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Since the mid-November last year, Baoyan exposed the "sister model" of Guangben Accord Dongben INSPIRE, the front 25% offset collision result A pillar deformation is obviously larger than Accord, which caused a heated discussion. Today, China Insurance Research Institute officially announced the crash test results of Dongben INSPIRE, which really hammered its performance is not as good as Guangben Accord.

According to the test results of China Insurance Research Institute, the test model is INSPIRE2019 TURBO elegant version, and the manufacturer's guidance price is 182,800 yuan, belonging to entry-level model. In terms of safety configuration, it is equipped with front airbag and front side airbag of front main and co-driver members, which is consistent with the safety configuration of GAC Accord, but the results are very different.

In terms of overall vehicle crash performance, INSPIRE received an overall rating of P (poor) for crash resistance and maintenance economy, and M(fair) for occupant safety, mainly in front 25% offset crash and side crash. The rest of the crash tests, as well as pedestrian safety and vehicle auxiliary safety, received an overall rating of G (excellent).

Among them, INSPIRE crash resistance and maintenance economy index test shows that P (poor) is given by China Insurance Research Institute, mainly because its vehicle maintenance economy score is relatively low, among which the frontal collision score is only 9 points (full score of 24 points), while the rear-end collision score is 0 points (full score of 24 points); the front crash resistance is better than that of the tail, with 5.5 points and 3 points (full score of 6 points) respectively. This also reflects the high maintenance of this model. Since GAC Accord was tested in 2018, there is no test result, so it is speculated that there is not much difference in maintenance cost between the two.

However, in a frontal 25% offset collision, the two are much different. According to the test results, Dongben INSPIRE front collision collapse extended to the passenger compartment, A pillar obviously deformed and bent, so the rating given by Zhongbao Research Institute is M(general) intrusion amount in the upper part of passenger compartment. At the same time, due to the absence of side head protection airbags, excessive lateral head displacement and excessive forward tilting of occupants. Guangben Accord also did not install side head protection airbags, resulting in excessive lateral displacement of the head and excessive forward tilting of the occupant. However, since the A-pillar of the Accord is slightly better than INSPIRE, the overall rating of A (good) is given by China Insurance Research Institute.

Secondly, in the side crash test, INSPIRE's roof bulge is worse than Accord's, which makes the two cars receive different ratings on head movement protection and head and neck protection for the driver and co-driver. Among them, INSPIRE received one P(poor), two A (good) and one M(fair), while Accord received one P(poor), two A (good) and one G(excellent), so the overall rating of Accord was G(excellent) and INSPIRE was M(fair).

Although Dongben INSPIRE and GAC Accord are both from Honda brand, they are generally considered to be "twin models", except for appearance, interior and configuration, basically the same, even "Chinese special models are more suitable for Chinese standards", but since the collision results came out, perhaps let some netizens surprise.

However, some netizens think that Guangzhou Automobile Honda is more "kind" than Dongfeng Honda in all aspects. In addition to INSPIRE and Accord position, Dongfeng Honda Civic was also "hit" by Zhongbao Research before P (poor evaluation), and the low part of Civic B-pillar broke.

However, looking back at many B-class cars evaluated by China Insurance Automobile Safety Index so far, the passenger compartment protection result of Dongfeng Honda INSPIRE in the front 25% offset collision belongs to the less ideal model, which can be said to be more serious than Magotan and Sima, close to the bending degree of Volkswagen Passat. On the contrary, the Japanese Teana, Camry and Asian Dragon are structurally intact.

(Magotan)

(Sima)

Camry

(Asian Dragon)

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Passat

Of course, no matter whether INSPIRE's results in China Insurance Research are better than GAC Accord, its sales volume is less than half of Accord. Even if Dongfeng Honda has accumulated sales of 788,900 vehicles in 2019, which is higher than 765,500 vehicles of GAC Honda in 2019, INSPIRE has not become a model that is too "bright". Perhaps in the eyes of consumers, compared with Dongben INSPIRE GAC Accord, INSPIRE has a longer history and reputation.

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