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Since a third-party crash testing institution in China, Baoyan C-IASI has attracted much attention in China since it was "unexpectedly cold" many times. After many days of vehicle collision testing, today Baoyan C-IASI officially announced the collision results of Mercedes-Benz GLCs, but the results surprised many netizens. After all, Mercedes-Benz, which has been exposed many times, has won several G (excellent) ratings this time.

According to the test results of China Insurance Research, this test model is a Mercedes-Benz GLC LMague 2020 260L 4MATIC dynamic model, and the manufacturer's guidance price is 39, 280000 yuan. it is also an entry-level model with main / passenger seat front airbag, front side airbag, front / rear side air curtain, driver seat knee airbag and front collision warning (FCW), automatic emergency brake (AEB) system.

Judging from the overall test results, Mercedes-Benz GLC only got a poor rating (P) for the "crashworthiness and maintenance economy Index" item of maintenance cost economy under low-speed collision, and the rest, including 25% small area offset collision, side collision, pedestrian protection, and automatic braking system projects, all got excellent (G) scores. For such a result can be said to be relatively excellent, as for the only poor rating is also because as a luxury brand, in the maintenance cost "expensive" reason.

Among them, in the frontal collision of 15km/h low-speed structure, the structural crashworthiness score is 6 (out of 6), the maintenance economy score is 0 (out of 24), and the head-to-head maintenance ratio is 14.65%. It can be seen that the zero-to-integral ratio of Mercedes-Benz is indeed very high.

The occupant safety index is an important aspect to measure the safety of collision structure, while the overall rating of Mercedes-Benz GLC is G (excellent). Among them, 64km/h 's 25% front offset collision, 50km/h 's side impact, roof strength, seat / headrest test rating are all G (excellent).

The collision test results show that the damage degree of the front of the car is relatively serious, but there is no obvious collapse in the body part. Compared with most SUV models, the A-pillar is also bent. Under the protection of airbags, the evaluation given by Zhongbao Research is that it has a stable front airbag function and sufficient front coverage after the side air curtain is unfolded.

It is worth mentioning that there are a number of media reports before, whether it is Mercedes-Benz E-Class or GLC models, Beijing Mercedes-Benz manufacturers have carried out reduction behavior, the fender parts on both sides of the vehicle have been changed from aluminum alloy to steel material, and the major media have also tested this, so they are worried that the reduction of Mercedes-Benz in this area may affect safety issues.

However, from the current collision results of Baoyan, even if Mercedes-Benz has carried out the behavior of "changing aluminum for steel", the structural performance of the vehicle still retains a certain safety factor. To this end, many netizens sigh: at least in the structure has not been reduced.

In fact, compared with the steel body, the aluminum alloy body is relatively lighter, making the inertia a little smaller in the collision, making the impact force smaller; secondly, the steel and aluminum are similar in strength, so the vehicle safety mainly depends on the structure. After all, the car body is only a cover.

It is worth mentioning that the peak load of Mercedes-Benz C-IAS reached 12.23t, which is higher than Volvo's XC60. Obviously, this time Mercedes-Benz is relatively honest in terms of safety.

In addition, in the tests of the other two major projects, the pedestrian safety index, vehicle auxiliary safety index and Mercedes-Benz GLC also got excellent (G) evaluation.

For the Mercedes-Benz GLC in the PICC research test results, I believe that many consumers are satisfied, if as a luxury brand model, for the cost and choose too much reduction behavior, the driver's safety does not play a minimum role in ensuring, how can it be called a luxury car.

Although Mercedes-Benz GLC got the "safer" rating in the vehicle crash test, it should also do enough "homework" on other quality and safety issues. After all, in 2019, Mercedes-Benz not only became the brand with the highest complaint list, but also the brand with the most quality recalls. If Mercedes-Benz is not sincere about its own shortcomings, it really ignores consumers' choice of Mercedes-Benz.

According to Mercedes-Benz brand sales data released by the Federation of passengers, Beijing Mercedes-Benz sold a total of 11700 vehicles in February, down 65% from January to February, down 11.5% from January to February, winning the first place in luxury brand sales for two months in a row.

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