Since recent years, the importance of automotive safety has become increasingly high, and consumers are paying more and more attention to this project. Of course, the increase in consumer awareness is still due to the vehicle safety testing agency to test a large number of models on the market, who is good and who is bad, who loves to cut corners, everything is hidden. The results of the testing of some of these models have subverted the stereotypes of consumers in the past.
Recently, C-NCAP, the China Automotive Technology and Research Center, conducted a C-NCAP (2018) version of the new generation Highlander. As a medium-sized SUV with super popularity on the market, Highlander has always been a benchmark product at this level, and the latest model is based on the TNGA architecture to build, in the past tests, the Toyota models using this architecture have achieved very good results, so on the new Highlander, can the safety performance continue to play at the previous high level?
First of all, the conclusion, Highlander finally achieved a comprehensive score rate of 91.9%, which is very good, and also won the C-NCAP five-star evaluation.
The first is the frontal crash test that everyone is most concerned about, C-NCAP is divided into 100% frontal and 60% frontal, of which the collision speed is 50km/h. At the same time, in order to better restore the situation of the people in the car at the time of the accident, the main driver placed a male dummy, and the second row of seats also had a 3-year-old child and a female dummy.
Judging from the actual crash test, thanks to the enhancement of the body skeleton and the structural optimization of the TNGA platform, the performance of the new Highlander is in line with expectations. In the 100% test session on the front, the energy-absorbing structure of the Highlander front end was fully functional, the A-pillar was not deformed, the crew compartment was not compressed, the doors were opened normally, and even the front windshield was not broken. In addition, it can be seen from the scene that after the collision, the seat belt was tightened at the first time to reduce the angle of the dummy's body leaning forward as much as possible, and the airbag also popped out to alleviate the impact of the collision. It is worth mentioning that in addition to the regular front airbags and side air curtains, the Highlander is also equipped with knee airbags, which is still relatively rare in the same class. In addition, from the contact area, the color pigment is just printed in the center area of the airbag, indicating that the airbag plays a role in cushioning the impact when the collision occurs.
A more intuitive summary can be reflected in the scoring rate, in the crew protection section, the scoring rate reached 92.33%, exceeding the average level of the other 26 medium and large SUVs, of which in the collision and whipping links are high score performance.
In addition to the thorough protection of the passengers in the car, Highlander is also very well cared for pedestrians. In terms of overall scoring rate, Highlander reached 82.35%, much higher than the average of 72.8%, of which the protection effect on the head and legs of pedestrians outside the car has achieved the top 20% of all models in the current test version.
In terms of active safety, thanks to the Toyota Highlander equipped with a set of TSS2.0 driver assistance system, including active braking, lane keeping, lane departure warning and other functions. The scoring rate was 99.23%, almost the level of full marks, of which the top 20% of all the participating models were also achieved in the subdivision of vehicle-to-vehicle automatic braking and vehicle-to-pedestrian automatic braking.
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Based on the above performance, it can be seen that the new generation Highlander has shown a satisfactory level in both active safety and passive safety, and once again verified that the safety performance of Toyota models using the TNGA architecture is fully guaranteed.