Volvo has always been regarded as the safest car in the world, and Japanese cars have always been regarded as the thinnest car, so the accident of rear-end collision between Japanese cars and Volvo in this picture has made many people exclaim that Volvo is really the safest car, while Japanese cars are obviously inferior. Let's not discuss Japanese cars today. By the way, is this Volvo the safest car in the world?
Seat belt ancestor
When it comes to car safety, we have to say a necessary safety facility for cars-three-point seat belts. The three-point seat belt was invented by Niels Bolin, Volvo's chief safety engineer. For the sake of safety, Volvo provides three-point seat belts to other automobile manufacturers free of charge. From 65438 to 0968, the United States stipulated that all new cars must be equipped with seat belts. By the time the great safety engineer died in 2002, Volvo calculated that the accumulation of the safety belt he invented had been saved.
Although it is the inventor of seat belts, it is still too early to say that Volvo is the safest car.
Only a little safer than a luxury car of the same class.
It is the same to say how safe Volvo is, just like how comfortable Mercedes-Benz is, how superior BMW's handling is, and how cool Audi's technology is, but how much worse is BMW's comfort than Mercedes-Benz? I think it's almost that bad. Each brand has its own strengths, but it doesn't mean that other fields are not good at it, so Volvo may be safer than its peers.
Speak with actual data
But even if it is safer, you should speak with real data. The above two pictures are the test results of Audi Q7 and Volvo XC90 by continental NCAP in 20 15. As can be seen from the picture, the two cars have done a very good job in passive safety occupant protection, and the A-pillar is motionless. According to the experimental data, XC90 scored 37 points and Q7 scored 36. 1 point. The difference between them lies in positive 40% events.
The devil's test is still not inferior.
In addition to ENCAP, there is also a safety inspection agency called IIHS, which is internationally recognized by the public. Compared with ENCAP, the test of IIHS is more cruel and harsh. IIHS has an extremely abnormal overlap rate of 25%, but there are candidates when there are exams. The picture above shows the test results of Volvo S80 and Mercedes E350.
As can be seen from the above picture, the cockpit of both cars has maintained integrity, but I don't know why Mercedes-Benz didn't fix the passengers well and hit its head on the A-pillar. It can be seen that the biggest difference between the two cars after the impact is that Mercedes-Benz maintained a complete wheel suspension, while Volvo adopted the principle of broken arm to protect itself. After the wheel suspension was damaged, some people said that it was the result of Volvo's intentional design.
The next step is the strength test of the roof, which can only draw the conclusion that German cars are really hard, but it also shows that there is no scientific basis to judge the safety of vehicles only by the degree of external deformation of vehicles in accidents.
Compared with other luxury brands, Volvo can be said to have spent more energy in the security field. First, Volvo has established its own traffic accident research department, formulated the standards of Volvo's automobile safety system, and three unique safety inspection methods of Volvo. Second, there are various active safety devices now, which are ahead of other automobile manufacturers in the world.
The pile of scrap iron in the above picture is made of car waste, and this pair of scrap iron is placed in the lobby of Volvo Safety Center just at the entrance. What is the significance depends on the reader's own experience.