The scariest half about driving is arguably the worry of crashing, however a good way to deal with a worry is to study extra about it. Morbid curiosity has led me to YouTube to look at 1000’s of crash check movies through the years. I consider I’ve this admittedly unusual infatuation as a result of I really like automobiles however worry crashing, so I need to know what crashes seem like and find out about protected automobiles. Just lately, some new crash check movies popped up on my feed; movies I had by no means seen earlier than, of automobiles I had by no means seen crashed earlier than. Cue the morbid curiosity, and cue the Mercedes G-Wagen crash check.
It’s vital to notice that the fashions evaluated on this channel are Chinese language-market automobiles, so that they possible don’t precisely characterize the identical fashions bought in different markets. The web site DCar was based as a subsidiary of TikTok’s mum or dad firm ByteDance as a type of all-in-one automobile web site, however all these assessments are reportedly performed by the Beijing Institute of Product High quality Supervision and Inspection Institute, or BQI. Further details about the DCar web site and these scores is minimal, however the crash assessments are nonetheless cool to look at.
In DCar crash assessments, every car is evaluated on how nicely they carry out in three totally different crash eventualities: A30-percent overlap with a tractor trailer at 35 mph, the IIHS’ 40-percent frontal offset crash check towards a deformable barrier at 40 mph, and a 70-percent overlap rear-end crash check at 50 mph. I discover each the partial overlap with a semi-truck trailer and the rear-impact crash assessments to be significantly fascinating, since these crash eventualities aren’t usually printed.
Alongside crash check eventualities that I’ve by no means seen, this channel additionally crashes automobile fashions I’ve by no means seen crash examined earlier than, like a Mercedes-Maybach S480, Land Rover Vary Rover and Mercedes-Benz G350. The DCar YouTube channel additionally assessments extra accessible automobiles like a Hyundai Elantra and Toyota RAV4, however you will discover loads of different assessments of these fashions on-line. Should you’re like me and also you’re inquisitive about how the one p.c might fare ought to they ever crash their Maybach, you then’ll love these movies.
