In recent years, with the increase in car ownership and the increasing number of traffic accidents, the safety of cars has become one of the core elements that consumers attach great importance to when buying a car. After all, "life is greater than everything", if a car is not safe, no matter how "perfect" other aspects are, it will be zero when a collision occurs.
As the most vocal test procedure for safe collisions in China, C-NCAP has very important practical reference significance for users to evaluate the safety of a car. In the latest batch of C-NCAP tests in 2022, the new third-generation Pentium B70 (hereinafter referred to as the Pentium B70) has a balanced overall performance, with a comprehensive scoring rate of 90.3%, and obtained the C-NCAP five-star safety certification. Such a performance is absolutely leading in the 100,000-level family car camp, and the safety quality of "super hard, super high, and super much" has also set a new benchmark for the safety value of independent brand car!
Not to lose popular joint venture models, refresh users' inherent cognition of the safety of their own brands
"In the matter of safety, independent brands are not as reliable as joint venture brands", this sentence may have been established in the past. However, with the improvement of automotive technology, raw materials, quality control, management and other aspects in recent years, the independent brand models have collectively improved in terms of safety, and have long been non-Wuxia Amon, and the Pentium B70 is the leader.
As shown in the figure above, including the Pentium B70, judging from the final results of most models participating in the C-NCAP test in the past year, in the matter of safety, independent brands and joint venture brands are quietly changing positions. The popular models of independent brands, led by the Besturn B70 and Geely Xingrui, are directly related to the popular joint venture brand models, repeatedly subverting consumers' inherent cognition that "independent safety is not as good as joint venture".
It is worth mentioning that the third generation of Pentium B70 is the second generation of Pentium B70 after the second generation of five-star safety evaluation, becoming the only intermediate family car with two C-NCAP five-star safety certifications for independent brands, which is quite eye-catching in the 100,000-level family car camp. It starts from the unremitting pursuit of safety performance and is loyal to the reverence for the safety of users' lives. FAW Besturn once again snatched the right to speak for safety for its own brands and became the backbone of the competition with the joint venture brands!
The four tests were balanced, and the all-round "hard" core guard was innate
In the most common frontal 100% overlapping rigid barrier crash test, the Pentium B70 performed flawlessly, with a score of 19.04 out of 20. The first is the front cabin area of the vehicle, which has an excellent collapse performance after the 50km/h collision, almost "digesting" the impact of the collision, not only without any intrusion into the crew cockpit, but also without visible deformation of the A-pillar. Of course, the basic performance of airbag popping, double flash opening and four normal opening and closing, the Pentium B70 is naturally out of the question. What is even more rare is that the vehicle does not have a significant lateral swing in the collision, which will effectively reduce the risk of secondary collision in the actual road conditions.
The 40% frontal bias crash test, which is more common in real roads, is also the focus of user attention. In this category, the Pentium B70 performed equally well, receiving 16.259 out of 20 points. When the test car completed the collision at 64km/h, the A-pillar had no obvious deformation, and the four doors opened normally, which was very conducive to escape or rescue. The posture of the dummy in the car also shows that the seat belt and airbag are deployed in time in the collision, which will also greatly improve the survival rate of the driver and occupants in the vicious collision.
In the side collision test and whipping test, the Pentium B70 was also impressive for the autonomous intermediate car, scoring 19.876 points (out of 20 points) and 4.278 out of 5 points, respectively. From the pictures after the test, it can be seen that the A-pillar, car doors, thresholds and other parts perform normally, and the airbags are rapidly deployed. In the whipping test, the seat of the Pentium B70 also has good support and protection for the head and neck of the driver and passenger.
The reason why the Pentium B70 is balanced in "crew protection" is closely related to its own "steel and iron bone". It is understood that the "double E" ring body of the Pentium B70 with independent intellectual property rights, when encountering a collision, the impact force is transmitted to the entire body through the front and rear through the longitudinal beam, sill beam, middle channel reinforcement beam, etc., providing a complete collision energy transmission path and meeting the highest safety standards.
