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Today, an official poster of the 2020 Passat was obtained from SAIC-Volkswagen. The Passat is not a very high-end car in SAIC-Volkswagen, but this poster makes people think that the car is "high-end". Judging from this poster, the words emphasized are "2020 new Passat", "harnessing the new pattern" and "winning the five-star security level of C-NCAP". I wonder how netizens will feel when they read it.

The 2020 SAIC Volkswagen Passat was officially launched on April 20, with a total of 8 models equipped with 1.4T/2.0T and a price range of 18.59-282900 yuan. Compared with the 2019 Passat, the 2020 Passat has no significant change, only for the Smart Entertainment Internet system to upgrade, and the whole system is equipped with front and back head safety air curtain. It is worth mentioning that the price of SAIC-Volkswagen's minimum model for Passat (the 280TSI business version of the China Baoyan crash test) has increased by 1000 yuan, while the rest of the models remain unchanged.

For Passat's modification, it is unknown whether it can win the affirmation of consumers through the standard front and rear airbags to improve the safety performance of the whole model, but it also indirectly acknowledges the deficiency of this car in terms of safety performance. After all, since the PICC Research C-IASI collision "accident", Passat seems to have been left in the cold. SAIC Volkswagen has not given a clear explanation, and Passat is still seriously questioned about its safety performance.

At the end of last month, Passat finally completed the crash test at Sinochem C-NCAP. The A-pillar was not bent and the cockpit was almost intact. Among them, the scoring rates of the three indicators that have attracted the most attention are 94.86% for occupant protection, 72.53% for pedestrian protection, 93.79% for active safety, and 91.4% for comprehensive scores.

Passat not only scored a five-star evaluation, but also scored 91.4% of its comprehensive evaluation. It also created the best score for a Class B car since the implementation of the 2018 version of C-NCAP. It was also the only vehicle that exceeded 90 points among all the joint venture Class B cars that participated in the crash test of version 2018. In terms of safety protection level, it can be called the first in the same class without dispute.

The comparison of Passat's collision results between China Automobile Research Institute and China Baoyan is very different. last year, China Baoyan C-IASI conducted a collision test on the 2019 Passat, and the results showed that the body of the 2019 Passat was seriously deformed with the cockpit, the A-pillar was directly broken, and the airbag was seriously displaced, and the result did not meet the passing standard. After that, Passat was madly complained by consumers at home.

After China Automotive Research C-NCAP won five-star praise, "C-NCAP score 91.4%, peer score first", "frontal impact A-pillar complete, car doors can be opened normally", "side impact B-column, side doors complete and can be opened normally", "airbag and head airbag fully unfolded" have all become the selling points of the 2020 Passat.

Sinochem Research C-NCAP

PICC Research C-IASI

The 2020 Passat has won five-star praise at SAIC C-NCAP, which is actually useless and will only increase consumers' doubts about the safety performance of the car. SAIC Volkswagen wants to prove that the 2019 Passat is completely different from the 2020 Passat, but there is no big difference in configuration. Still want to prove that China Auto Research is losing its bottom line, and a number of models have been rated as five-star, not less than the Passat.

Whatever the reason, the success of the 2019 Passat in PICC has nothing to do with how well the 2020 Passat crashed in Sinochem, but will increase doubts about institutions and models. On the other hand, before SAIC-Volkswagen gives a reasonable explanation, most consumers still have some resistance to Passat.

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