Although the sales of French cars in the Chinese market are not very good, but in the hearts of fans, the reputation has been good, the material is solid, the control is good, the impact resistance, the safety is good, etc. The related words are basically described in the French car, and the front and rear all-aluminum anti-collision beams rarely used by other brands have almost become the standard in many models of the French system, even the compact cars of less than 100,000 are no exception, such as the early Citroën C4 Sega, Peugeot 308.
However, in the latest batch of car crash test results released by the China Insurance Research Institute recently, Citroën Tianyi C5 has turned over and let everyone punch in the face, the car has only received G excellent evaluation in the test, the occupants of the car are only A (good), the impact resistance and maintenance economy are P (poor), and the auxiliary safety is not scored because the vehicle is not equipped with the corresponding safety assistance system.
In these several crash tests, everyone should be most concerned about the occupant safety index in the car, in the driver side of the front 25% bias collision due to the length of the front anti-collision beam is not enough, did not play a good energy absorption effect, the crew compartment has a certain intrusion, and the role of the front airbag is not satisfactory, the side airbag after the expansion of the coverage area is also very limited.
At the time of the side impact, the B-pillar was only 12cm from the driver's seat centerline, while the lowest excellent standard line was 12.5cm, and its peak load on the roof pressure was only 53954 Nm, which was not strong enough. Judging from the results alone, it is indeed very unsatisfactory.
In response to this collision, it has also aroused the discussion of many netizens. Some people believe that although the test car participated in the Tianyi C5 is a 2021 model, in fact, this generation of models has been listed in 2017, and the Collision Test Type of China Insurance Research Institute was launched in 2018, and the first batch of cars participating in the test did not have much better results than the Tianyi C5.
As an old car, Tianyi C5 did not have serious deformation and bending of the A-pillar, and the crew compartment ensured its integrity, which still shows that the strength of the entire body structure is still relatively hard. Most of the new cars currently tested are optimized for the various crash tests of the China Insurance Research Institute, and the very different performance of the Passat in World War I and World War II is a good example.
This statement may also have some truth, but on the other hand, it has to be faced squarely, under the pressure of The China Insurance Research Institute, various car companies are paying more and more attention to the safety of automobiles, and the entire industry has made greater progress, and it is also a fact that Tianyi C5 is gradually lagging behind in safety in the current environment.
The poor sales of French cars in the Chinese market is not a safety issue, but the crash test results of The China Insurance Research Institute may have a certain impact, and the original dismal situation is even worse. In the end, the French car still has to speed up the update speed of the product, at least this Has been sold for 5 years, Tianyi C5 has indeed reached the time of the update, and if the future can be optimized for crash testing, to give consumers visible reassurance, may be able to re-convince consumers to pay.