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At the end of last year, Baoyan C-IASI conducted a crash test on the SAIC Volkswagen Passat model, and the results showed that the A-pillar broken car body was seriously deformed in the 25% offset collision, which dashed the myth of the German brand, which has always been famous for safety. This result set off a huge wave of public opinion on the Internet, many car owners expressed disappointment with Passat, and Passat's sales were deteriorating every day.

SAIC Volkswagen replied after more than two months of silence: all Volkswagen brand products were developed in accordance with China's C-NCAP five-star evaluation standards, and technical analysis was carried out as soon as possible in view of the poor performance of a subdivision.

Half a year later, the top management of Volkswagen spoke for the first time. Volkswagen passenger car brand China CEO Feng Sihan said, "crash safety is part of our DNA." The importance of security is self-evident, which is what we have always advocated and is fundamental. " Regarding the C-IASI test of China Insurance Research Institute, Feng Sihan said, "the C-ISAI test of China Insurance Research Institute is a very important test, and we are also very concerned about this test. We very much welcome third-party testing institutions to use different test standards to test the safety of our products to ensure the continuous improvement of product security."

Jia Mingdysi, deputy general manager of sales and marketing of SAIC Volkswagen, said, "avoiding accidents is the most important thing." SAIC Volkswagen has also spent a lot of energy on active safety. Of course, it is also important to reduce damage after an accident, but safety is a system standard, and one of the small items should not be studied. Overall safety is more important. " For the China Insurance Research C-IASI test, Jia Ming dysprosium said, "the 25% bias collision has been obviously magnified." In the C-IASI test, there are many details, and 25% is just one of several items under one of the sub-items. In major items such as the vehicle safety index, Passat got a full score, but no one mentioned it. "

At the end of December last year, the Passat model produced by SAIC Volkswagen completed the crash test in the C-IASI of China Insurance Research. The results showed that it only got a general (M) evaluation in terms of occupant safety index, and got a poor (P) in the most important front 25% offset collision test, which refreshed the lowest score of all the vehicles involved in the collision test, ranking the lowest from the bottom.

Passat was very tragic during the collision. The front airbag of Passat perfectly avoided the dummy's head, the car body / cockpit was seriously deformed, and the A-pillar was broken. Compared with other Japanese, American and domestic brand models, Passat obviously has unreasonable structure and strength.

At the end of last month, Passat had just completed the crash test at the China Automotive Research C-NCAP. The A-pillar was not bent, and the cockpit was almost intact, easily winning the "five-star praise". This result also formed a huge contrast in the collision results of Baoyan C-IASA.

However, netizens hold great opinions on the result of Passat's collision in the C-NCAP of China Automobile Research Institute, believing that SAIC-Volkswagen is "washing the white". In comparison, the collision test of China Automobile Research C-IASI is obviously more stringent than that of China Automobile Research C-NCAP. In the inherent impression of consumers, the collision results of China Automobile Research Institute are more representative than those of China Automobile Research Institute. At the same time, China Automobile Research Institute is also a famous "five-star wholesale department", so even if Passat gets five-star praise, it does not change consumers' stereotype of Passat.

Safety is a fundamental problem that every car company should pay attention to. Although the collision test is only a test after all, it can provide a certain reference value for consumers to buy a car. SAIC Volkswagen, as a car company famous for its safety, should analyze the reasons for the existence of models after unsatisfactory collision results, rather than rushing to "wash the floor". However, SAIC Volkswagen also said it was in contact with PICC Research, hoping to do another test to rectify Passat's name.

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