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The 2013 Ford S-MAX has a body structure made up of Ultra-High Strength Steel (UHSS) with safety features that include

The body structure of the 2011 Seat León is unitised made from galvanised steel and uses 50% more high-strength and ultra-high-strength steels than in the previous León, 63% of the steels used are high-strength and 5% are ultra-high-strength. The sheet-metal components that make up the top section of the body (which are the roof, side panelling, pillars and side skirts) as well as the protective bars in the doors are mostly high-strength steels. The frame structure in the lower section of the new León is also composed of a high percentage of high-strength steels.

The 2005-2011 Peugeot 107 Body Structure is that of a small city car. The 107 was developed by the B-Zero project of PSA Peugeot Citroën in a joint-venture with Toyota, the Toyota Aygo is based off the 107.

The 2011 Audi A7 is basically a stretched version of the A4 and A5 platform. It’s a lightweight construction body and is made from a mixture of steel and aluminium panels.

The Citroen C3 Picasso Body Structure and six airbag locations.

High-strength steel, ultra high-strength steel and boron steel (rigidity four to five times greater than common steel) is adopted in critical areas of the S-MAX’s body structure such as A and B pillars to provide exceptional strength to improve structural ...

The new Ford Mondeo has a door-ring reinforcement and a B-pillar reinforcement made of ultra-high-strength boron steel to improve crash integrity. The use of ultra-high-strength steel in the A-pillar, roof side rail and rocker helps to provide a sleek, lightweight ...