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"the X suffered a direct impact with a narrow slice of concrete." Does anyone know if that sort of impact would be what the IIHS calls small overlap frontal cr
by hangonhn 9y ago
"the X suffered a direct impact with a narrow slice of concrete."
Does anyone know if that sort of impact would be what the IIHS calls small overlap frontal crash? IIRC when they added that test in 2012, many previously very safe cars were found to do poorly in that specific test because so much energy is concentrated into a very small area.
- hkmurakami 9y agoI was watching videos of that test and I actually laughed as a Volvo s60 abruptly careened off to the right as the overlap object hit a deflection bar/panel in the engine compartment, thereby protecting the passenger area. Living up to its reputation as very safe vehicle.
- sorahn 9y agoGot a link?
- y4mi 9y agoprobably this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYLE55iYj0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSYLE55iYj0 or the more recent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnRIwQn9SA8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnRIwQn9SA8 the latter is imo even more amazing
- hkmurakami 9y agoYup it was something very very similar to these, by the same organization.
- erk__ 9y agoThere is also one with an Tesla, and I think that it looks worse than any of the two Volvos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMcuiFmIQTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMcuiFmIQTo
- hkmurakami 9y agoI believe it was this organization, from maybe the year 2015. http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings
- raihansaputra 9y agoVolvo has publicly said that their objective is always years ahead from the testing bodies, so they have done (and designed for) the small overlap scenario for years.