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The body structure of the 2009 Toyota Corolla is strategically reinforced with Ultra High-Strength Steel (UHSS). The Corolla has a UHSS reinforcement in the A-Pillar, side impact beam in the front doors, and a two beams in the rear.

A quick post on Nissan’s use of Ultra-high-strength steel in the new Altima. The Nissan Altima is made up of 22 percent UHSS, including all side-impact. The Mercedes Smart Fortwo is made with a safety feature called the Tridon Safety ...

Toyota 2009 + Corolla – Uses Ultra-high Strength Steel in the A-Pillar and Door Beams. 2009 + Matrix – Uses Ultra-high Strength Steel in the A-Pillar and Door Beams.

Just before Ford sold off Jaguar, the XF was redesigned with the latest generation steels. The upper body uses almost every type of advanced steel – including high carbon steels, dual-phase, hot-formed boron steels, and bake-hardened steels – which form ...

Nissan is just like all the other automakers who want to reduce mass for better performance and fuel economy. The GT-R is a mix high power to low weight. Most of the GT-R structure is made from high strength steel. ...

Like many other automakers, Ford uses boron and other ultra-high-strength lightweight steels in various structural areas on several of its current models. These models including the Ford Taurus, Flex, Mustang, Transit Connect, F-150 and Focus, as well as the Lincoln ...

At Honda, they have significantly upped the amount of high-strength steels used in the new Acura MDX, from 13 percent of the structure to 56.3 percent, including grades 780 and 980, which are in the ultra high-strength steel category. Honda ...

No Boron in the current models of the Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia, and BuickEnclave crossover vehicles. However, other Ultra-high Strength Steels are used. The only area that Firefighters need to look out for on this vehicle platform are the rocker ...

Ron Moore from University of Extrication at Firehouse.com. Check out his article on: Extrication Challenges of Advanced Steel in Vehicles: Part 2 Below are the links to all five of Ron Moore’s study on Boron and UHSS at the University ...

Be careful what you read on the Internet, I have read that some firefighters believe that Boron Steel is not widely used by American Automakers. Unfortunately for us, American Automakers are using Boron and other Ultra-high Strength Steels in various ...