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As a domestic "benchmark" joint venture MPV model, Buick GL8 will reverse the trend of growth in 2019. However, it is this MPV model that has a good sales growth, in the previous Baoyan C-IASI got a chilling result, so that the model left the impression of "unsafe" in the netizens' psychology.

A few days ago, a video circulated on the Internet highlighted the true strength of GL8. After a formal collision of 25 per cent small angles, it did not lose as much as it did under the China Insurance Research C-IASI crash test.

From the video recording of this driving recorder, it can be seen that a white GL8 has crossed the double yellow line from a distance, walking straight for some distance on the opposite road, but as the video vehicle failed to make a timely response, it did not turn right until the last minute, so that it collided head-on with GL8.

As the collision accident was relatively serious, the drivers of both sides were sent to the hospital in time for medical treatment. for this reason, with the arrival of the traffic police, they could not understand the specific situation and could only learn from the witnesses at the scene. It was learned that there was only one driver on both sides, and the model was faster at that time, which caused a lot of harm to both sides.

From the point of view of the collision of the two cars, both caused significant damage, among which the black Audi A6 car was more serious, almost scrapped, and the front cover, front insurance and front bumper all caused serious deformation under the collision. so it is speculated that the damage to the parts in the front engine must be great. In addition, the A-pillar part of the Audi A6 driver has been seriously deformed, even 90 degrees, and the door is also in a state of serious deformation.

The same is true of the Buick GL8 collision, which caused serious deformation of the left front engine and bonnet of the vehicle, but not the serious collapse caused by the 25% offset collision test of Cmuri IASI, and there was no displacement of the wheels. In addition, there is no obvious bend in the A-pillar, and the airbags inside the vehicle have been ejected.

In order to understand the specific situation, traffic police personnel also came to the hospital to understand. First, we found the owner of the GL8, who also admitted that he had caused the accident first, specifically because he was distracted by holding things while driving, and agreed to accept full responsibility. However, judging from the owners of the Buick GL8, it is not a big deal. On the other hand, the owners of the Audi A6 did not do much damage to their cervical vertebrae and mouth. It also shows that GL8 still plays a protective role in this accident.

As for the GL8 in the netizens' psychology has always left the impression of "unsafe", it is precisely because the Buick GL8 model, in the North American market because the safety failed to meet the standards and led to the suspension of sales, become a domestic special supply model. And the Buick GL8 was rated as a "failure" in the crash test results of the second batch of models released by the China Insurance Research Institute in 2018.

Among them, 25% of the small angle collision test, GL8 A column serious deformation, tear led to hit the dummy's head, in addition, the steering wheel in the collision excessive displacement, resulting in the front airbag did not play its due role, and the side head airbag did not deploy normally, so the driver survival probability is very low, get a poor rating (P). In the side impact test, because there are about 1 stroke and 4 tears at the root of the B-column, the B-column invades the inner chamber more, the driver's torso is seriously impacted, and the roof is raised, so it gets a general (M) rating.

Therefore, such a result will inevitably be complained by many netizens. It is understood that the China Insurance Research Institute used the SAIC Buick GL8 2017 28T comfort model in the test, while the 2017 28T flagship model was used in the auxiliary safety test.

It is worth noting that since Buick launched its higher and more luxurious Buick GL8Avenir version on April 12, it will launch its Buick GL8 and Buick GL8 ES versions tonight to enhance its competition in the domestic joint venture MPV market.

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