It's interesting to watch these videos all these years later now that cars have gotten so much safer. The Hyundai and Kia seem to have made the biggest strides. Honda, too
Great work Brian and the Institute. The team literally changed the auto industry. The automakers were hilarious. That George Parker is a freaking idiotic fool, though.
Brian o niell is standing there on the left but what is that lady doing on the right in front of the computer. She looks familiar who is she she was in the other crash test videos
I can say from experience that smacking your head on the door frames of a car is painful. I was a passenger in a car traveling down a very unsteady dirt road, and my head was thrown right into the C-Pillar. I had to go to the ER to get checked out because I was convinced I had a concussion. I had no concussion, although a little over a month later, I was diagnosed with a chronic headache condition that I am convinced is linked to that incident.
One of the reasons the Sephia was the worst performer is that it was on an outdated platform. It was based on the platform of the 1990-1994 Mazda Protege, and while 8 years doesn't seem all that old, there was a lot of progress in this area between 1990 and the mid-late 1990s. All of the vehicles that got an "Acceptable rating" were designs that came out for the 1995 model year or later. The Sentra and Protege designs had come out for 1995; the Civic, Elantra, and Saturn's designs had come out for 1996; the Escort's design came out in 1997, and the Corolla's was brand new for the 1998 model year. To be fair, though, the poor rated vehicles also all had '95 or newer designs, so not all car makers were up on it yet. The next generation Sephia, redesigned for 1998, performed better than this generation structurally, though its airbag was far too stiff, leading to a poor head injury rating. It would be 2005 before the Sephia (by then renamed the Spectra) would get better than a Poor rating, with an Acceptable. Again, airbag problems were the main issue. The 2004-2009 generation of the Spectra (especially the models built before Jan 2005) had the opposite problem as the 1998-2004 generation; the airbag was too soft, and the dummy hit the steering wheel hard through the airbag. The Forte, launched in 2010, still had this problem, though the performance was good enough for the car to get a "Good" rating. The Forte's since 2014 have got the airbag situation fully rectified. May 12, 2019 5:45 am
Thank you very much for all your effort in making this detailed and thoughtful reply. 😁 I can see your true passion in crash testing as I have seen ever since I started taking UA-cam seriously in early 2012 your comments all over crash testing videos on various channels. I also love all your messages having timestamps, an act not seen on any other account.
The Elantra in this video got an Acceptable. The 2001-03 Elantra, despite having a better structure, was rated Poor overall. Part of it can be attributed to the airbag not firing in time, which would cause serious head and neck injuries in a real crash, along with the possibility of serious leg and foot injury, making the Elantra one of a few vehicles to do worse in a crash test after a redesign. Keep in mind they did 3 different tests on the Elantra. The 2004 Elantra, also had a chance of head and leg injury, however, not serious enough to prevent it from getting a Good in the same test, also after three tests, because a fuel leak occurred in the first test, and the driver’s airbag failed to deploy in the second test, with both issues in the first two tests prompting Hyundai to issue a recall of Elantra, to install reprogrammed airbag deployment software, and to fix the fuel tank system after the leak was discovered.
It's interesting to watch these videos all these years later now that cars have gotten so much safer. The Hyundai and Kia seem to have made the biggest strides. Honda, too
imagine how some of these cars would have done in the small overlap test if that had existed back then
Great work Brian and the Institute. The team literally changed the auto industry. The automakers were hilarious. That George Parker is a freaking idiotic fool, though.
Brian o niell is standing there on the left but what is that lady doing on the right in front of the computer. She looks familiar who is she she was in the other crash test videos
"This is the Kia Sophia from Korea" hahaha. XD
"only marketed in the us"
BoeingvsAirbus1578 that's what I was thinking LOL
Aaron Tu *newly marketed in the US
*Sephia
i love how the previa always show up when they talk about "the bad ones"
I can say from experience that smacking your head on the door frames of a car is painful. I was a passenger in a car traveling down a very unsteady dirt road, and my head was thrown right into the C-Pillar. I had to go to the ER to get checked out because I was convinced I had a concussion. I had no concussion, although a little over a month later, I was diagnosed with a chronic headache condition that I am convinced is linked to that incident.
