Mini and microcar bumpers
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2010
- IIHS news release • June 11, 2009
Mini and microcar bumpers allow pricey damage; none of the 7 tested rates good under new system
ARLINGTON, VA - Urban drivers often pick mini and microcars because they're affordable, fuel efficient, and easy to park on city streets. Fender-benders are hazards of urban driving, and just one of them can add up to thousands of dollars in repair costs because the bumpers don't adequately protect vehicles from damage. None of the bumpers on 7 mini and microcars the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently tested earns the top rating of good, and just 1, the Smart Fortwo, is acceptable. Five out of the 7 earn poor ratings and 1 earns a marginal.
Full text of news release: www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr061109... - Авто та транспорт
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Oh boy here I go watching iihs videos at 2 am again
Lmao!! Me too
I own a 2012 Kia Rio EX (4 dr Sedan) and have to sadly agree with the statement about the easy (and costly) front bumper damage. Several months ago (around 6 AM) I'd unexpectedly collided with a deer that due to hunting season was spooked and I'd not seen it until it was too late (it came from a full sprint w/o stopping out along a 40 MPH road) when it popped out from between two residencies leaving me only less than a millisecond's worth of reaction time and although thankfully I was only going about 35 at the time and after sending the deer literally flying overhead of my windshield and roof the deer had ran off. I had approx $1,500.00 worth of damage to the car which was fixed months later: moderate hood/front bumper damage; driver side headlamp assembly completely destroyed; damage to the windshield and cowel vent cover - all affected parts needed replaced.
Those are very good and beneficial tests, but why are they stopped? I mean why are those tests not done for the new models cars?
This was before the small overlap crash test was introduced. Nowdays, all cars have extended front supports to absorb energy in a small overlap crash. So, these bumper tests aren't necessary anymore. Or rather, justified.
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Was driving on the QEW highway in Ontario, when a guy in a Honda drove into the back end of a Step Van. Light crunch on front end, no air bag, and driver was not wearing belt properly, it was under his left arm. He and wife were returning to NY, he passed within sight of Buffalo.
I’m surprised the Smart did really well.
it’s crazy that a bite sized car had the best performing results
This is super useful test. Why you stop this?
I think a key reason manufacturers don't extend the bumper beams is that if they did they might sell fewer replacement parts. $$
I have a 2013 Honda Fit and I just rear-ended a stopped car at fairly slow speed that should not have been stopped where it was. Since the car is now 9 years old, I'm not even going to try to get it fixed, or even get an estimate. The bumper assembly, grille, hood and driver's side front panel are all trashed, at least.
My uncle was got crash when im was 8 he druve honda jazz / fit 2013
Toyota avanza crash test?
@@lucidsalt4116They weren't sold in Europe too
it's a SEA only car
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Insurance companies forcing the market to make shit cars to save themselves money. IIHS needs to be shut down and a better NHTSA created. Much less of a conflict of interest.
Just buy a bigger car. Problem solved.
Not everyone can afford a bigger car
and this is the type of thinking that gets people killed because moms keep buying larger and larger SUVs that many others cannot afford
not really tho.
Brain damaged take right here, it's way more complicated than that