I wish every automaker would make a detailed extrication handbook for their vehicles. Most provide a basic guide for the hazards in their vehicles. However, Mercedes-Benz has gone above and beyond. Take a look at the link below. The Mercedes-Benz ...

The 2011 BMW 5-Series body structure is an extremely stiff passenger cell with intelligent use of high-strength multi-phase steel and hot-moulded ultra-high-strength steel.  The A and B-pillars are made from hot stamped UHSS.  This would lead me to believe that there ...

The 2011 Hyundai Sonata is built with a hot stamped ultra-high-strength steel body structure.  The Sonata earned an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) TOP SAFETY PICK.  Keep in mind, that the new roof strength test is being used. This would ...

The core structure of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze is a unitary construction fabricated from steel beams, pressings and box sections, with an overall torsional rigidity of 17.66 KNm/degree of deflection. About 65% of the structure is composed of high-strength steels ...

The Cadillac CTS currently uses Advanced High Strength Steels in strategic structural locations.  One of Cadillac’s plans for the next Cadillac CTS refresh is to make the CTS one of the lightest cars in its class. One assumes they will ...

2011 Ford Explorer This is the first shot at providing body structure information on the new 2011 Ford Explorer.  Since Ford just released the images a few days ago it will take sometime for all the information to filter out ...