Every automobile has to undergo a rigorous set of crash checks earlier than it hits the street. But we’ve by no means seen a crash check fairly like this. Videos posted on TikTok and X present a Chinese-market Hongqi SUV (what seems to be a compact HS5) getting battered, overwhelmed, and set on hearth – and surviving all of it.

The video begins with an enormous flaming wrecking ball that smahes into the passenger aspect of the automobile, which the HS5 absorbs surprisingly nicely. It dents the doorways and units off the aspect airbags, however that’s about it. Some commenters recommend the ball may very well be fabricated from plastic – nonetheless, it is on hearth. 

From there, the Hongqi drives by means of a area of minor explosions earlier than smashing into two brick partitions (or what appear like brick partitions). And lastly, they drop a small hatchback on its roof – which barely dents the highest of the SUV — earlier than it is in a position to drive away underneath its personal energy.

Hongqi fashions are constructed to be robust. China’s chief Xi Jinping and his personnel trip round in armored Hongqi N701 limos. It’s unclear if the SUV within the video can also be an armored automobile meant for presidency use – though, the explosions recommend it may very well be.