When choosing a mid-size car with a budget of about 150,000 to 200,000, the models that many people will consider are naturally old-fashioned joint venture B-class cars such as Volkswagen Passat, Honda Accord, and Ford Mondeo . The reason why people pay attention to this type of car is very simple. First, this type of car is built by large manufacturers, and the sales volume is not bad in the mid-sized car market, and the quality of the model is not necessary for users to worry about; second, this type of car has strong product strength, such as the Volkswagen Passat design is dignified and business-oriented and has German-tuned; the Honda Accord is durable and relatively fuel-efficient; Ford Mondeo's power parameters are eye-catching and rich in configuration, which can meet consumers' car needs. However, to this day, among the prices of 150,000 to 200,000, we can buy not only joint venture models, but also luxury cars. For example, the car we are going to talk about next is a luxury car that makes Chinese people proud. It has outstanding performance in the active and passive safety level of the vehicle, showing a new breakthrough in active and passive safety of the Chinese car brand.
This car is the brand new Hongqi H5, with a guide price of 159,800-225,800 yuan. Like Passat , it is also a mid-size car. However, the new Hongqi H5 is rich in power systems, providing a 1.5T fuel version, 2.0T fuel version, and a hybrid version of the oil-electricity version. Among them, the 2.0T model is also matched with the Aixin 8AT gearbox, with a maximum power of 224 horsepower. The chassis suspension is selected as the front McPherson type + rear multi-link type independent suspension , which is also the more mainstream suspension matching in this price range. However, the reason why the new Red Flag H5 can make Chinese people proud is obviously not simply power performance, but safety. So next, let’s analyze the new Hongqi H5 from a technical level and understand what level of “national car safety” is.
Since it is related to the safety of the vehicle, let’s take a look at the passive safety of the vehicle first. One of the keys to passive safety is the body structure. Currently, most models choose the body structure of the body structure of the car is cage body. This type of body is of certain help to improve the passive safety of the vehicle. The 9H4M structure with a unique body structure of the new Hongqi H5 has an additional 4 M-shaped structures built on the front and sides of the passenger compartment in the original 9H structure. The advantage of this design lies in the improvement of impact resistance, which is 30% higher than the previous generation 9H body, and it also achieves "softness on the outside and hard on the inside".
At the same time, the new Hongqi H5 body has a 68% proportion structure made of advanced high-strength steel plate material, paired with a unique full-cone structure protection system to achieve a maximum strength of 2000Mpa. The new Hongqi H5 is also equipped with 9 airbags, including driver knee airbag , side air curtain , etc. Among models of the same price, 9 airbags are still relatively rare. For example, the Volkswagen Passat does not provide knee airbags in its entire series, which cannot alleviate the impact of the interior structure on the knees. Therefore, in actual collisions, the new Hongqi H5 has a solid body on the one hand, which ensures the living space in the car through different ways of buffering and energy absorption. On the other hand, there are soft airbags, which can reduce the damage and impact of passengers. Therefore, in the 100km/h relative speed match series rear-end challenge, the new Hongqi H5 successfully completed the challenge.
Of course, the safety of a vehicle is not only related to passive safety, but also to active safety, so let's take a look at the active safety of this car. FAW Hongqi has developed a 100°FOV visual perception solution for the vehicle's perception system. This solution reduces shooting blind spots by optimizing the camera's perception ability and reduces blind spots by 48°. radar selects 77Ghz radar, with the maximum detection distance of 110m and the distance measurement accuracy of 0.1m. With the support of these hardware, the new Hongqi H5 is also supported by software algorithms, equipped with SACC advanced cruise, which can realize automatic lane change, slow down, and follow-up within the speed range of 0-150km/h, and will also automatically follow within 3 seconds of the car in front of you.
new Hongqi H5 also has an AEB emergency braking system, which can adopt different degrees of braking according to emergencies.Moreover, the AEB emergency braking system of this car is optimized at the technical level. With the overlap between the test car and the target car 50%, it can also identify obstacles after driving out of the tunnel at 60km/h, and block obstacles when the balloon car is blocked, and brake and stop urgently. This car also has a fully automatic parking function. Compared with conventional fully automatic parking, this car can achieve many different parking methods, and can be identified by vertical, horizontal and oblique train spaces, and can also be parked even in the presence of smoke. This is inseparable from high-precision hardware. In addition, this car provides rich intelligent networking functions, which can realize all-scene voice control of voice and control in all vehicles, and also has vehicle-level OTA capabilities, covering all-vehicle assisted driving, power, chassis, body comfort, etc. The vehicle functions can be updated without going to the 4S store.
In addition, the exterior and interior design of the new Hongqi H5 has also been optimized and adjusted, using Hongqi Auto's latest family design language. For example, the front face has a straight waterfall-style large mouth grille + long lines. You can directly see the long lines on the hood when driving, and the sense of grade is not inferior to the Mercedes-Benz vertical mark. The 4988mm car length is much longer than the Accord , Passat and Mondeo . When paired with the slender waistline, the aura of the whole vehicle becomes stronger. The tail is made of through-type light strips, and the two sides of the tail light are also very atmospheric, and the internal light source is designed more exquisitely. The cabin is equipped with a 12.6-inch vertical multimedia screen, and the air conditioner outlet is decorated with dark gold elements. The panel in front of the co-pilot is textured, creating the temperament of a luxury car in detail. The wheelbase is 2920mm, which is also longer than the Passat's 2871mm wheelbase, so the interior space of this car is larger than that of Passat.
From this we can see that the new Hongqi H5 has indeed put in effort in body safety. Whether in terms of body structure, materials, or software and configuration, we pay great attention to passenger safety. Moreover, the new Hongqi H5 and China Automobile Center conducted a number of strict working conditions for active and passive safety, such as the three-vehicle serial rear-end challenge, which is one of them. What's more, the new Hongqi H5 has a fashionable appearance, larger size and strong and rich power. The overall product strength actually exceeds the joint venture car of the same level. Therefore, many Volkswagen Passat owners regret buying the car too early.
