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China Insurance Research C-IASI officially announced the collision test process of Guangzhou Automobile Honda Haoying on June 12. what caused great controversy was that the Haoying A column was seriously bent and the door almost fell off in the front 25% bias crash test. This is the latest model launched by Honda in China. It has only been on the market for half a year. Due to the high heat of the market and rising sales, the dismal crash test performance has also caused consumers' dissatisfaction with the brand manufacturers.

Some netizens revealed that after being questioned by many netizens and consumers, the official Weibo of Guangzhou Auto Honda has closed the comment area, and all doubts about the safety of the Haoying collision have disappeared. This also means that as the Haoying incident continues to ferment, GAC Honda owners and users will lose an important feedback channel.

In a Weibo post on GAC Honda's official blog on June 12, many users and netizens questioned the collision performance of Haoying's model in the CICC research C-IASI. One user said, "Haoying A column is bent, what's going on?"

Some potential consumers expressed dissatisfaction with this, and even users who claimed to be owners of Haoying cars said they felt uncomfortable. One of the netizens said, "seeing the collision of Zhongbao Research Haoying like this, I decided not to take a 2000 deposit and change cars."

Another netizen questioned GAC Honda: "Why are special cars worse than global models?" Can't you have a conscience? "

Some netizens found that in response to persistent complaints from users, GAC Honda's official blog finally closed the comment area, blocking users' voices. The skeptical comments on the C-IASI test of Haoying models in China Insurance Research have all been blocked.

Therefore, some voices also pointed out that the complaints from owners and users of Guangzhou Auto Honda may have lost an important feedback channel as the incident has fermented.

Guangzhou Auto Honda's new compact SUV Haoying officially launched at the end of November 2019, launching a total of 11 models with a price range of 16.98-252800 yuan. Haoying is the product of Honda's "two-car strategy" in China. Although the car is specially supplied in China, it is also homologous to Dongfeng Honda CR-V and is transformed by GAC Honda's localization. It is also the first compact SUV under GAC Honda.

At present, a total of four Honda domestic models are on the C-IASI crash results list, but none of them got an excellent rating in the frontal 25% offset crash test, of which Accord and Civic all got A good rating, while Ling Pai and INSPIRE received M general rating. Therefore, Haoying has high hopes, but as a "domestic special car", it is still difficult to escape the challenge of C-IASI.

According to China Insurance Research, the model participating in the crash test is the Honda Haoying 2020 240TURBO CVT elite version produced by Guangzhou Auto Honda Automobile Co., Ltd., which is the second-lowest version of the model, with an instruction price of 179800 yuan. Safety configuration includes lead and passenger seat airbags, front side airbags, no front and rear head air curtains.

Under the core front 25% offset collision test, Haoying performed poorly, the A-pillar was obviously bent, the door almost fell off, the car body structure was obviously deformed, and the front of the car invaded the cockpit.

As the final evaluation results have not been released, the degree of dummy injury is unknown, so the occupant safety damage data is still not clear, but from the current collision situation, GAC Honda Haoying basically has nothing to do with the excellent rating. Therefore, it can be said that at present, Honda's high-end domestic models in central China are difficult to get high scores under the front 25% offset crash test.

Collision test performance is not satisfactory, perhaps involving design standards, material strength, cost considerations and other issues, successive "accidents" of a number of models will shake a considerable number of consumers' impression of Honda brand domestic cars. Of course, the final rating of Haoying's C-IASI in PICC has not yet been announced, and consumers may still have expectations. However, GAC Honda has begun to control public opinion in official channels, confirming that it has taken action in response to the incident.

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