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As a "national magic car", the Harvard H6 has maintained a high popularity in China, which not only interrupted the joint venture SUV monopolizing the market, but also topped the SUV list for 90 months in a row. Such a large SUV model, its safety performance is naturally concerned by consumers.

Prior to this, China Insurance Research C-IASI has conducted a collision test on the second generation Harvard H6, and with the launch of the third generation Harvard H6, China Automotive Center C-NCAP has also conducted a collision test on its recent days, and broadcast the whole collision process live on the official website. However, unexpectedly, the result of the collision of the third generation Harvard H6 was "surprising".

According to the official announcement of the China Automotive Center, the vehicle evaluated is the Harvard CC6470AH02A multi-purpose passenger vehicle (Harvard H6 1.5T DCT third-generation Pro). Collision test and whipping test will be carried out during December 21-25, of which whipping test and side impact test will be carried out on the 23rd.

According to the configuration query, the Harvard H6 model is equipped with front side airbags and front and rear front airbags (side air curtains). It is understood that the test trolley weighed 1.4t and completed the side collision at a specific angle at the speed of 50km/h, but the results were unexpected. During the collision, the side airbag and side air curtain of the Harvard H6 were not opened normally, and the emergency flasher was not on. In other words, the Harvard H6 carries side airbags and side air curtains, but does not "make the best use of things", which means that drivers are not protected by airbags.

According to the collision rules, in the collision experiment, the door on the impact side can not be opened, so both doors are locked. However, on the non-impact side, the collision staff tried to open the door during the explanation, but did not open it successfully. In other words, all four doors of the Harvard H6 were locked after the side collision.

In sharp contrast, the China Insurance Research C-IASI has also conducted a collision test on the 2020 Harvard H6, of which the score in the side collision is G (excellent). The results of the two collisions are quite different, one is G (excellent), the other side airbag / side air curtain is pop-up, is it possible that the vertical replacement of the Harvard H6 has regressed in terms of safety performance. In this regard, we try to learn more about the situation through the official website of the C-NCAP of Sinochem, and as a result...

As we all know, there are two professional vehicle safety collision institutions in China, one is the China Insurance Research C-IASI, and the other is the China Automotive Center C-NCAP. Compared with the next, Zhongbao Research C-IASI collision procedures are more stringent, but also by consumers as the vehicle safety performance of the "demon mirror", and as a result of a number of models in the auto center C-NCAP final results for the five-star rating, it is also crowned by consumers as the "five-star wholesale department" title, not in Baoyan C-IASI so authoritative.

There is no way to verify why the third-generation Harvard H6 airbag did not eject in this collision, whether the safety performance of Harvard H6 is "not as good as the old" or whether the impact speed or impact force of CNAC C-NCAP is not up to the standard.

According to the data, the retail volume of the Harvard H6 was 54306 in November, up 32.2 per cent from a year earlier. The cumulative retail sales from January to November were 309846, down 4.3 per cent from a year earlier.

As of press time, the official website of C-NCAP of SAIC still shows that "the website is temporarily inaccessible and the website has not been filed in accordance with the relevant laws of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology", the relevant collision pictures and videos have not been posted on its official Wechat account, and Great Wall Motor and BAIC C-NCAP have not issued a relevant statement to respond.

However, in response to the lack of normal access to the official website of C-NCAP, the official has issued a statement in response: due to operational reasons, the domain name information of some affiliated websites of the CNIC (including the official website of C-NCAP) has been cancelled and is expected to return to normal in two to four weeks.

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