In terms of security, why is the Kia K5 one step ahead of the Camry?

Times are changing, technology is changing, people, things, things are changing, and cars are changing.

But no matter what the car becomes, safety is an insurmountable bottom line, and it goes without saying. As people become more and more dependent on cars, consumers are more and more aware of car safety, and more and more attention is paid to safe travel, and only when a car has real safety strength, it is more likely to be accepted by consumers. Looking at the domestic B-class car market, Camry is known for "safety", however, the strong have their own strong hands, Kia K5's achievements in the safety level have actually surpassed camry, perhaps this conclusion will be some people do not agree, then we will "speak with facts" today, look at Kia K5 and Camry, whose safety strength is better?

Both are IIHS 'Top Security Choices', and passive safety is a draw

First of all, it is clear that the Kia K5 and Camry are truly global cars, so the introduction of domestic models is consistent with various markets around the world in terms of technical standards, and safety performance is naturally included. Therefore, some authoritative crash test results on a global scale are also referenced for the domestic market. For example, the United States Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS), a non-profit organization known for its strictness, is also one of the most authoritative automotive safety assessment agencies recognized by the global automotive industry and consumers, and its position in the industry is self-evident.

To qualify for IIHS's Top Safety Pick+ (TSP+), it is necessary for the model to obtain a "G" rating for all items in the IIHS Safety Crash Test, as well as an "A" rating or above in the active safety test and headlight test. In other words, to obtain this safety rating is not only an affirmation of the brand's safety technology, but also a proof of the safety performance and reliable quality of a certain car. The models screened out of this best-of-the-best mode are naturally the most worthy of consumers to start.

Here, let's briefly talk about the IIHS collision scoring criteria. In the IIHS crash test, all vehicles must participate in a total of 6 crash resistance tests, including a 25% small offset collision on the driver's side, a 25% small bias collision on the passenger side, a 40% frontal bias collision on the driver's side, a lateral collision, a roof strength and whiplash test. Vehicle performance will be scored on four levels: Good, Acceptable, Marginal and Poor. Models that receive TSP and TSP+ must receive a "G" rating in all crash events. The only difference between the two is that TSP+ also needs to receive an "A" or higher rating in the Active Safety (AEB test), headlight test, and child seat installation test.

Both kia K5 and Camry have won TSP+ "Top Safety Choice" in the collision selection results announced by IIHS in the past two years (2021, 2022), which is also the second consecutive year that the two vehicles have received the highest safety rating from IIHS. Not only that, the Kia K5 was also named the "Best Family Sedan" of the year in 2022 by Car And Driver, the largest car magazine in the United States, further highlighting the car's hard core strength. Kia K5 won two authoritative awards, which reassured consumers.

Is a tie in the IIHS crash test, does the Kia K5 and Camry be at exactly the same level in terms of safety? Non also! First of all, in the specific test, camry only achieved A results in the "passenger restraint and dummy movement" section of the positive small overlap test, and the score of the Kia K5 in the positive small overlap test was all G, so the Kia K5 was still ahead of the Camry. Secondly, the Kia K5 is based on the kia's third-generation i-GMP platform, which pays more attention to safety, and is equipped with the leading L2+ level intelligent driver assistance system in the same level, making daily travel safer. Please continue to read on for specific advantages!

The third-generation i-GMP platform vs. Toyota TNGA-K platform, Kia K5 security "black technology" is stronger

With the advancement of automotive technology, the concept of platform production or modular architecture has become one of the representative progress of the modern automobile industry, from the perspective of consumers, the maturity of the platform or architecture has become an important indicator to measure the quality of a new car. For car companies, creating a standardized and flexible modular platform is an inevitable trend to achieve stable product quality, improve production efficiency and reduce production costs. We know that the Kia K5 is based on Kia's third-generation i-GMP platform, while the Camry is based on the Toyota TNGA-K platform, both of which can be said to be the technical benchmarks of the industry's car-making platform, but the focus is different.

