Car rental test is controversial? Maibakh car owners questioned "violent driving" Jiang Qi’s response: the data is true and reliable.
On February 24th, a netizen nicknamed "Love is God" posted a video on the online platform, saying that his Mercedes-Benz Maibakh S680 was violently driven and tested by Zunjie without knowing it, resulting in multiple damages to the hub and body. Since then, the netizen has published a number of vehicle driving data, and the vehicle may be "violently driven".

Zunjie S800, photo by Times Weekly reporter
On the evening of February 25, Zunjie automobile manufacturer AnhuiGroup Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jiangqi Group") issued a statement saying that the test vehicles were obtained through regular third-party leasing channels, and the use was clearly defined to the leasing channels in advance. "The whole test follows strict industry norms and standards, and all the data are true and reliable."
On February 20th, HarmonyOS Zhixing, an automobile alliance led by Huawei, held a conference on Zunjie technology. In many aspects, Zunjie S800 was compared with Mercedes-Benz Maibakh S680, and Zunjie S800 was more outstanding. According to the plan, Zunjie S800 will be officially listed in May.
Maibakh of 3 million yuan was violently tested?
Zunjie is the fourth brand launched by HarmonyOS Zhixing, an ecological alliance of Huawei smart cars, which was jointly built by Huawei and Jiangqi Group. At the Guangzhou Auto Show in 2024, Zunjie S800, the first model of Zunjie, was exhibited on a small scale. At the end of 2024, Zunjie S800 made its public appearance, with a pre-sale price of 1 million-1.5 million yuan, making it the best in HarmonyOS.
Maibakh S680 is the flagship product of Mercedes-Benz’s high-end series.It is famous for its administration, and it is equipped with the top V12 engine in civilian vehicles, starting at 3.327 million yuan. Maibakh S680 is also one of the best-selling executive cars in China.
At the Zunjie technology conference, Yu Chengdong, managing director of Huawei, chairman of BG, and chairman of BU, a smart car solution, showed a number of special functions of Zunjie S800, such as snow anti-skid test, snow climbing test and bumpy road passing test.
In the process, the official selected Maibakh S680 for comparison, and tested that the probability of vehicle skidding in the snow was higher, the snow climbing failed, and the tire on the rough road was flat. Zunjie S800 has no skidding when driving in the snow, successfully climbs in the snow, and can also achieve "crossing the sand without lifting" on rough roads.
Officially, the outstanding performance of Zunjie S800 is due to its unique global integration architecture with Huawei Turing Dragon Platform. The platform relies on the fusion perception prediction network to perceive real-time information such as road information, vehicle information and driver’s intention information, and has four characteristics: active perception, central control, intelligent reasoning and autonomous learning.
Turing Dragon Platform can cope with complicated snow and ice road conditions without running off or swinging its tail, climbing in snow without stalling or slipping, and it has stable tire burst control that supports 120km/h road surface before tire burst. In addition, this platform can also achieve a crab walking angle of 16, which is conducive to dealing with extreme scenes such as narrow roads and narrow parking spaces.

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However, on February 24th after the press conference, a netizen who claimed to be the "owner" of Maibakh S680 who lost control at the Zunjie S800 press conference posted a video saying that his car was taken for violent driving and testing without being informed or informed. On January 21, the vehicle was towed back and sent to the 4S shop for inspection. The "owner" found that the front of the car and the wheel hub were damaged.
Since then, the "owner" has voiced again, and disclosed his ID card, driving license and other documents, as well as the driving record of Maibakh S680. According to the driving records, the car was driven to yakeshi, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and Xiangyang National Automobile Quality Supervision and Inspection Center in Hubei Province for dozens of tests in January this year.
Jiang qi responded late at night
On the evening of February 25, Jiangqi Group responded, saying that "the relevant test videos show the excellent performance of vehicles under extreme conditions in a rigorous and professional way. The whole test process follows strict industry norms and standards, and all data are true and reliable. "
At the same time, Jiangqi Group said that the test vehicles were obtained through regular third-party leasing channels, and the use was clearly defined to the leasing channels in advance. In this process, the troubles brought to relevant parties are being actively communicated and resolved through consultation.
Times Weekly reporter asked the "owner" about the follow-up matters and the communication between the enterprise and it, and has not received a reply so far.
At the press conference, HarmonyOS Zhixing exhibited several test fragments of Zunjie S800 and Maibakh S680, and Zunjie S800 performed better. However, Yu Chengdong has repeatedly said that Maibakh S680 has also performed very well in many aspects and is worth learning.
On February 21st, the day after the launch, at the 25th Annual Meeting of Yabuli China Entrepreneur Forum 2025, Duan Jianjun, President and CEO of Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales & Service Co., Ltd., said that many brands took Mercedes-Benz models as the targets of benchmarking and comparison at the new car launch, and Mercedes-Benz did not reject or fear being benchmarked and compared.
"Whether in product technology or service, reasonable benchmarking is actually to promote the progress of the industry with Mercedes-Benz standards and bring positive promotion to the whole industry." Duan Jianjun said: "For unreasonable and wrong benchmarking, Mercedes-Benz will not give up making solemn representations, or even using legal weapons to defend the rights and interests of the brand."
Jiangqi Group is a car enterprise group mainly engaged in commercial vehicles such as buses and trucks. It is controlled by Anhui Group Holding Co., Ltd., which is a joint venture between the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Anhui Province and Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd., and belongs to a state-owned legal person enterprise.
existWith the rapid development of automobile industry, Jiangqi Group is in urgent need of transformation: in 2024, Jiangqi Group sold a total of 403,094 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 7.4%. Among them, there are 166,763 passenger cars and 236,331 commercial vehicles, and passenger cars account for only 41% of the total.
The passenger car business of Jiangqi Group is more limited. In 2024, it only sold 31,183 cars, accounting for 8% of the total sales.
The operating conditions of Jiangqi Group are also under pressure. It is estimated that the net loss in 2024 will be about 1.77 billion yuan, and the net profit attributable to the owners of the parent company in the same period in 2023 will be 150 million yuan.