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There's no shortage of crash test videos out there, though. It is, however, a good demonstration of the safety of a modern Volvo that there was no damage beyond
by hugh3 17y ago
There's no shortage of crash test videos out there, though. It is, however, a good demonstration of the safety of a modern Volvo that there was no damage beyond the A pillar.
Compare to this rather disturbing crash test of a Chinese car:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZqcKj7jNM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHZqcKj7jNM
- jacquesm 17y agoThat hurts. Slight difference though, this is an 'offset' crash, the volvo is straight, makes you wonder how well the V60 would have fared in an offset crash.
- hugh3 17y agoWonder no more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSYxj1wFULM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSYxj1wFULM Actually that's the last model. These are done at 40mph so it's more severe than the truck crash above, but there's still no damage to the passenger compartment. Here's the new model; I couldn't find an offset crash test but thought I'd post this anyway because it's fascinating -- it shows all sorts of crazy angles you don't get to see, like a view from below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTUqyaSHwzA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTUqyaSHwzA You can see how the exhaust system is designed to come loose from its moorings rather than buckle during a crash -- I assume this is to stop people from being burned by hot exhaust gases if the engine keeps running after the crash?
- logarithmic 17y agoAll cars in recent years are designed to crumple well under offset frontal crashes. It's sort of an industry standard. Even big old Volvos don't fair well in an offset with a tiny new Renault: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDyeWofcLY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBDyeWofcLY
- cubicle67 17y agoCompare that to an F150 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB0araA0T_k&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB0araA0T_k&feature=relat... Not at all what you'd expect. or is it?
- jacquesm 17y agoHm, when living in Canada I had one exactly like that, it really bugs me how fragile that thing is. I always figured my biggest risk was a roll-over, now I'm thinking the biggest risk might have been hitting a tree. Incredible the deformation.
- zokier 17y agoAfaik deformation is good, as it absorbs energy instead of delivering it to the people inside
- hugh3 17y agoDeformation of the front of the car is exactly what you want. Ideally everything in front of your feet should be crushed like crazy. But what you see in the Brilliance and the F-150 is that the passenger compartment itself starts deforming, increasing the chances that you're going to wind up with a jagged piece of door metal in your skull, or crushed between the roof and the floor. Nasty. After viewing the F-150 video I was tempted to say that standards must be different for trucks -- they're built differently and have a helluva lot more momentum to dissipate coming from the back. But then I looked at crash tests for the Chevy Silverado and Nissan Titan, and it looks like that F-150 is just a piece of junk because those other two hold up a lot better.
- Elepsis 17y agoLet's keep in mind that we're comparing a 2001 car with much more recent ones. Here's a video of the 2008 F-150, where it holds up dramatically better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LkAzt_0qIg&NR=1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LkAzt_0qIg&NR=1 Progress is awesome.
- jacquesm 17y agoYes, that is quite a difference, it's like it's a completely new design from a passenger protection point of view.