6,000-lb Chinese luxury PHEV is put through brutal test where it goes flying off mega ramp to face 66ft jump

It’s hard to imagine what a car would say if it could talk, but this 6,000-lb Chinese luxury PHEV seemed to say ‘hold my drink’ as it went flying off a mega ramp straight into a 66ft jump.

The brutal engineering stunt saw the 6,000-lb Voyah Taishan X8 hurled off a massive ramp before plunging back down to Earth.

Engineers designed the outrageous test to push the huge luxury SUV to its absolute limit, measuring how the body, suspension, and battery system would react under extreme force.

And the footage looks like a deleted scene from Dukes of Hazzard.

The giant 6,000-lb luxury SUV was sent flying through the air

Chinese automakers have become famous for their over-the-top EV demonstrations lately, but this latest stunt may be one of the wildest ones yet.

In a CarForLife video, the new Voyah Taishan X8 PHEV accelerated toward a specially-built launch ramp at 62MPH before taking off into the air.

The ramp itself was enormous too, stretching more than 51 feet long and standing over eight feet tall.

Once airborne, the huge SUV reportedly traveled 66.4 feet while spending around 0.72 seconds completely off the ground.

For context, this thing weighs more than 6,100 pounds.

When the SUV eventually came crashing back down, it reportedly hit the ground with more than 50,000 pounds of impact force.

The entire experiment was designed to test the structural integrity of the vehicle, including the battery pack, chassis rigidity, suspension durability, and overall crash resistance.

Chinese automakers keep pushing engineering stunts to new extremes

The wild jump is just the latest example of Chinese car brands leaning into extreme demonstrations to show off their technology.

Luxury EV brands like BYD’s Yangwang division have already gone viral for SUVs capable of floating on water, spinning in place with tank turns, and continuing to drive after tire blowouts.

The Yangwang U8, for example, packs more than 1,180HP and was specifically engineered with emergency flotation capability.

So at this point, launching a luxury SUV off a mega ramp almost feels like the natural next step.

Did the car survive the jump?

But the big question after watching the footage is whether the massive PHEV actually survived the punishment, and surprisingly, it did.

Despite the brutal landing force, reports say the SUV’s structural pillars remained intact, the battery pack stayed undamaged, and the doors still opened normally afterward.

For a six-thousand-pound luxury SUV to drive away from a stunt like that is seriously impressive, apparently these giant Chinese PHEVs are built a lot tougher than most people expected.