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As we all know, the higher price of luxury brands is not only reflected in the brand premium, but also should focus on its higher quality and security. However, due to the reduction of the distribution of many luxury brands after the realization of domestic production, the safety of the model is greatly reduced. In this regard, recently, some media have conducted a showdown against some of the more popular luxury brands in the market, in order to reflect the safety of these domestic models.

On April 1, its automotive media platform "understanding car Emperor" released a video of a collision test between the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the BMW 3-Series, which uses a 50% offset collision between the two cars at 64km / h. In other words, during the collision test, both the Mercedes-Benz C-Class and the BMW 3-Series completed a head-on collision at a speed of 64 km / h and an overlap rate of 50% (driver side). Finally, the collision was evaluated according to the degree of deformation of the car body and the data of dummy injury.

The selected model is the Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2021 C 200L fashion sports version with a guide price of 319800 yuan, and BMW 3 wants to change the 2021 320Li M sports suit with a guide price of 318900 yuan. Both models are minimum, equipped with front, side and head airbags.

Although the two models have previously shown better performance than the general joint venture models in the China Insurance Research Institute. However, with a loud noise at the scene, the 64km/h and 50% offset collision tests of Mercedes-Benz C-Class and BMW 3-Series were completed, and the performance of the two cars under some collision tests was somewhat unsatisfactory.

From the collision of the two cars after the situation is very tragic, the model deformation is serious, the two cars are the first time after the completion of the collision received by the background to receive emergency rescue services. After the collision, all the airbags in the two cars are ejected, and the driver's side door can also be opened.

Among them, in the BMW 3-Series, the nose collapses seriously, the aluminum alloy anti-collision beam and energy-absorbing box are seriously deformed, the engine sinks slightly, and the hub deforms and breaks at the same time, but it also benefits from the lower pressure on the threshold. As a result, there is no obvious invasion of the car body, which has made obvious progress for the previous generation of BMW 3-Series. Although the crew cabin remained relatively intact, the A-pillar part was partially deformed.

In contrast, the collapse degree of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class is better than that of the BMW 3-Series, the front alloy anti-collision beam is not torn, and the car body is still intact without breaking the hub, and there is no obvious invasion. Apart from the fact that the front windshield is more shattered than the BMW 3-Series, there is not much problem.

On the whole, the performance of the two cars is also better than some of the joint venture models evaluated by the media before, and the vehicles maintain a more complete body and passenger cabin safety after the collision. Due to the equal performance of the two models, the media carried out a "high-speed secondary rear-end collision" simulation of the two cars to see the final results.

As a result, the performance of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class was significantly worse than that of the BMW 3-Series in the collision of the 80km/h with the rear 1.4t of both cars. Among them, the longitudinal beam of Mercedes-Benz C has obvious bending deformation, the rear anti-collision beam has not played any role, and the C column has obvious deformation, so the overall structure is poor.

The BMW 3-Series is better than the Mercedes-Benz C-Class after the tail collision, mainly because the collapse degree of the tail is less than the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, while the longitudinal beam plays a certain protective role, and the battery in the back row can still be used after the collision.

After the disintegration of the two bodies, the internal performance is also better than the general joint venture models, in which Mercedes-Benz C only appears a small deformation of the longitudinal beam and floor bulging, and the BMW 3-series floor remains intact, basically without obvious deformation. it's just that the deformation of the front is slightly better than that of the Mercedes-Benz C-class. In terms of tail deformation, Mercedes-Benz is larger than BMW, especially Mercedes-Benz C-class energy absorption box does not play a role, resulting in extrusion more obvious.

Judging from the injury value of the two cars, the front of the two cars showed very good results, while for the rear collision injury value, both cars were reported, although the Mercedes-Benz score was lower, but neither of the two cars reached the safety standard. this means that the survival rate of the rear row members of the two cars is also low, which is not true for luxury cars. However, due to the current problems of the vast majority of car companies, after all, this does not belong to the assessment criteria of crash testing.

Overall, the media judged that the passive safety factor of the two cars is better than the BMW 3-Series, and there are problems in both structure and structural optimization of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class. However, in the view of netizens: "good car to protect life" is also more valid.

According to public data, the domestic luxury car retail market sold 3.236 million vehicles in 2020, an increase of 6.5% over the same period last year, obviously outperforming the passenger car market. This is also because luxury brands not only have a certain brand premium, but also have more quality and safety. The same is true in terms of the performance of this collision. BMW delivered 777400 BMW and MINI vehicles in China in 2020, up 7.4 per cent from a year earlier, while Mercedes-Benz sold 774000 new cars in China, up 11.7 per cent from a year earlier.

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