Crash Test Video
 

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03iRn0BnFqM"]Crash Test 2012 - Toyota 86 GT Subaru BRZ Scion FRS (Full Frontal) JNCAP - YouTube[/ame]

Saw a video whie looking for NHTSA crash test videos that might interest a few.

Also http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com...S/Reliability/

It says there has been 1 safety recall. Anyone know what this is?

EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUALRecall Date: 06/04/2012

• Consequence: IF A USER READS AND FOLLOWS INACCURATE OWNER?S MANUAL INFORMATION, THIS COULD LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF INJURY TO A FRONT PASSENGER SEAT OCCUPANT UNDER CERTAIN CRASH CONDITIONS.
• NHTSA Campaign ID: 12V255000
• Potential Number of Units Affected: 1,156
• Summary: TOYOTA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2013 SCION FR-S VEHICLES MANUFACTURED FROM MARCH 22, 2012, THROUGH MAY 14, 2012. THE OWNER?S MANUAL CONTAINS AN INACCURATE DESCRIPTION OF THE ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE FRONT PASSENGER OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM. OTHER PORTIONS OF THE OWNER?S MANUAL, DESCRIBING THE AIR BAG SYSTEM, REQUIRE CLARIFICATION. AS SUCH, THESE VEHICLES FAIL TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD (FMVSS) NO. 208, ?OCCUPANT CRASH PROTECTION.?
• Remedy: TOYOTA WILL NOTIFY OWNERS, AND WILL MAIL CORRECTED INSERTS FOR THE OWNER?S MANUALS, FREE OF CHARGE. THE SAFETY RECALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING JUNE 2012. OWNERS MAY CONTACT TOYOTA AT 1 866-707-2466.
• Notes: CUSTOMERS MAY CONTACT THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION'S VEHICLE SAFETY HOTLINE AT 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); OR GO TO HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV.

Holy crap. The cabin held together so perfectly it doesn't even look like the windshield so much as cracked.

Buy an S2000 they said...

[ame]http://youtu.be/caOqD54oxRA[/ame]

Wow.. that's insane

The frontal overlap tests are the ones that usually show how the car will really hold up. I'm sure in the small overlap test, the FR-S would split.

FR-S
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16CIDz4pAxo"]2013 Scion FR-S moderate overlap IIHS crash test - YouTube[/ame]

IS :confused0068:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnK-TovPgrc"]2012 Lexus IS 250/350 small overlap test - YouTube[/ame]

Small vs moderate there... small is a lot worse than moderate for cars to handle...

[ame]http://youtu.be/lrHYl9D5CTI[/ame]

[ame]http://youtu.be/Fb_vRbDgjLY[/ame]

What happened with the S2000?

For a convertible it has a great safety rating, i was just picking on how convertibles mostly do pretty bad in crash tests, where however the S2000 does good.

[ame]http://youtu.be/sDjKSUIjow4[/ame]

I was just wondering cause I have first hand experience on the s2000 with a head on collision and that's why I bought another a week later. Long story short lady ran a red light hit me head on I bit my lip and sprained my wrist when the engine went under the car.

Crumple zones and physics. It's a wonderful thing.
There's an anniversary video of some old Chevy crashing into a new one (think it was a Malibu) head-on and while the Malibu crumpled and looked totaled, the older Chevy's cabin caved in because the front end was just a hunk of steel, meanwhile the passenger in the new one was fine, because the front end absorbed all the energy and prevented it from transferring into the cabin.
I have a friend with an old Jeep and Chevy truck that keeps ragging on about how new cars get totaled easy, how "they dun make 'em like duh used tuh!" and how some woman in a Lexus merely dented him at a light while the Lexus got totaled. I tell him I hope he enjoyed all that kinetic energy.

On a lighter note, some of these make me cringe, depending on the car lol.

[ame]http://youtu.be/fPF4fBGNK0U[/ame]

[ame]http://youtu.be/uHiYSAenanM[/ame]

[ame]http://youtu.be/sKSPxQjPOm0[/ame]