As for the reason why it was recognized by a group that knows a lot about cars, I think this luxury brand from northern Europe has many fascinating and yearning places:
First, safety I believe that as long as Volvo is mentioned, everyone's first impression is: "It is very safe"! As a vehicle that can travel at high speed, I think the importance of automobile safety performance overrides all other aspects of performance. It is meaningful to talk about other aspects of performance, such as power and comfort, only in a car that is safe enough. I think this is also the first reason why car critics choose Volvo.
My cousin who immigrated to New Zealand changed the European version of Accord to XC60 T6 polestar two years ago. My idea is still:
My cousin just launched the Swedish Volvo XC60T in New Zealand.
After learning the good news, I asked him why he chose this car. From the conversation, we can see that he also put safety first when choosing a car, mainly because of the shadow left by a side collision when driving the Accord Euro.
Due to the cold and extreme night in northern Europe in winter, cars are facing higher failure rate, more frequent traffic accidents and higher rescue difficulty, and car safety problems are prominent. Both founders of Volvo believe that "cars are driven by people." Therefore, the principle of everything we do at Volvo is and must be-safety. "It can be seen that Volvo has safely implanted the brand's genes at the beginning of its birth. In the past 100 years, Volvo was praised as "safety inventor". Nowadays, high safety has become synonymous with Volvo brand, and the story of Volvo and safety continues.
Back in the domestic market, XC90, the Nordic flagship luxury SUV, integrates Volvo's most advanced active/passive safety technology, which fully reflects its obsession with safety.
Passive safety
XC90 uses boron steel with strength as high as 1500 MPa in the important parts such as A/B/C column on the vehicle side, longitudinal beam on the roof and underbody, and front cross beam on the underbody, which makes the member cabin form a solid cage.
Earlier, some media conducted a model rear-end collision test on the Volvo XC90 on a large truck, and also increased the test of being rear-ended by the rear SUV after rear-end collision. In the test, XC90 crashed into a truck with no tail protection device at a speed of 50km/h, and the height of the truck tail was higher than the hood of XC90 visually. Almost all the rear-end impact force is concentrated on the A-pillar and cross beam in front of the roof, but the A-pillar of XC90 has no obvious deformation.
In the subsequent second rear-end collision, XC90 was again violently squeezed by the front and rear pincers, and its A-pillar collided violently with the rear of the truck again, but it was still not deformed. The test results fully prove that XC90 has high body rigidity and is worthy of the name of "land tank".
In fact, the harder the car body, the better. Only the combination of rigidity and flexibility can fully absorb the energy of collision in the process of collision, thus better protecting passengers. Therefore, in order to cope with the damage caused by side collision, Volvo's SIPS system adopts strong one-step molding side plates, laser welding of the car body, cross pipes under the seat and interior parts that absorb impact force to reduce the impact on passengers' bodies.
The whip to prevent neck injury and head and neck support has become the standard configuration of all Volvo models on sale, and the seat with a slightly unique appearance can move backwards at the moment when the car encounters a rear-end collision; At the moment when the occupant's head touches the headrest, the angle of the chair back will also tilt backwards, which can gently support the passenger's body and protect the fragile cervical vertebra in the rear-end collision. What's more commendable is that Volvo will open this technology patent to global automakers for free like a three-point seat belt.
Active safety
In view of the complicated traffic conditions, high-speed and long-distance distracted driving and sleepy driving in China, the active safety system has attracted more attention from users. Take 23 XC90 models as an example. Full-featured Volvo intelligent safety technology and intelligent driver assistance system are standard, including Volvo City Safety urban safety system which has been upgraded and expanded for many times. It combines radar and camera to detect, warn and automatically brake various targets, including vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians and large animals, so as to avoid or mitigate collisions. Coupled with active safety functions such as Pilot Assist navigation assistance system, automatic braking technology at intersections and intelligent avoidance function of oncoming vehicles, Volvo is striving to realize its vision of "zero casualties" in the field of intelligent safety.
