With regard to Japanese cars, there is a saying that is very popular and widely recognized by many people - Japanese cars are neither reliable nor safe. Whenever there is a picture on the Internet that a Japanese car is in a "missing" picture after colliding with other brands, the Internet will be sprayed with slobber. The Japanese car is thin and the Japanese car is not safe, so it is done again and again. . In the car selection, many people based on this view, simply ruled out the Japanese car.
However, such cognition seems to be more prevalent in the Chinese market, while in overseas markets, there are often very different views on Japanese cars.
For example, in the United States, we are regarded as the most unreliable Japanese car, but its reliability is well recognized. Recently, the famous American Consumer Report magazine released the brand reliability ranking. Among the top ten brands, Lexus, Toyota, Mazda, Honda, Subaru and Scion (Chinese translation of Sain, North American Toyota after Toyota, Lexu) The launch of the third brand) took up six seats, and the magazine released the most reliable models, the sedan class Scion XB, Lexus CT200h, ES300h, and SUV-like Mitsubishi Orland sports version, Toyota Highlander (V6) and Lexus RX, without exception, are Japanese cars.
In fact, Japanese cars have been praised in the rankings of Consumer Reports magazine, not just this year. The magazine's 2013 Automotive Reliability Survey, the top ten list of Japanese cars also accounted for seven seats, only the GM and two other European brands in the European and American cars ranked in the top ten.
If you don't know the magazine well, then Baidu will see this description: "The Consumer Report is sponsored by the Consumers Union. As an independent non-profit organization, American consumers. The Alliance aims to provide consumers with neutral information covering products, services, personal finance, health and nutrition. Since its inception, the magazine has never advertised, nor does it look at any corporate face. The credibility of the evaluation report of consumer goods is in the first place." The ranking of such a magazine, whether you believe it or not, I believe it! Because I can't think of any reason and evidence to question the conclusions of Consumer Reports.
If the Consumer Report is not convincing enough, let's take a look at the list of the 2015 Top Safety Certified Models (TSP+) released by the US Highway Safety Insurance Association (IIHS). In this list, among the 33 TSP+-certified models, Japanese cars accounted for 23 models, leading a large proportion of European and American models.
IIHS - American Highway Safety Insurance Association, it should be known to many people that this organization will evaluate the car in the frontal partial collision, front moderate overlap collision, side collision, and car for each type of vehicle sold in the market every year. The top strength test and the seat safety test lead to the safety evaluation of each model. Unlike the domestic C-NCAP crash test, IIHS will only select the lowest equipped model for testing. Even if the manufacturer requires testing of its high-equipped car, the collision results will be announced together with the low-profile models. As one of the most authoritative auto safety evaluation agencies today, the results of the evaluation issued by IIHS should indicate that Japanese cars are actually highly secure.
Perhaps, even if the relevant agencies in the United States have given such a conclusion, some people think that the Japanese and domestic models are not completely different in terms of product configuration. The US selection and evaluation does not mean that the domestic Japanese cars will be reliable. And safe. It is also true that some Japanese cars do have such a problem. Like the Honda Civic, the US version comes standard with a body stabilization system, while the domestic models only have a top version. In addition, the US version comes standard with 6 airbags, while the domestic models are equipped with only 4; for example, Toyota RAV4 The US version also comes standard with a body stabilization system, while the domestic low-to-medium models are not equipped. In addition, the domestic 2.5 version lacks the active safety headrest and the collapse steering column compared with the US version.
However, this does not mean that all Japanese cars are not reliable. Moreover, the same models are simply furnished after being made in China, and they are not “patent†of Japanese cars. For Ford Focus from the United States, its US version is equipped with a standard body stabilization system, while the 1.8L classic model produced and sold in China is not equipped with this system. Moreover, the US version of Fox is equipped with 7 airbags. Whether it is the classic version or the 1.6L and 2.0L models in the country, the number of airbags is also simplified. It can be said that the domestically-made simplified package can be said to be a common problem of the joint venture brand, so as to determine separately that the Japanese car is not reliable and not objective.
Of course, the reason why Japanese cars have fallen into such a "word of mouth" in the Chinese market, in addition to the above reasons, in my opinion, is also related to the natural rejection of Japanese cars by the Chinese people because of their personal feelings and national sentiments. . However, this level of sensitivity is not necessarily completely accurate. Therefore, when we make a car purchase decision, we can actually look at the Japanese car more rationally.
Therefore, we are calling on Japanese automakers and other foreign automakers to give sufficient respect and attention to China's largest auto market, in order to avoid the abandonment of Chinese consumers, and not to generalize the Japanese car stickers. The label "not reliable" is not available. Of course, this article does not mean to "rehabilitate" Japanese cars. It is really something that we generally agree with. In fact, it is not necessarily true.
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