Let's start with the Toyota TNGA. Toyota's original intention to build the TNGA architecture was to decompose the complicated production process of automobiles into several simple steps, which is a new automobile production concept. Therefore, the TNGA architecture has mainly considered the versatility of model components from the beginning of research and development to reduce the development and manufacturing costs of spare parts as much as possible. Therefore, the Toyota TNGA architecture is called the most flexible car-making platform. TNGA is subdivided into five platforms, and the Camry is based on the TNGA-K (front-drive mid-size car/medium-sized car platform). To sum up, the Toyota TNGA platform is mainly to achieve a production model of free combination of general components to achieve the demand of "free and flexible development of vehicles".

Kia's third-generation i-GMP platform, on the other hand, has made safety one of the most critical indicators at the beginning of its development, and has made innovative changes in many areas such as safety, comfort and driving performance. First of all, the third-generation i-GMP platform uses ultra-high-strength steel in the main position of the frame, which increases the average strength of the body by more than 10%. Secondly, the multi-skeleton structure engine compartment of the third-generation i-GMP platform can effectively disperse the impact force absorbed by the car body, and when the body is impacted, it not only minimizes the impact on the passengers, but also reduces the impact on the opponent's vehicle, leaving room for safety after buffering. In addition, the application of ultra-high tension steel and hot stamping processes also makes the crew compartment stronger and safer.

Specific to the Kia K5 car, thanks to the blessing of the third-generation i-GMP platform, taking into account the overall structure of the body weight reduction and body strength, the average strength of the body increased by more than 10%, while the body weight was reduced by more than 55 kg. At the same time, in the event of a collision, the collision energy is dispersed through the joint action of the body + chassis frame, and the damage caused to passengers by the impact force is reduced. And by strengthening the front end of the side beam connection structure, enhance the support rigidity, effectively disperse the collision load, and maximize the protection of the life safety of the driver and occupants.

In addition, Kia K5 also added motion control technology, which can move the wheels to the outside of the car body in the event of a small-area collision, reducing the possibility of injury caused by the intrusion of the occupant space; and the car body after the impact changes from the original rotation around the impact point to the oblique forward, further reducing the torsional and lateral force of the occupants in the car, and effectively avoiding the occurrence of secondary accidents. Coupled with the 7 airbags that are standard in the whole series, the guards are all over the vehicle, and a better safety fortress of the same level is built.

It is worth mentioning that kia K5 also adopts the third generation of i-GMP platform down-mounted design, reducing the center of gravity of the vehicle and optimizing the rolling torque; at the same time, optimizing the powertrain layout, balancing the body weight configuration, so that the vehicle can maintain accurate driving performance on the highway or sharp turns; optimizing the geometry of the front suspension and rear suspension, so that the vehicle chassis can achieve rapid response according to the driver's intention; improving the stiffness of the rear suspension beam, expanding the spacing between the two structural parts connecting the left and right wheels on the rear suspension beam, etc. It not only ensures that the body of the vehicle is stable during the driving process, bringing a considerate sense of security, but also further improves the noise, vibration and smoothness, bringing users a new car experience.

It can be said that whether it is in terms of core safety, precise driving control, or mute and vibration reduction, the Kia K5, empowered by the third-generation i-GMP platform, has more say in front of the Camry empowered by the TNGA-K platform.

Equipped with the L2+ intelligent driver assistance system, kia K5 active safety is even better

In the context of intelligence, it is already common for vehicles to carry intelligent driving assistance functions, and Kia K5 and Camry are no exception. Camry is equipped with the TSS safety system, that is, Toyota Safety Sense (Toyota Collision Avoidance Assistance Kit), which is mainly composed of PCS pre-collision safety system, DRCC dynamic radar cruise control system, LTA lane tracking assistance system and AHB automatic adjustment high beam system, which can achieve quasi-L2 level intelligent driving assistance.

Among them, the PCS pre-collision safety system can identify bicycles and pedestrians during the day and pedestrians at night; it also has the function of intersection steering assistance and emergency steering assistance. The DRCC dynamic radar cruise control system can realize the full speed domain follow function and the corner speed control function. The LTA Lane Track Assist system can be linked with DRCC to achieve follow-up driving and assist steering operation to a certain extent, so that the vehicle remains in the center of the lane. AHB automatic adjustment of high beams is more common. TSS Safety collaborates with these functional systems to achieve quasi-L2 level driver assistance. It looks good, but everything is afraid of comparison.

