Tag Archives: Extrication

The 2009 Scion xB uses several different grades of High-Strength Steel (HSS) in the body structure. No Ultra-high Strength Steel.

The Smart car AKA “smart fortwo” has what smart USA calls a tridion safety cell. The cell is made up with a mix of Ultra-high Strength Steel. The safety cell is reinforced is with over 50% UHSS. Something not really ...

The 2009 Scion xd has a body structure made from High-Strength Steel (HSS). The only Ultra-high Strength Steel used is in the front bumper reinforcement.

Ford Motor Company relaeased a “Ultra-High-Strength Steel Fact Sheet” this week that has some very good information. For example, did you know that All Ford vehicles use boron steel in their door intrusion beams? Take a couple of minutes and ...

Toyota has used Ultra-high Strength Steel sparingly (UHSS) on the 2009 Matrix. No Boron either! Take a look at the body structure below and you can see the only UHSS is in the A-Pillar and the Side Impact Door Beams.

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. ...