Can someone do a chop with the hood 5cm higher as described in the Autocar interview?
 

Jaromir Cech says the hoodline will have to be raised about 5cm to meet pedestrian safety regulations. Anyone care to give us your impression of how this might look?

is five cm really gonna make that big of a difference

I think it'll be next to impossible to know how that'll really look. It's not a huge change or anything, but they're certainly going to have to alter a few other body components up front to really get it to work.

he actually said 50cm...

I think it was something like 50mm not cm, I will go back and look...

:bow:Jaromir Cech did not say a figure in his interview, it looks like we got this from another source....?:iono:

I'd kind of like to see one with a higher hood just as a rough idea...

From the Autocar website:

Obviously we won't know exactly how it'll look, but that's the point of this thread: give us your interpretation, have fun with it, let's get a rough idea of what it could look like!

50mm=5cm=2inches,

which is about the size of my thumb, and I'm about 5"10.

its not a BIG difference, approx height difference is about the height of a standard id card.

thanks for that info. I hadn't gotten around to checking out how much that meant either. I can live with a two inches higher hood. Obviously looks better the way it is...

I don't quite understand how a higher hood is safer for pedestrians? Does that mean a cab-over semi would be great to hit a pedestrian?

Maybe if you hit the pedestrian, they might roll over the hood easier w 50mm higher. :bellyroll:

I think its for more space between anything that could possibly break through the body work and injure the pedestian the so nicely ran into you. like a crumple zone of sorts. then again if your going at say highway speeds i font think there is enough room between your hood and anything under it to save that dumbass pedestrian

Fixed.


...Payback...

Ouch :laughabove:

Hey, somebody make with the chop-chop!

here you go... My attempt - It's a little messy because it was only done quickly... :bonk:


Animated gif BTW - stare at it for a few secs

here it is 50cm higher for giggles ^^ :word:

this made me laugh so hard... it looks like a shoe

reminds me of the new charger

The UK is pushing the pedestrian requirements because it will supposedly save lives for all the small/tight slow-going rdwys that are apparently slathered with pedestrians.
I can tell you all, that in the 8 years I have been in insurance, I have seen very few claims involving autos and pedestrians where the pedestrian was not killed. Not because of the shape of the vehicle, but because of their speed. Very few american rds (other then in NY) have speeds less then 45mph. Just as a comparison, 35mph will slaughter a human, or go through a brickwall. I'm really not sure how changing the shape/height of the front end helps in the majority of accidents. The way I see it, this is just the UK pulling a "California" and making up rules for cars to be sold there, throwing around their weight. California did it with the smog/emissions requirements, but you don't see all the europeans with the same smog equipement. Heck, you don't even see the rest of the 50 states following suit. The problem is that it costs a lot more for a company to have two different front ends then to have two different types of smog set ups. I love the UK, but I hate this recent rule. It better not make the front end ugly. I've got faith in Toyota though: if they made it look hot already, hopefully they can work their magic and not ruin it.:thumbsup:

IIRC Jaguar has a pop-up mechanism for the bonnet that is activated upon impact, kind of an airbag system for the bonnet which rises it in the appropriate height. Could be a solution although it might raise the price.

Besides that, a proportional raise of the whole design might keep the harmony of the design lines and along with it provide more headroom for the interior. Just a thought, could be wrong though...

I know that with the MINI all they did was raise the height and change the shape of the hood. It has to be raised to a certain height and a certain angle to be legal. The MINI was ugly after the change. It initially had this "bulldog" look, and now looks pointy. I would really like the jaguar fix, but I highly doubt they would go with the comlexity, cost, or weight of such a system. I hope it's not ugly. :barf: Poor Toyota, can you imagine finally knocking a ball out of the design park in decades and then it all hinging on the front end change to meet one countries requirements...I hope it works out for them.

What about what honda does? I know they use slightly different front ends on a couple of cars, but one in particular there is a big difference, the Integra, theres the JDM front end and the USDM front end.

(P.S. I'm more interested in maybe a reason for it then trying to point you out for wrong info, just a curious person.)

There's always a chance that they would follow Honda's example, but are there any toyota vehicle that have used this method in the past? Does toyota have a history of using this method of dealing with the pedestrian safety law? I would love it if they went this route, but if toyota hasn't used this in the past, it could be unlikely. Not to say that they wouldn't implement something new for this awesome vehicle, but we can always hope.

Every automakers should make one special version for the UK to meet their stupid requirement and make them pay extra for the expense. Why should the rest of the world suffer :iono:. If all automakers stick together I'm sure they'll do away with the requirement rather quickly.

Could someone do a sideview animated gif of this 5cm raise?

the front end looks abit rx-8ish with the 5cm raise

Looks like it wants to be a muscle car.
:bellyroll:

or a truck slash suv! now we need a ricer to chop the back and turn it in to a rhino lined bed! hahahaha :bonk: :barf:

el-tacoma anyone?

I always thought that was backwards, the slow one's are worth less points cause they are easier to hit, its the fast ones that are worth more points cause they are harder to hit.

That.........
is awesome.
:bow:

I completely agree with you, if they could release the exactly as it looks right now, I would be very happy, but I do see them doing this stupid change to please those damn Brit's.

And I totally agree with you on this, if they do only make body modifications a couple of us on here should get together and work out how to do it and put together a how to thread.

Let the Brits keep the ugly version and give everybody else as is... well, everybody except California maybe ... hahahahahaa

Hey now, thats not nice, don't be hatin on cali.

The production version will be the new "shot heard 'round the world." Revolution over pedestrian standards!!!

lol, Don't get me started.

I'm sure you'll change your tune once you start living in the United Republic of California....

Bunch of Liberal Commies....














roflao 2 the irony

Damn. I like the 5cm higher better than the original. Looks pretty badass. Meaner.

....ok well I'm pretty sure you are the only one on this website who thinks that.