For consumers to buy a car, many people may consider factors such as appearance, configuration, space, comfort and power, but the author believes that one of the factors that most people will consider is vehicle safety, after all, car safety is crucial for consumers, directly involving the personal safety of drivers and passengers. In the domestic market, the safety of domestic cars, German and American cars is beyond doubt, but the safety factor of Japanese cars is worrying, but in the North American market, such cognition is the opposite.
In the global automotive market, (IIHS) is a very authoritative institution in the evaluation of automobile safety, it is the abbreviation of the American Highway Safety Insurance Association, and it is also a very recognized institution in the North American market.
A few days ago, the American Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS) released the list of TOP Safety Picks and Top Safety Picks Plus+ models in 2022. It is worth mentioning that in this list, TOP Safety Picks has a total of 36 models, and Top Safety Picks Plus+ involves a total of 65 models. Let's take a look at the specific performance of each model.
Judging from the list, the number of models selected for the Top Safety Picks Plus+ significantly exceeds the number of TOP Safety Picks models. It is worth looking at the top safety Picks Plus+ model must be in all collision items to be qualified for the selection, in the active safety and headlight test also need to get the "A" and above rating, in order to advance to the list, so the conditions for being selected into the Top Safety Picks Plus+ model list are quite harsh, so the gold content is relatively high. The Top Safety Pick list has no specific requirements for the lamp test, but all crash items also need to obtain a "G" rating to be selected, so on the whole, the gold content of these two lists is very high.
In this list, Japanese cars and Korean cars are not only listed in many models, but also small cars and medium-sized cars are more covered by Japanese and Korean systems, such as the Honda Civic, Mazda 3, Honda Accord and Toyota Camry and Korean cars and Korean cars, which are not only popular in the North American market, but also have excellent sales in the global market. In particular, models such as Civic, Accord and Camry are dominant in their respective domestic market segments and have become the leaders of market segments.
In addition, as many as 11 models of hyundai, Kia and Jenissy's three major Korean brands have been selected as Top Safety Picks Plus+. Among them, Genises G70, G80, G90, GV70 and GV80 are on the list, these models in the North American market, especially the US market strength is good, and the Genisesy brand also entered the Chinese market in 2021, and G70 and other models have ushered in the listing, but it has not been paid attention to and recognized in the domestic market, because in the domestic luxury car market, in addition to the first-line BBA, the second-tier Volvo, Cadillac, Land Rover and Jaguar and other brands are also eyeing the tiger, It is really difficult for Genisai's thinking to be expressed in the domestic luxury car market.
After talking about the outstanding Japanese and Korean cars, we also look at the Us domestic models, in the list, the American models have 6 cars on the list, such as Tesla Model 3, Model Y, Ford Bronco, Ford Explorer, Cadillac XT6, Chrysler Pacifica. Among them, Tesla and Ford each have two models, and these cars have also performed well in the domestic market, especially Tesla's two cars, which have become one of the leaders in the domestic new energy market segment. But ford and Chrysler's two models are small in the domestic market, so they will not be mentioned too much.
Although the German brand is very hot in the domestic market, there are not many models selected for the list, Volkswagen only has ID.3 a new energy vehicle list, German luxury brands, Mercedes-Benz GLE, Audi A6, Audi A7 and so on were selected. In addition, Volvo, which is known for its safety, also has Volvo S60, V60, XC60, XC40, XC90 and other cars selected. Volvo's performance in the global market is still remarkable, but it is struggling in the domestic market, especially under the constraints of the BBA, the pressure on the second-tier luxury brands themselves is not small, coupled with the fierce competition from Cadillac and the Japanese luxury top three, making Volvo's performance unsatisfactory.
Let's take a look at the list of Top Safety Picks models, which are still selected for Japanese and Korean cars, among which The Japanese brands, Nissan Sentra, Subaru Crosstrek, Honda CR-V, Toyota C-HR, Toyota Venza, Lexus UX/RX, etc., are selected as Top Safety Picks models, most of which are global models, while Honda CR-V, Nissan Sentra, Toyota C-HR and others have also performed very well in the domestic market.
Among the Korean cars, Hyundai Elantra, Sonata and Kia's Forte, Seltos, Sorento, Soul, Sportage, Carnival and other models have also been selected, hyundai's Elantra as a global car, after the replacement has achieved good market performance, in the domestic market has exceeded the monthly sales of 10,000 cars, becoming the most outstanding Performance korean car in the domestic auto market. Although Kia's performance in China is average, its performance in the North American market is still obvious to all. Korean cars, represented by Hyundai and Kia, are also very popular in the North American market.
Among the local models in the United States, the list is also dominated by some muscle models, such as the Ford F-150, Dodge Ram 1500, in addition, the Buick Encore GX is also on the list, the Ford Raptor series is currently the sales leader in the US market, and the large displacement is still the enthusiasm of the US market. Among the German brands, Volkswagen did not appear on top Safety Picks, but in terms of luxury brands, there are not many models on the list, such as BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Audi Q8, Audi A5 Sportback, Mercedes-Benz C-Class, Mercedes-Benz GLC, etc. are on the list, and these cars also have a good reputation and market in the global market. BMW 3 Series, Audi A4, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Mercedes-Benz GLC have performed well in the domestic market and are in a leading position in the same market.
Overall, Japanese and Korean brands in the US market have a certain advantage in terms of safety performance, especially the Korean cars represented by Hyundai Motor Group have become the biggest winners, and a total of 21 models of the group have been selected. In the 2022 automotive reliability ranking of the US market released by J.D.Power, Kia surpassed strong competitors such as Toyota to rank first with an outstanding performance of 145 points, Hyundai also ranked third, and Genises ranked fourth, which shows the excellent performance and good reputation of Korean brands in the North American market, especially the US market. Therefore, many blockbuster models and replacement models of Korean cars will first be promoted in the North American market before entering other markets around the world.
However, it should be noted that the model tested by IIHS is the AMERICAN version of the model, although it is a global model, but the US version of the model is different from the domestic model version in all aspects, whether it is the design or safety aspects, there will be certain differences. Therefore, the list of the best safety cars that we mentioned today is only available for the US market. For Chinese consumers, the above evaluation results are of reference significance only, and do not sit in the right seat. However, if as a global car, especially a global hot car, its design, especially the safety factor, will not be worse, you say right.
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