himitsu

Which cars you think are the safest in this world?

My vote still goes to the Germans... they still build rock solid emotionless machines which keeps on ticking no matter how you abuse it.

BMW...

Ike

I'd say Subaru's, but that's only because I seen people walk away from accidents when from the appearance of their car it's unfathomable how everyone didn't die.

REMillers

Did you ever see the video and pictures of a guy in a 2.5RS i believe or a Legacy wagon...well it was hard to tell.

He got rear ended by a 18-wheel and slammed into the 18-wheeler in front of him.

Truely it is hard to believe he lived with no scratches.

MassiveAttack

Where'd that pic come from? Looks 'chopped to me...

Thetitanium8

nice car well it was. :p

Ike

That was a WRX.

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=527529

canaryrx8

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that pic reeks of something wrong with it, anyways, I thought the volvo's were the car for safety, at least they used to be. Thankfully I haven't seen/been in anything to really put a vote forth.

spork

aunt got into an accident in her Lexus ls400.

volvo blowed in to her car hard enough to ram her into the honda element in front of her who was hit hard enough to ram into the lincoln navigator in front. (the volvo took off btw guess they didnt' want to have their insurance cover 4 cars, those bastards!).

the element was messed up. bumper was torn off and front and back were pretty ruined. the navigator didn't look like it had damage but they had it towed (i think the owner said it was too damaged to drive, though my aunt/cousins were skeptical). the Lexus though? It didn't show signs of being hit in the front OR the back and they drove it off later without a problem. weird.

shelleys_man_06

Old Volvos are tanks. Had a friend who was rear-ended driving one on the freeway. Her car was accordionated, and he suffered a minor bump. Safety rules when the other guy gets hurt.

bwayout

Hey, Consumer Reports does a nice safety assement that you can ckeck out at your local bookstore or library.

The Mazda6 (v6) is at the top of their list for family sedans, than the VW Passat (v6) is next, followed by the Mazda6 (4-cyl) ... the Volvo S40 cames in at number 8.

The RX-8 didn't do to bad in it's class (not as good as the 6 but better than the 3)

RX Renesis

my friend ramed his volvo up to a light pole reversing pretty quickly.... the light pole was shaking and stuff.... volvo only has a scratch....

Red Devil

My family has had three Volvos totaled in some very bad collisions. No passengers were ever hurt.

My first FC RX-7 got totaled when a guy in a Saab 9-5 hit me at ~50mph on the passenger side. I was going less than 10mph. Both my passenger and myself had some minor bruises around the hips where the seatbelts were and I had a few jammed fingers, but that was all.

FamilyGuy

The US government tests front impact and side impact. The ratings, from 1 to 5 stars, measure the amount of acceleration experienced by the torso. If you go to their website (http://www.safercar.gov) and click on a particular 2005 or 2006 model vehicle, you can see individual ratings for head acceleration, too. They started displaying that info this year. That's interesting stuff. For instance, the Honda Accord is rated better than the Pontiac G6 in side impacts because the torso acceleration is much lower. However, the head acceleration in the Honda is pretty high while in the G6 it's pretty low.

The national insurance institute (http://hwysafety.org) tests front offset crashes and side impacts from tall SUVs. Those are the two most commonly fatal crash types, so getting a good score there is arguably more important than getting five stars from the US government.

Having a car as a 'tank' is often a liability. In a low speed impact, it's great - your car isn't damaged, you're fine. In a medium or high speed impact, it's awful. Your car isn't damaged, but you rattle around the inside like marbles in a coffee can. Crumple zones are a good thing.

... and last but not least, there's braking, stability control, and handling. It doesn't matter how well you drive if some psycho T-bones you out of nowhere. Still, many accidents can be avoided if you're a skilled driver in a car with good handling. I'd bet that's why Consumer Reports favors the Mazda6. It's arguably the best handling family sedan available.

khtm

My vote goes to Volvo, before Ford got involved, of course.

MassiveAttack

As far as the "tank" thing goes, I've got to say that I love my 8, but I'd rather have it be hurt than me in ANY accident (lo-, hi-speed). I can always get a new car...

GotBass

I had an old 240 as my first car. I was rear ended by a truck with a lift kit and big mud tires. The bottom of his bumper hit on the corner above the tail-light. I had a golf ball size dent.

dos

My vote goes for Mazda, before Ford got involved of course.

cas2themoe

F that man. I call that luck, The man upstairs was on your side that day. How many people can actually walk away from a car that looks like that?

Ike

Seen a few like that now. I'm also not just randomly picking the Impreza and Subaru, they routinely get the highest ratings from the FHSA.

cas2themoe

Oh I'm not doubting that, Subaru's have always been great for preventing injury in crashes. I'm talking about this particular car, shown in this Thread. I don't care what kind of car it was, that dude is lucky to be alive.

nicce12

The SAAB 9-5 model!
At least according to the reports I have seen here in north of Europe based on insurance company statistics the SAAB 9-5 was on top and the SAAB 9-3 was second.
The reports are a combination between number of accidents per car and the actual damage in the accidents that occur, so the end statistic is affected by the typical owner and their traffic behavior as well as the active and the passive safety of the car. Interestingly SAAB beat Volvo even though they have a fairly common "driver profile" in North of Europe.
WRX seem to have a good passive saftey (the stuff they mesure when they do collision test etc), great active saftey (handling etc) and a more then average "risk taking" user base... The Rx-8 has been sold in to few numbers to be included but I guess it would look a bit like the WRX... :D
Oh, and cars with DSC had 40% less accidents...

Cheers, Niclas

himitsu

I should just retitle the thread "Blond Drivers"....

http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/000961.html





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