2016 Muscle Car Crash Tests - Camaro Mustang Challenger
Chevrolet Camaro 2016 Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang miss Top Safety Pick status.
The last American muscle cars offer much higher performance than their predecessors of even just a few years, but there is still room for the safety of the accident to improve, according to a new series of tests by the insurance Institute for Highway safety among the V8 versions of the 2016 Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger Ford Mustang none of them scored top security agency Choose honor TSP.
To win the TSP award, a vehicle needs good scores in the small overlap front before moderate overlap, side, roof strength and head restraint ratings, and it is also a basic accident prevention system given that sports cars have more accidents high, it is particularly important that they offer the best possible protection of occupants in an accident, said Adrian Lund, IIHS president.
According to IIHS Stang comes closest to being a TSP, but there is room for improvement The coupe has a base accident prevention system and good scores scores in four of the five safety tests, however, a low rating marginal recovery prevents win the award pony car roof buckled during the assessment, and the hinge pillar of the door and the dashboard entered the cabin the good news is that the sensors found weak risk of injury to the driver.
Chevy can celebrate good score in the small overlap test Camaro, and IIHS is a low risk of injury Coupe misses being a TSP in part because of resistance of notation acceptable roof also lacks a warning system Asked collision before the Camaro's performance in the ratings, General Motors said Motor1 We Are not comment on the details of the IIHS tests.
The aging Dodge Challenger ranks worst among this trio He scored Marginal, second-lowest rating in the small overlap test of the Institute During the evaluation, the wheel moved into the cabin, which traps technicians of the driver's foot must unlock the ankle to release the trapping model is quite rare that's only happened five times in a small overlap test, Lund said in the announcement IIHS Challenger also received acceptable scores for both headrests preventing an injury and the strength of its roof Challenger made basic collision avoidance system, however.
In response to the results, Fiat Automobiles Chrysler said Motor1 No single test determines the safety of all CAF American vehicles vehicles meet or exceed all government security requirements applicable FCA US Urges all motorists to respect all the laws of the traffic regulations and maintain control of their vehicles accordingly.
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Ruckersville, Va Think muscle car performance, and the speed and power of images are more likely to come to mind that crash tests and safety ratings Because nobody buys a sports car to drive in slow lane, the best all-around protection of the occupant accident Much insurance Institute for Highway safety IIHS recently launched a trio of iconic sports coupes to the test, and unlike quieter sedan no gains the necessary scores to win a prize TOP SAFETY PICK.
IIHS evaluated 2016 models of the Chevrolet Camaro, Dodge Challenger and Ford Mustang in the full battery of crashworthiness evaluations Mustang closest win PICK TOP SAFETY, while the Camaro is far in a class and does not have a collision prevention system available before the Challenger is most in need of improvement.
To qualify PICK TOP security, vehicles must get good grades on the small overlap front, before moderate overlap, side, roof strength and restraint assessments of the head and an accident prevention system base front sides to benefit from the highest distinction of the Institute TOP sAFETY PICK dE, vehicles must get good grades in the five stress tests impact and a higher or Advanced notation for the prevention of accidents before.
IIHS doesn t usually crash test sports cars because they represent a small share of the consumer market IIHS engineers decided to evaluate these models with V-8 engines optional because they are big sellers in their class, and consumers demand often how they would perform in crash tests.
point of insurance data significant losses for sports cars as a group, they have the heaviest losses among passenger vehicles for repair of collision damage in the collision coverage, data from the Institute Highway loss of data show a collision coverage insures against physical damage to the offending insured's vehicle in an accident.
Given that sports cars have more accidents high, it is particularly important that they offer the best possible protection of occupants in an accident, said Adrian Lund, IIHS president.
The Camaro, Challenger and Mustang all earn high marks for occupant protection in a crash before moderate overlap and side impact in the newest and the most difficult to evaluate the impact resistance of the Institute, the small test before recovery, the Camaro wins a good note, the Mustang wins acceptable and the Challenger is rated marginal.
The Mustang is just one note away win TOP SAFETY PICK, Lund points out his small collection of notes held back.
Added in 2012, the small overlap test simulates what happens when a vehicle leaves the road and hits a tree or pole or clips of another vehicle which crossed the center line in the test, 25 percent of the total width of the vehicle strikes.
The rigid barrier five feet high on the driver's side at 40 mph is a particularly difficult test because it involves a vehicle outer edges of which aren t well protected by the structures of the crash impact forces go directly into area the front wheel, the suspension system and firewall.
The Challenger had not been up to the small overlap test intrusion extent in the occupant compartment lower survival space limited to the driver and leads to a poor rating for the structure and for leg protection foot Measurements taken from the dummy indicate a high probability of serious injury to the leg.
During the accident, the Challenger front wheel was forced back into the cabin, and the intrusion of the footwell left trapped mannequin foot and distorted his ankle, Lund explains Our technicians had to unlock the foot of the dummy his leg to free it trapping is rare that's only happened five times in a small overlap test.
In contrast, the survival space for the driver in the Camaro has been well maintained, and the risk of injuries to the legs and feet of the model was low Camaro was redesigned for the 2016 model year.
The Camaro safety cage is designed to withstand intrusion in a small overlap crash, and that's good news for Camaro drivers, says Lund.
The Mustang structural performance of the small overlap test fell short of the Challenger The roof buckled, and the driver's survival space was compromised by a considerable intrusion pillar of the hinge of the door and the dashboard again the actions of the model indicated a low risk of injury all parts of the body, including the legs and feet.
The Camaro and Mustang earn high marks for the head restraints and seats for protection against neck injuries in rear collision Challenger head restraints are rated acceptable.
The Mustang earns a good rating for roof strength and the Camaro and Challenger win acceptable stronger roofs crush less in working accidents, reducing the risk that people will be injured by contact with the roof itself and risk that unbelted occupants are ejected stronger roofs are particularly important for sports cars, which have among the highest driver death rates in reversals in one vehicle.
Ford and Dodge offer collision warning systems before an option on the Mustang and Challenger Both cuts earn base note for the prevention of accidents before because their systems meet the performance criteria set by the National Board of road safety.
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