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Recently, a summary of the crash results of China Insurance Research, a Chinese automobile safety testing agency, has been "complained" by netizens, suspected of advertising for Japanese brands.

Among the 36 models, Japanese brands occupy many seats in the ranking, of which Toyota occupies the top five, FAW Toyota's Yize and Guangzhou Auto Toyota's Lei Ling rank first and second, respectively. Even Volvo, which has always been known for its safety, ranks only third.

According to the results of the crash test summary score table, except for the differences in maintenance costs, the other collision scores of the four Toyota cars are G (excellent).

For such a rating is not difficult for netizens to speculate, after all, in the impression of Japanese cars have always been a "paper car" image, to be able to achieve such excellent collision results is difficult to understand.

For example, Toyota Leiling in the 64km/h front 25% offset collision, the front is almost completely collapsed, the left door is seriously deformed, although there is no large bend in the A-column, but the bottom edge reinforcement beam is distorted. The American cars known as "leather" Ford focus and Cadillac XT4 also suffered a serious collapse at the front, but the bottom reinforcement beam did not change shape, the Fox A-column was bent, XT4 did not, and both cars received good ratings.

For Zhongbao Research, the reason why Toyota is excellent is that due to passive safety protection, the dummy deducts fewer points and each point score is G excellent. As for whether the vehicle can only rely on airbags to protect the "thin skin", it still depends on the specific accident situation.

Of course, like the German cars mentioned by netizens, the performance of Volkswagen after the crash test is not satisfactory. For example, the tests of Maiteng and Tuguan L all show the phenomenon of A-pillar bending, and the general and poor ratings are also relatively objective.

As for Volvo, it is because the PICC test results represent the interests of insurance companies, not manufacturers. Among the shareholders of China Insurance Research, there are seven insurance companies. The fundamental purpose of the establishment of China Insurance Research is to test the maintenance cost of the vehicle after the collision. To put it bluntly, it is to understand the maintenance cost of each car after the collision, so as to develop the relevant insurance charges. That is, under the same evaluation, the evaluation of crashworthiness maintenance is the most important thing in Baoyan. Volvo as a luxury car, of course, the maintenance cost is higher than the ordinary brand.

For consumers, the PICC collision test is also a reference. No matter whether it is a "five-star wholesaler" or other testing institutions, it is believed that the more the better, only through more comparison and access to more information can consumers sum up the products they want, make their own decisions and bear the costs of their choices. And China Insurance Research and Research tests are independently funded purchases, do not accept the distribution of vehicles, and crash testing in order not to manufacturers but insurance companies, so the credibility is still relatively high.

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