We look at the intelligent driver assistance system equipped with kia K5, through the close cooperation of high-level, multi-dimensional detection devices and high-speed computing chips, including cameras, radar and ultrasonic sensors, etc., to achieve more than 40% higher driving assistance accuracy than the same level of models, reaching the level of L2+ intelligent driving assistance. The system is mainly composed of FCA forward collision warning, BCW blind zone collision avoidance assistance, LFA lane following assistance, DAW driver fatigue reminder, HBA intelligent far and near light adjustment, and the same level of unique NSCC navigation-based adaptive cruise system, BVM bilateral side rear image, SEA passenger safety get off the car assistance, RCCA rear cross collision assistance, HDA highway driver assistance system, front vehicle departure prompt and other functions, which can help drivers build up and listen to the eight directions, The intelligent driving system of Six Roads realizes the full-scenario at the level of active safety, and has the ability to take over the vehicle under certain conditions, which can help users avoid more than 90% of accidents and make travel safer.

Perhaps this is not intuitive enough, next, we will list the differences between kia K5 and Camry in terms of intelligent driving assistance functions as follows, which can be seen at a glance:

The intelligent driver assistance function is mainly to help the driver to "prevent problems before they happen" during the driving process. For example, FCA front collision avoidance assistance, for non-motorized vehicles, motor vehicles, pedestrians that suddenly appear from the side of the front of the car, that is, often referred to as "ghost probes", if the driver can not avoid, it will often lead to tragedy. The FCA forward collision avoidance assist system can quickly detect the situation in front of it, and warn it, and can actively brake and stop without the driver taking the brake reaction, effectively avoiding the occurrence of collision accidents. Even in the process of high-speed driving, suddenly encountering a vehicle in front of the brakes or stopped, or even a two-wheeled motorcycle, kia K5 can detect it in time.

The NSCC navigation-based intelligent cruise control function is different from ordinary adaptive cruise, which can be combined with Baidu Map to achieve navigation adaptive cruise in high-speed road sections, and adjust the speed according to the high-speed speed limit section, automatically identify the curves ahead and slow down. When encountering a section of road in good condition, kia K5 uses a camera mounted on the upper part of the front windshield to detect the lane line in front, and through lane departure warning and lane keeping assist functions, the vehicle always keeps driving in the lane to avoid the risk of collision accidents caused by driver distraction. Combined with adaptive cruise function, it makes driving safer and easier.

At the same time, when pulling over the side to temporarily get off the passenger, there will also be a safety hazard similar to "opening the door to kill", when opening the door to prepare to get off, THE SEA passenger safety get-off assist system will use radar to actively detect the rear vehicle or pedestrian, once there is a situation, it will issue an alarm reminder on the corresponding rearview mirror and dashboard, and lock the door to prevent a sudden get off the car and a collision accident.

It should be noted that the intelligent driving assistance function can not only look at the number of functions, but also look at the quality of the adjustment, only stack the quantity but the adjustment is not good, not only will make the driving experience bad, and even have safety hazards. The L2+ intelligent driver assistance system equipped with the Kia K5 is tuned according to the Chinese traffic environment and the habits of Chinese drivers, and the driving level is comparable to that of "old drivers". Compared with the Camry with only a few regular auxiliary functions, Kia K5 has truly achieved "no one has me, people have me excellent", which makes users more confident and calm in driving.

Write at the end:

Since its birth, kia K5 has closely followed the trend of the times and gradually determined the positioning of fashion items mainly for young consumers. Today's Kia K5 has completely broken the definition of the traditional sedan, and under the design concept of approaching the sports car, it has built itself into a standard four-door coupe sports B-Class. Moreover, even if the appearance is against the sky, Kia K5 has not forgotten the responsibility of "safety is greater than the sky", and it is really implemented in the car. On the whole, Kia K5 and Camry are both benchmark models in terms of safety, and they are the "top safety choice" of IIHS; but there are more strong middle players in the strong, whether it is a car-making platform starting from the "fundamental", or a technology-enabled intelligent driving assistance, Kia K5 must be better than the Camry.