Let’s talk about something that was heatedly debated by "people with a heart" last week: On August 3, 2016, Latin-NCAP, a Latin American testing center, announced the latest automobile test results, and the models of companies such as,,, and were on the list.
Latin-NCAP "sporadic" models over the years
The test was nothing, but the problem is that this time, the "sporadic" models were released, and a small one made a lot of noise because of "no problem".
This car doesn’t have it?
Seeing this, are you as shocked as Xiaobian? Safety has always been the priority, but this time, it’s against the world to produce this kind of car without it. What is it?
Here is a key word: "national conditions", not the national conditions of our country, but the national conditions of Latin America. Due to the differences in economic development in Latin America, the requirements for vehicles will be different according to the degree of economic development, especially in economically underdeveloped areas, and affordable models are the people’s dishes. After all, not everyone runs like everyone in our country. After comprehensively considering economic and consumption factors, governments in Latin America naturally have different market access standards. Except for more developed economies such as Brazil and Chile, the automobile industry in other Latin American countries can be said to be quite backward, and for most Latin American countries, automobiles are not included in the necessary vehicle configuration.
This is a very normal thing. If I still don’t understand it, let me explain it from another angle: For example, in India, due to the narrow land and large population, in order to minimize the area occupied by cars, cars in India can even have no rearview mirror, even if some are installed by Indian owners themselves; Also, P is a mandatory standard configuration in the EU, but in our country? Only hehe.
Indian cars without rearview mirrors
Therefore, it is not surprising that Latin-NCAP in Latin America has no or sporadic results, not to mention that in Latin America, many other well-known foreign automobile brands, such as,,,,,, etc., have also introduced models without equipment according to local demand, and many of these models have only sporadic results. In fact, it is a product developed to meet such market demand. Moreover, Latin-NCAP’s testing organization specially purchased the lowest-equipped vehicles in a Latin American country, and then conducted tests to draw sporadic conclusions.
Is it safe by China standards?
Of course, a lot has been said before, and it is always based on other people’s laws and regulations. Apart from being deliberately publicized by some "people with a will", it has almost no reference value. After all, an area with a backward economy than our country, why should we agree with your laws and regulations? It is better to look back at the models in our country, at least more convincing than the tests in Latin America.
As I said at the beginning of the article, it’s a brand that I’ve always paid attention to, and I don’t even need to prove it deliberately. Baidu’s search is full of "high-speed crashes, but the owners are unscathed."
The highway is interspersed with guardrails, and the owner is unscathed.
It is not a fluke to have this level of strength. As early as 2004, it invested 200 million yuan to set up a laboratory, making it one of the few in China that has the ability to test and evaluate various laws and regulations in China, Europe, the United States and other countries and regions. In 2013, it was awarded the 2013 "Best Laboratory of the Year" award by AI (International Journal of Automotive Testing Technology), which defeated well-known companies such as American companies, IAV Gifhorn of Germany and Thatcham of Britain.
Won the "Best Laboratory of the Year" award in 2013.
The investment of huge expenses is in exchange for a substantial increase in strength. On December 29, 2011, it was awarded a safety rating, breaking the history that China did not have; On September 7, 2013, it won the safety evaluation with a high score of 56.5, and set a new record of 56.3 for its own brand. On June 29, 2015, it won the safety certification with an excellent score of 57 points, surpassing the same batch of tests and becoming the highest safety in China; On July 1st, 2016, Adison scored 58.0 points (out of 61 points, it must be greater than or equal to 54 points), surpassing the joint venture models such as this batch,, and the last batch.
Let’s talk about a very realistic thing. Over the years, we have been developing different products according to the needs of local markets, and the reputation of national brands overseas is also quite loud. In 2013, it has been brought to Brazil, and a bus factory has been established there. More importantly, the official partner of the Brazilian Olympic Games, Brazil Post, adopted the pure electric logistics vehicle T3 in its postal logistics business. Up to now, the footprint of pure electric buses has spread to more than 20 cities in Brazil. In addition to the electric bus factory, the solar energy factory in Brazil will also be put into operation in the near future. In other words, if the safety performance is really as bad as Latin-NCAP said, then why can we achieve such excellent results overseas? Foreigners are not stupid ~
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