One of the reasons the Sephia was the worst performer is that it was on an outdated platform. It was based on the platform of the 1990-1994 Mazda Protege, and while 8 years doesn't seem all that old, there was a lot of progress in this area between 1990 and the mid-late 1990s. All of the vehicles that got an "Acceptable rating" were designs that came out for the 1995 model year or later. The Sentra and Protege designs had come out for 1995; the Civic, Elantra, and Saturn's designs had come out for 1996; the Escort's design came out in 1997, and the Corolla's was brand new for the 1998 model year. To be fair, though, the poor rated vehicles also all had '95 or newer designs, so not all car makers were up on it yet.
The next generation Sephia, redesigned for 1998, performed better than this generation structurally, though its airbag was far too stiff, leading to a poor head injury rating. It would be 2005 before the Sephia (by then renamed the Spectra) would get better than a Poor rating, with an Acceptable. Again, airbag problems were the main issue. The 2004-2009 generation of the Spectra (especially the models built before Jan 2005) had the opposite problem as the 1998-2004 generation; the airbag was too soft, and the dummy hit the steering wheel hard through the airbag. The Forte, launched in 2010, still had this problem, though the performance was good enough for the car to get a "Good" rating. The Forte's since 2014 have got the airbag situation fully rectified.
May 12, 2019 5:45 am
Thank you very much for all your effort in making this detailed and thoughtful reply. 😁 I can see your true passion in crash testing as I have seen ever since I started taking UA-cam seriously in early 2012 your comments all over crash testing videos on various channels. I also love all your messages having timestamps, an act not seen on any other account.
The Elantra in this video got an Acceptable. The 2001-03 Elantra, despite having a better structure, was rated Poor overall. Part of it can be attributed to the airbag not firing in time, which would cause serious head and neck injuries in a real crash, along with the possibility of serious leg and foot injury, making the Elantra one of a few vehicles to do worse in a crash test after a redesign. Keep in mind they did 3 different tests on the Elantra. The 2004 Elantra, also had a chance of head and leg injury, however, not serious enough to prevent it from getting a Good in the same test, also after three tests, because a fuel leak occurred in the first test, and the driver’s airbag failed to deploy in the second test, with both issues in the first two tests prompting Hyundai to issue a recall of Elantra, to install reprogrammed airbag deployment software, and to fix the fuel tank system after the leak was discovered.
I had that Neon as my first car.
What was the Neon made of? Paiper maché?!
I had Ford escort it was a great car loved that car!!!
FUCK IT UP DATELINE, FUCK IT UP!!!! 🚙🚗
Who's the lady in the orange skirt standing next to brian o Neill behind the crashed car
Carol Burnett. ,😐
Vanna white. 😐
@@prestoncheapbtheadphoneste3010 for real I'm serious
dateline keep up your good work.
onkar phall yes
they don't do these anymore sadly :(
I forgot that IIHS even tested the Saturn S-Series
Good: 우수
Acceptable: 양호
Marginal: 위험
Poor: 탈락
The 2001-03 Elantra got a Poor rating in the same test, after three different tests.
1997-1998 IIHS small car crash tests ratings:
1997 Honda Civic: Acceptable
1998 Toyota Corolla/Chevrolet Prizm: Acceptable
1997 Saturn SL: Acceptable
1997 Ford Escort/Mercury Tracer: Acceptable
1997 Hyundai Elantra: Acceptable
1997 Mazda Protege: Acceptable
1998 Nissan Sentra: Acceptable
1997 Volkswagen Jetta: Marginal
1997 Mitsubishi Mirage: Poor
1997 Dodge Neon/Plymouth Neon: Poor
1997 Kia Sephia: Poor
No Subaru Impreza?
The Impreza is a mid size car
@@iflareman241 no
This is the kia Sofia from Korea😂😂😂
sephia*
funny ford did best and vw jetta and dodge neon did worse .... good thing i drive fords
True