal result for the Camaro, which has managed to outsell its arch rival for the second successive month.
With the Camaro sharing its underpinnings with the VE Commodore, it seems Holden engineers may have overlooked a few simple design flaws, with the Commodore itself initially receiving only a four-star ANCAP rating.
This safety concern was eventually rectified by Holden through the addition of a steering column shroud energy absorber across the VE sedan range that helps to reduce driver knee injuries.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/37755/camaro-achieves-only-four-star-safety-rating/
In the future, hopefully the poster will leave out his personal axe to grind, and give credit to the writer.
Posted by guionM | 2009-09-06 04:12:05