Whether young or old, I believe that everyone is familiar with the Carola sedan. As one of the best-selling family cars in the world, it has sold more than 50 million units worldwide. After entering the Chinese market, Corolla has also been recognized by the people, and the proud sales volume is the best proof. Some people say that the reason why Corolla is so popular is because of the balance of product power. Indeed, from the perspective of a family car, the Corolla is at the upper middle level compared to its competitors. However, there is one aspect that is more special, and that is security.
It is not difficult to find that although the starting price of the current Corolla has dropped to 109,800, it is still equipped with 8 airbags and TSS 2.0 security system as standard, which is a very rare existence of the same level. Because of this, everyone has high hopes for the safety of Corolla. So what about the real security of the Corolla? Today, let's take a look at the in-depth interpretation:
The so-called car safety, in fact, is nothing more than passive safety and active safety 2 aspects, then we will start from passive safety. The mention of passive safety is inseparable from the word rigidity, high rigidity body can not only improve safety, but also have an impact on the vehicle's control limit, driving experience, etc., so manufacturers are almost all promoting their own high rigidity body. The Corolla, on the other hand, uses Toyota's currently well-known GOA high rigidity body.
The so-called GOA, which stands for Global Outstanding Assessment, is one of toyota's key technologies to improve safety. The main reason why GOA's high rigidity body can improve safety is that it has two major characteristics: materials and design.
In terms of materials, Corolla uses a harder and lighter aluminum alloy material, and uses high-strength thermoformed steel in key positions, such as A-pillar, B-pillar door panels, etc., to ensure the strength of the body from the basis. In terms of design, Corolla designed energy-absorbing boxes and stiffeners in various parts of the car. After the collision occurs, the position that can be deformed can absorb the energy generated by the collision, while the immutable position is further strengthened, thereby ensuring the living space of the occupants in the car.
In addition to high rigidity, various passive safety configurations are also the embodiment of passive safety. Corolla is also unambiguous in this regard, and the entire series is equipped with eight airbags including main passenger seat airbags, front side airbags, side air curtains, front knee airbags and passenger seat cushion airbags. At the same time, the reminder that the seat belt of the whole car is not fastened, the tire pressure display function and the child seat interface are also standard in the whole series. It is no exaggeration to say that in terms of passive security protection, Corolla can be said to have achieved the ultimate.
It is worth mentioning that corolla's passive safety is not only excellent in theory, but also brilliant in actual tests. Previously, Corolla also underwent the "C-IASI" test of the China Insurance Research Institute, and in safety-related projects, Corolla received G evaluations, comparable to luxury models of more than 300,000 yuan. In the 2020 C-NCAP crash test of China Automobile Research Institute, the Corolla 1.2T S-CVT Elite PLUS version model relied on a comprehensive score rate of 90.5% to achieve C-NCAP "five-star" standard certification. It can be seen that the safety factor of The Corolla is indeed very high.
After looking at Corolla's passive safety configuration and crash test results, let's look at its active safety next. In this regard, some of the basic safety features, such as ABS anti-lock braking, brake power distribution, brake assist, traction control and body stability system, the Corolla is an entry point, similar to most models in the same class. In addition, Corolla comes standard with the latest Toyota Safety Sense security system, which is part of its advantage over its peers.
This system includes safety features such as PCS pre-collision safety system, DRCC full-speed domain dynamic radar cruise control, LDA lane departure warning system, LTA lane tracking assistance system and AHB automatic adjustment of high beam system, which can effectively avoid collision accidents during the driving process of vehicles and reduce the possibility of collisions.
Among them, the PCS pre-collision safety system can detect the first vehicle, pedestrian (day and night) and bicycle (day and night) through millimeter wave radar and monocular camera, and if the system determines that the probability of collision is high, PCS will avoid collisions and reduce damage through warning, brake control and enhanced braking force. DrCC Dynamic Radar Cruise Control detects the lead vehicle through millimeter wave radar and monocular cameras, and keeps a suitable distance to follow the two vehicles at any time, thereby alleviating the fatigue caused by long driving.
LDA lane departure warning system and the new LTA lane tracking assist system is actually our common understanding of lane keeping assist, in the traffic jam such as lane line is more difficult to identify the driving environment, Corolla can follow the car in front of the car to provide the necessary steering operation, so that the vehicle always remain in the middle of the lane, slower to follow the trajectory of the car in front, can reduce the driver's driving difficulty. The AHB automatic adjustment of the high beam system is to detect the surrounding light at night while automatically switching the high beam lights, to ensure visibility and reduce the glare of the opposite vehicle, which can effectively enhance the safety of driving at night.
In fact, the above several active safety features are equipped on many models, but it is not easy for Corolla to do the standard of the whole series. It should be known that its starting price is only 109,800, and the same level of Volkswagen Langyi, Nissan Xuanyi and other models, even if they are higher priced top-end models, they have not equipped the above functions.
In this way, some netizens said that the Corolla is one of the safest A-class cars, in fact, there are traces to follow. Nowadays, consumers pay more and more attention to safety when buying cars, and car manufacturers are aware of this phenomenon, but there are very few that can really be implemented. It is even rarer to be able to have a comprehensive active and passive safety protection from the beginning of the entry model like the Corolla. Therefore, Corolla can sell well all over the world, and in the final analysis, in addition to the balanced product strength, the safety is outstanding, which I think is also the key.