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In 2019, with a 20% increase in sales in China, Lexus helped it set an all-time high annual sales record and became the highest year-on-year growth of luxury brands in the country. But in such a market that should be paid much attention to, Lexus has been questioned about the reduction of its allocation to the Chinese market.

A few days ago, the domestic media made active brake reviews on six luxury models of the same class, but the Lexus ES got the worst performance in the same class. It is understood that when the media entered the vehicle static active brake test project (ENCAP called AEB City), it began with 30km/h, and the 10km/h progressive test standard was tested, and the highest test speed reached 70km/h.

As a result, when the car-to-car static test of Lexus ES China version (2020) reached only 50km/h, it hit the simulation vehicle in front of it. The main reason is that under the 50km/h, the AEB system does not intervene in the braking force or decelerate, but only appears a warning and requires the driver to intervene in the braking. Therefore, the reviewers believe that the effect of the car's active braking is not obvious, and the strong impact also led to the detonation of Lexus ES's pedestrian protection device. It is understood that the cost of maintaining a pedestrian protection device is about 33000 yuan.

For such test results, it seems that the media and netizens are a little surprised. Because the media had previously tested the GAC Toyota Camry at the same speed, the Camry also had a slight collision, but the impact was not as violent as the Lexus ES. As we all know, Lexus, as a luxury brand of Toyota, is not even as equipped as Toyota's active brakes?

It is worth noting that there are different test results for Lexus ES in different regions. Judging from the performance of the Lexus ES tested by the media, it is far less than the European version of the Lexus ES (2018). Under the same operating conditions of the CCRs (static fake car), the European version can stop completely under the 50km/h to avoid collision.

Perhaps it is also because the Chinese version and the overseas version have some differences in the intelligent security system LSS+ (Lexus Safety System+). According to the Chinese version of Lexus's official website, the 2020 ES models have upgraded or added the intelligent security system LSS+;, while the overseas version of Lexus has announced that from 2020, all new Lexus cars sold in the United States will be equipped with intelligent security system (LSS+ 2.0) standard, obviously with some differences.

In addition, by professionally comparing the test results of AEB, it is found that not only the horizontal evaluation scores of ES models are lower than those of overseas versions, but for other models such as Lexus ES,IS,NX,LX, except for CCRm (dynamic fake cars), Chinese models have failed in the other three projects.

I don't know the specific reason for this situation, but some netizens think that the standard in China may be different from that in overseas regions. According to the evaluation standard of Chinese C-NCAP in version 2018, the maximum test speeds of CCRs (static fake car) and CCRm (dynamic fake car) are 40 km / h and 65 km / h respectively. Lexus also basically meets the performance of C-NCAP, which has also been adjusted for the Chinese version.

In any case, the Chinese market has become the main strategic market of Lexus. According to the data, in the first six months, the brand sold 95326 vehicles in China, up 1.6% from the same period last year, making it the highest-selling brand of second-tier luxury brands in the country, making the Chinese market the only growth market for Lexus in the world. However, such a market that should be taken seriously, Lexus is still introduced in the form of imports, and if there is also a certain degree of "differential treatment" in the configuration, it will undoubtedly make Chinese consumers feel a little chilled.

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