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timun · 03-14-2024, 04:11 PM

Ha, anyone else remember this test the IIHS conducted in 2007: https://web.archive.org/web/20081120.../pr030107.html ?

Front and rear full-on crashes into a barrier at 6 mph (~10 km/h) and crashes into the front and rear corners of the cars at 3 mph (~5 km/h).

The cumulative damage was tallied over the four tests, and of the 17 then-new cars they tested the one that sustained the least was a Mitsubishi Galant, with $4,277 worth. The worst were the VW Jetta and Nissan Maxima, which had over $9,000 of damage.

For funsies, and to illustrate that car bumpers used to be able to withstand 'bumps' a lot better, they did the same tests on a 1981 Ford Escort. It sustained a cumulative $469. $383 was damage to the bumper and trunk in the rear test, and $86 was damage to the front bumper in the front test; it sustained literally no damage whatsoever in the front and rear corner tests.

03-14-2024, 04:11 PM	#5439
timun First Line Centre Join Date: May 2012 Exp:	Ha, anyone else remember this test the IIHS conducted in 2007: https://web.archive.org/web/20081120.../pr030107.html ? Front and rear full-on crashes into a barrier at 6 mph (~10 km/h) and crashes into the front and rear corners of the cars at 3 mph (~5 km/h). The cumulative damage was tallied over the four tests, and of the 17 then-new cars they tested the one that sustained the least was a Mitsubishi Galant, with $4,277 worth. The worst were the VW Jetta and Nissan Maxima, which had over $9,000 of damage. For funsies, and to illustrate that car bumpers used to be able to withstand 'bumps' a lot better, they did the same tests on a 1981 Ford Escort. It sustained a cumulative $469. $383 was damage to the bumper and trunk in the rear test, and $86 was damage to the front bumper in the front test; it sustained literally no damage whatsoever in the front and rear corner tests.