The Geely LC, also known as the Geely Panda or Gleagle Panda in its home market, was a city car manufactured by Chinese automaker Geely Auto from November 2008 to 2016. Notably, in 2010, the LC achieved a significant milestone by scoring 45.3 in C-NCAP crash tests, receiving a rare 5-star safety rating. This achievement made it the first locally researched and developed compact car in China to achieve such a high safety rating, establishing it as the safest Chinese hatchback by 2011. Impressively, the LC's safety performance was accomplished through a development process that primarily utilized computer simulations rather than physical crash tests.
In 2017, the Geely Panda was