Boron Extrication An in-depth look into vehicle extrication and rescues involving today's automobiles
The 2011 Mazda 2 is 50 lb (23 kg) lighter because of the extended use of high-tensile-strength steel in the body structure. The crash-critical of areas of the structure have the highest strength steel for side impact protection. Over half ...
Read More »New Roof Strength Rollover Test (IIHS vs NHTSA)
Rollover crashes account for 2.5 percent of the total vehicle crashes in the United States each year. However, rollover crashes account for roughly 10,000 deaths according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). To put this number in perspective, ...
Read More »2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Body Structure
The chances of running across a 2011 Mercede-Benz SLS AMG involved in a MVA are slim. But I believe in covering every vehicle, plus it would be a rush to cut up a $200K-$250K car. The body structure is made of 45 ...
Read More »UPDATED: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Body and Safety Structure
The Chevrolet Cruze page was updated this morning to reflect some additional information that was released by the manufacturer. Make sure you check out the updated page: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Body and Safety Structure
Read More »Guidelines for Rescue Services Passenger Cars
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 ...
Read More »2011 BMW 5-Series Body Structure
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 ...
Read More »2011 Hyundai Sonata UHSS
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 ...
Read More »2011 Chevrolet Cruze Safety Structure
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 ...
Read More »2010 Cadillac CTS Safety Cage and Body Structure
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 ...
Read More »2011 Ford Explorer Boron and Airbags
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 ...
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