At 2:00 pm on February 28th, in the collision test room of the China Automotive Technology and Research Center in Tianjin, a short-head light truck with a different type of traditional flat-head light trucks rushed toward the target at an hourly speed of 50 kilometers per hour. . After the crash, the short-duration of the light truck collapsed and the debris splattered. However, the front windshield of the cab was intact, the doors were not deformed, and the dummy in the cab remained intact. The crowds flocked to the test. The protagonist - Nanjing Iveco's upcoming new product - around the short-head light truck in Europe. With the general manager of Nanjing Iveco Zhang Xin and the vice chairman of Rana effortlessly opening the door of the Europa fighter cab, the scene sounded thunderous applause and cheers. China's first light-bulb frontal crash test was perfected!
According to the director of the collision testing laboratory of China Automotive Technology and Research Center, Mr. Liu introduced: This test is not only the first frontal crash test for light-duty trucks in China, but also in the absence of domestic light truck collision laws and regulations. <Customer Protection for Frontal Collision of Passenger Cars> The implementation of the standard far exceeds the safety requirements for trucks. This is a veritable "first collision of China's light trucks."
After on-site observation, Director Liu informed the on-site media of the intuitive collision results:
“In terms of the intuitive qualitative indicators, the cab door did not open before the collision; after the crash test, the short head of the test vehicle Ou Pao effectively absorbed the collision energy during the collapse process, and the cab door did not use any tools. It can be smoothly opened, the fuel tank is not leaking, and the fixed point of the driver's safety belt is not loosened, and the head, chest and legs of the dummy are not injured by the impact strength, which proves that the car has completely met the safety standards. The short-head light truck front crash test was successfully completed."
At the subsequent press conference of the Nanjing Iveco Ou Pa short head light truck listing, Zhang Xin general manager could not help but feel excited. He said: “The successful completion of China's first frontal crash test on the eve of the listing of Europa, not only proved The Europa 5A security design fully meets the national security standards and is currently the most secure and safest light truck in the country. At the same time, it hopes that this experiment can promote the community's high attention to the safety performance of the light truck. Nanjing Iveco hopes to use the Europa product. For the domestic high-end light trucks, safety light trucks are defined, to provide a new choice for logistics users.
According to the reporter's understanding, as an industry leader and an internationally competitive automobile manufacturing company, building a safe and harmonious transportation world has always been a core value of Nanjing Iveco. As the first light truck product introduced by Nanjing Iveco across the product line, the Europa series of light commercial vehicles not only inherited the European “people-oriented†principle of humanized design, but also adopted “security†as the primary design standard. It is the only domestic light truck market. European technology syncs high-end models. This is also the source of the confidence that Nanjing Iveco dared to face up to the proof test on the eve of Europa's listing. The success of this test has effectively proved that the Europa light truck world-class security and overall quality, can be regarded as China's most secure light truck products.
Zhang Xin, the general manager, finally stated that after successfully completing the "China Light Truck First Strike", following the Turin V light passenger series, Nanjing Iveco is another "world car" that is in sync with the international development. Officially landed on the Chinese market. He believes that Europa will make greater contributions to creating a new world of logistics and transportation that is based on safety and that focuses on efficiency.