Of course, in addition to the absorption and dispersion of the impact force, how to use materials to ensure the "strength" of the cockpit, so that the body can absorb as much collision energy as possible with a small deformation is the important place to protect the safety of the occupants. In this regard, the "super hard" body structure thermoformed steel accounted for up to 22%, and the "super" vehicle high-strength steel accounted for up to 76%, which can greatly weaken the impact on the body during impact and reduce the degree of deformation; at the same time, the "ultra-high" yield material strength is greater than 1500MPa, which is nearly 7 times that of ordinary steel plates, equivalent to the area of an ant can withstand the impact of 15 elephants. In addition, 6-azimuth airbags and crushed energy-absorbing steering tubes allow occupants to be fully protected in a collision. It can be said that these details are important for the Pentium B70 to obtain a high score of "occupant protection".
People-oriented pedestrian protection, always prevent problems before they occur
In the 2018 version of the C-NCAP Rules, "pedestrian protection" is based on common collisions between pedestrians and vehicles in China, including head crash tests and leg crash tests. In the head type test, the adult head shape hits a specific part of the vehicle under test at a specified angle at a speed of 40 km/h. In the leg type test, according to the lower height of the bumper of the vehicle under test, the upper leg type or lower leg type impactor is selected to hit the bumper in the prescribed direction at a speed of 40 km/h. In the end, the Pentium B70 lived up to expectations, scoring 11.225 points (out of 15 points) with a scoring rate of 74.83%.
It is understood that the Pentium B70 from the early research and development process, fully consider the pedestrian protection performance, through 51 times of optimization, not only to meet the C-NCAP five-star requirements, but also to meet ECE, GTR9 and other foreign standards and regulations. For example, the energy absorption design of the bonnet and the sufficient variable space in the lower part provide maximum protection for children's and adults' heads; the front bumper design fully considers the protection of human legs, increases the energy absorption space and contact area, and can disperse and reduce leg injuries. Domestic pedestrian protection started late, many Chinese car brands lack experience in this regard, and FAW Besturn has balanced performance in pedestrian protection through exploration and practice, and has achieved good results, which is worthy of respect.
Intelligent driving standing at the forefront of science and technology, without fear of every "danger" on the road
According to the 2018 version of the rules, the active safety project mainly evaluates the two most important security configurations of ESC and AEB. For models equipped with AEB systems, the Vehicle Rear-End Automatic Emergency Braking System (AEB CCR) and the Pedestrian Automatic Emergency Braking System (AEB VRU_Ped) are tested. Test vehicles at different speeds to the front of the stationary, slow and braking simulated vehicle targets, pedestrian dummy targets, to test the subject vehicle without human intervention braking and early warning, in order to evaluate the performance of the AEB system.
In the active safety project, the Pentium B70 scored 97.34%, which interpreted the safety guard to the extreme. In addition to being equipped with ESC to receive a 4 out of 10 points, its AEB system with pedestrian detection function received a score of 10.601 out of 11. This is mainly due to the Pentium B70's up to 14 ADAS functions, reaching the L2.5 level of automatic driving, far exceeding the joint venture competitors of the same level, which can be called "100,000-level safe travel super brain". Among them, the ICA integrated cruise assist function allows the vehicle to detect the vehicle in front of the vehicle at the time of radar, automatically adjust the speed according to the front car, and maintain a safe distance, greatly reducing the user's operating burden; if there is an obstacle suddenly decelerating or "ghost probe" in front of the vehicle, FCW front collision prompt, AEB automatic emergency braking, LDW lane departure warning and other functions can be "multi-pronged", strangling "emergencies" in the cradle. Coupled with the high-energy assistance of Bosch's 9.3-generation electronic stability system (ESP), the Pentium B70 can receive a high score, which is naturally a matter of course.
Write at the end
As mentioned earlier, consumers once scoffed at their safety performance whenever they talked about their own brands. The material is not solid, the body is not resistant to collision, etc. have become the "inherent cognition" in the minds of consumers. This has greatly affected the purchase tendency of consumers, and has further constrained independent brands to achieve technological upwards, quality upwards and even brand upwards. If independent brands want to subvert this stereotype, it is necessary to continuously strengthen product safety repairs.
For the Pentium B70, with excellent results and comprehensive and balanced performance, it has won the C-NCAP five-star safety certification, which is enough to show that users only need 100,000 yuan to enjoy the same level of leading value of "China's boutique family car first choice", and more importantly, we also see Pentium's strong R & D and manufacturing strength, and The Chinese auto brand's catch-up with the core product strength of mainstream joint venture brands. It can be said that "China's independent car safety leader" is truly deserved!