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IIHS "Small Overlap" crash tests

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    Massive intrusion into the passenger compartment. I'm amazed that the car didn't deflect off of the barrier like most of the other cars tested; instead all of the crash energy is pretty much directed at the driver.
     
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    you get a seatbelt, no worries.:cool:
     
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    As a volunteer EMT; in this case the seat belt is just one more thing I would have to cut away to pull your (dead) body out.
     
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    huh, guy in the drl thread said everyone he pulls out with seatbelt are fine.(n)
     
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    Yup, and the roads are paved with candy and I live in a gumdrop house on lollipop lane.
     
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    well, there was one dead lady, but her head got crushed by a semi.:(
     
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    Found a better vid with still photos at the end.

     
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    how fast is it going?
     
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    Not sure. When they showed the interior shot I could make out a 4 on the speedo. So it's over 40 mph.
     
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    they're going to have to beef something up for this new test.;)
     
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    Yeah they are. The amount of intrusion is shocking. I'm wondering how similar the frontal structures of the lift back and the V are. If they are similar, I would guess the lift back would perform poorly as well.
     
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    don't they have knee bags?
     
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    It looks like upon impact the knee airbags, along with the steering wheel, drivers airbag and the entire dash structure is pushed offset into the passenger side.
     
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    well. at least the passenger is safe.:rolleyes:
     
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    Watching this video again, it appears the front wheel actually gets pushed through the firewall INTO the drivers footwell. This is very alarming...
     
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    Oh my. I so didn't want to see this.
     
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    Can one speculate on how the lift back will do in this small overlap test? Don't they share a lot of common design up front?

    The wheel instruction part is very disturbing. :confused:
     
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    I came across this picture on Instagram and I was shocked to see that the bumper beam doesn't fully extend across the front of the car. I would assume that the liftback would also perform poorly in a small overlap because there would be nothing to absorb the impact. This, and the fact that the every Toyota or Lexus Vehicle tested received a poor rating leads me to believe that they did not design their vehicles with good performance in a small overlap crash in mind. I'm sure that beefing up the front end of a car would make it heavier and probably reduce fuel efficiency and I think that their cars were designed to do well in the NHTSA and IIHS Medium offset tests, but not the various types of real world accidents. Being a liftback owner, this does worry me a little. Supposedly Toyota is going to do some tweaks to its vehicles in the future to perform better.
     
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    I'm hoping they fully address it with the redesign.
     
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