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havent watched all the vids but seems like the cars that glance off the object (volvo, TL) rate better than the ones that get hung up and jam into them to a dead stop. not much surprize in that. but interesting how it happens

They should have done a smart car. :lawl: :joy:

wow no glass broke like the genesis but they're different tests.

Looks solid.

Nabs if you look at the video of the 1st page you can see those cars are hitting only 20% on the front. It's basically where the headlight is. Your tsx video is 50%, much different

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Originally Posted by smoothie. (Post 8003152)

HOLY CRAP.

Shouldn't they release this stuff before the cars are sold?

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Originally Posted by c3m (Post 8003198)

I think they randomly buy one from the normal production. That way automakers can't cheat and beef up everything for the test and then cheap out on the production.

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Originally Posted by too_slow (Post 8003262)

Not surprised @ the Volvo results; am pleasantly surprised by the Acura's score.

Holy f*ck @ Lexus.. My parents were considering a CPO IS350 CPO, maybe I should show them that video

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Originally Posted by Jah Dean (Post 8003290)

Wow, some of the videos are shocking to be honest with you guys. I would expect better for cars in this price range.

This is how the cars should hold up;

2009 BMW 7-Series CRASH TEST - YouTube

CRASH TEST SLS AMG - YouTube

CRASH TEST Mercedes S-Class - YouTube

And be glad we're not driving chinese made cars...yet;

Crashtest Comparison: German vs. Chinese Cars - YouTube

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Originally Posted by Jah Dean (Post 8003363)

I find it odd that a few years back most of these cars were passing these safety tests without any major issues, we're now approaching 2013 and all of a sudden the quality has gone straight down. I guess to save money car manufacturers are skimming on things the consumer can't physically see like overall build quality.

NEW TEST, people are surprised shit doesn't pass

oh god no

please

help

Also did they point out that its going to take 5-10 years to develop a proper way to pass the test in these cars.

My accident in a IS250 a few years ago. It was a slightly off centered head on collision on Marine Drive just before boundary around the blind slight curve. The Matrix was speeding and lost control into oncoming traffic which happened to be me. I walked away from the accident with only a broken collar bone. The driver of the Matrix had two broken legs. I wouldn't hesitate to buy another IS.

overlap test? how about this? we need roll rage for every single car.

BTW, driver and co-driver only suffer minor injury

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Originally Posted by Vege (Post 8003688)

i remember my coworker sending that pic to me and telling that same story how the matrix guy had broken legs. my coworker had an IS250 too :)

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Originally Posted by belaud (Post 8003476)

Reminds me of this :lawl:

Chinese car crash test failure - YouTube

Lol, wow.

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Originally Posted by StylinRed (Post 8003255)

cnn just talked about it and noted a double digit percentage of accidents happen this way

cant recall what that number is though

That I have no clue about, thus I'll take your word for it.

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Originally Posted by Jah Dean (Post 8003290)

Those are not the same tests. The ones you posted of are offset tests where the contact point is roughly 50% of the frontal area of the car. Between 20 and 50% is going to make a difference. We are talking about putting the same amount of force on an area that is less than half in size. Also the reason why bullets do so much damage while being so small.

I don't think Chinese cars will fly well here anyways. Thing is Chinese people probably won't buy it themselves :fullofwin:

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Originally Posted by dru (Post 8003327)

Anyone else notice that the three 'best' ranking (S60, TL, and G) all had side curtain airbags? The 3-series had them as well, but ranked poorly.

It deflects the hit instead of absorbing it, kinda like trying to punch you the face but instead I miss and my fist slides off. But I would argue that you have a good chance of hitting something else pretty hard when it does that. Crash tests are in no way a real indication of what happens in real life. See my previous post about the miniscule chances of hitting something on the corner of your car dead straight and that something is an unmovable object.

I FEEL SAFE NAO