Are there no regulatory agencies that review new car designs? Like if a car is to be imported into country X, besides meeting all established regulations (emiss

Are there no regulatory agencies that review new car designs? Like if a car is to be imported into country X, besides meeting all established regulations (emissions, safety, etc), there isn't anybody who gives it even a once over? This will undoubtedly cause an accident at some point. It'd be interesting to know how a design like this made it from whoever's idea all the way to production.