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Dongfeng Honda INSPIRE, as a "sister model" of Guangzhou Automobile Honda Accord, has a similar appearance, but its overall sales are far lower than Accord, not only because INSPIRE is inferior to Accord in the domestic market, but also because its safety performance is not as good as Accord. Recently, a group of netizens took a group of photos about the suspected Dongfeng Honda INSPIRE shaft broken accident.

From this group of photos provided by netizens, we can see that a white Honda INSPIRE is parked on the side of the road and the whole car is badly damaged. Except for the damage to the front bar, the severe tear of the front fender and the severe collapse of the rear wheel, the entire front wheel is missing and the wheel is on the left side of the vehicle in question, so it can be concluded that the car suffered a broken shaft. At the same time, the car's internal airbags have been ejected, it can be speculated that the accident is quite serious. Among them, the left front fender of the vehicle should be caused by the flying out of the wheel at that time from the point of view of the damage.

Several staff in after-sales uniforms were also seen at the scene of the accident, but no similar car owners were seen. One of the staff was filming at the shedding hub, along with the "INSPIRE New Elite flagship car" printed on the body and a reservation phone number, speculating that the car was a test drive and that the owner might have left the scene first.

Some netizens are very confused about the cause of the broken axle of the vehicle in this accident. on the one hand, the picture shows that this is a bicycle accident, and there are no other accident vehicles, on the other hand, from the picture, the right side of the vehicle is the kerb, and the damaged wheel is the vehicle on the left, not the side of the kerb in the photo, which naturally gives rise to a lot of speculation and attention about the broken axle.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, after the vehicle encounters an obstacle, the left side hits the kerb, and the driver subconsciously stops on the right at the same time, the wheel hub falls off and glides to the left side of the road.

The "broken axle of a vehicle" has a great impact on the vehicle. After all, from the point of view of the accident, the experience of the vehicle does not seem to be caused by external forces. If the vehicle breaks its axle because of innocence, it will affect the reputation of the vehicle. It is hoped that Dongfeng Honda officials will give a relevant reply as soon as possible and give consumers a reasonable reply. Dongfeng Honda responded to the accident, saying that the accident was due to careless driving by two test-driving customers and crashed into the central barrier of the road, which was not caused by vehicle quality problems.

As we all know, Honda, as a big "winner" in 2020, achieved an annual performance of 1.63 million vehicles, an increase of 4.7 per cent compared with the same period last year, setting a record for brand sales in the Chinese market. Of these, Dongfeng Honda contributed 820400 vehicles with a year-on-year growth of 4.0 per cent, while Guangzhou Auto Honda contributed 806600 vehicles with 5.4 per cent year-on-year growth, while Dongfeng Honda still took the lead over Guangzhou Automobile Honda.

However, Honda INSPIRE can not play an important role in Dongfeng Honda, not only because INSPIRE's domestic market position is not as good as Guangzhou Automobile Honda Accord, but also because INSPIRE's domestic safety reputation is far less than Accord. After all, under the previous safety collision test of Baoyan, INSPIRE's safety rating is clearly inferior to Accord, which leads to a crisis of public opinion, resulting in certain restrictions on INSPIRE sales.

Before the press release, Dongfeng Honda informed the media of the cause of the accident, so that the accident has transparent information, which is an important step to maintain consumer trust in Dongfeng Honda.

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