There are many videos about Volvo's active avoidance on the Internet, and its intelligent driving technology can effectively avoid accidents under sudden road conditions such as insufficient light or smoke.
Volvo's high safety is a miracle of life. Since the establishment of 1990, a special organization named "Volvo Life Miracle Club" has grown to thousands of people, and the entry threshold is extremely high, because all members are Volvo car owners who survived the thrilling serious traffic accidents, which means that in the past few decades, Volvo has saved thousands of lives in serious traffic accidents.
Second, the air quality inside the car. Breathing clean air is the most basic health need of human beings. The air exchange speed in the car is 50 times that in the car, which greatly increases the risk of passengers being exposed to polluted air. General automobile interior materials and adhesives will volatilize harmful chemicals, including alkanes, alkenes, aromatics, aldehydes, ketones and benzene series. Especially in the high temperature and high humidity environment, the concentration of harmful substances will rise to dangerous levels, causing headaches, fatigue, even poisoning and carcinogenesis for drivers and passengers, and causing chronic harm to health.
As early as1980s, Volvo began to pay attention to the problem of air quality in cars, and took the lead in introducing complete solutions: 1990 took the lead in developing filter elements for automobile air conditioners, and 200 1 cooperated with Swedish Asthma and Allergy Association to formulate air health standards in cars. In 2003, Volvo set up a famous "nose group" to study the smell of automobile parts and vehicles. )。
With the joint efforts of intelligent air circulation control system IAQS, AAC double-effect enhanced air purification system, air quality real-time monitoring system AQI and CZIS active cabin pre-purification system, the health of the air environment in the new XC90 car has reached the leading level in the industry. I think only if Volvo meets high standards on the ceiling can we and our families enjoy car life for a long time.
? Third, the court-level B&; W Audio A simple and familiar "Motherly Love" suddenly shocked me who didn't expect much from the car audio in the past!
I sent an idea on February 8, 20 18, which is a simple video recorded by mobile phone. I believe you can hear some clues from the video alone. In the car, I personally felt that Danny Chan's voice clearly penetrated into my heart. The whole set of acoustics has extremely high sound reproduction and accurate positioning for sound stage, and the immersion degree is as high as "Singing and Me". I will never lose a family hi-fi with a fever in a narrow carriage space.
XC90 19 speaker B&; W Effective audio power 65,438+400 W, independent subwoofer, space conversion technology. The most recognizable ones are the 25mm Nautilus aluminum tweeter above the center console and the 100mm Kelaf midrange speaker arranged below it. Nautilus speakers face the cockpit, and the sound is directly transmitted to passengers, which is more direct and real.
Kelaf's midrange speaker layout has been carefully calculated, and the included angle with the front windshield can make sound waves form a good reflection area, ensuring rich timbre and purer sound.
I believe that the target customers who have listened carefully can hardly control themselves not to buy high-quality products or spend 2.58W to choose this set of B&; W audio (S90 B5 Zhiyuan Deluxe Edition optional, S90Top and XC90 top models standard), realistic sound effects, truly restore the concert hall effect, and add fun to the quiet journey.
Fourth, life-long free maintenance Many friends are worried about the high maintenance cost of luxury cars. Volvo has launched a lifetime free maintenance policy for 2023 XC90 and other models, which is ahead of many luxury brand fuel vehicle rivals. While ensuring that the car is cared for by the original factory, it also really reduces the burden on the owner.
? Finally, take myself as an example. Changing cars now also emphasizes safety. At the same time, my family and I are very sensitive to the smell inside the car, so Volvo is also a choice that luxury brands will not fall behind when upgrading.
The more you appreciate, the more you know how to appreciate. It is precisely because they have a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of Volvo's behind-the-scenes efforts to improve car safety than ordinary users. In addition, design, performance, quality, comfort and other sensory enjoyment are all invaluable value, and it makes sense for Volvo to become a man of insight in society.
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