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Not long ago, PICC Research C-IASI announced the second batch of test list for 2020, but due to the impact of the epidemic, the release of the first batch of test list of China Insurance Research C-IASI this year was also postponed, and it was not until today that the first model in this year's first batch of test list was announced.

Although the test of the Regal model in the China Insurance Research C-IASI has been announced before, and according to all the newly released tests, there are not many accidents, it is still because the side air curtain did not open and caused some controversy. It is worth mentioning that the A-column is also slightly bent.

According to the final report, in addition to the general (M) evaluation in terms of crashworthiness and maintenance economy index, Buick Regal got excellent (G) in in-vehicle member safety index, out-of-vehicle pedestrian safety index and vehicle auxiliary safety index.

Specifically, in terms of crashworthiness and maintenance economy index, the frontal impact score of 15km/h is 10, of which the crashworthiness score is 2 (out of 6), the maintenance economy score is 8 (out of 24), and the positive impact maintenance ratio is 10.59%. The rear-end collision score of 15km/h is 26, of which the crashworthiness score is 6 (full score 6), the maintenance economy score is 20 (full score 24), and the rear-end collision maintenance ratio is 1.29%. The final weighted score is 15.33 out of 30, and SAIC GM Buick Regal gets a general (M) rating, which also shows that the maintenance ratio of Regal is not high.

For the 25% offset collision on the front of the car, it can be seen that when the vehicle collides, the wheels are displaced and the door of the driver's seat is deformed, but the car body does not collapse obviously, so the score is achieved. However, for the results after the collision, the car A-pillar has slightly bent. At the same time, the Regal's side air curtain did not pop up, so the results previously exposed by the China Insurance Research C-IASI also triggered heated discussion among some netizens. After all, the crash test on the American version of the LaCrosse model was popped up, while the Regal sister car Opel Ying Suya did not open in the ENCAP test.

Of course, for such a situation, some netizens feel that this is the SAIC Group's "ancestral" side airbag did not detonate, not surprising. According to the two models tested by Buick in China Insurance Research, both the Buick GL8 and the Oncoway were in the front 25% offset collision test, and the side head airbag did not detonate, which affected the safety of the occupants to a certain extent.

The performance of the Regal model in the side collision is also general. According to the picture after the collision, there is a bulge on the roof and the deformation of the door is relatively serious, especially the bottom beam is also deformed, which is obviously insufficient for some models of the same level. For example, Accord and Asian Dragon models. However, because the side air curtain plays a certain role, except for the dummy head and torso only get a good rating, the others achieve an excellent rating, which makes the overall excellent rating.

Although Buick Regal's performance in the same class is not the best, its performance in the PICC Research C-IASI is by far the best performance of Buick. Through this test, it is also proved that Buick Regal has sufficient protection in terms of safety. But in terms of the overall performance, its relatively weak place still lies in the side, perhaps because the side airbag and the air curtain do not adopt the linkage design, so the side risk is higher.

According to the China Insurance Research C-IASI report, the Regal tested model is the SGM7157EBA1 (2019 20T elite), its safety equipment is equipped with driver front airbag, front passenger front airbag, front side airbag, front / rear side air curtain.

Although the reputation of the GM Buick brand in China is not very bad, due to the rapid changes in the domestic market and Buick brand misdecisions in China and other factors, its sales plummeted to 840000 vehicles in 2019, down 13.7% from the same period last year.

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