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IIHS Small Overlap Test - 2014 FRS

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PSmY9B9x1c"]2014 Scion FR-S small overlap IIHS crash test - YouTube[/ame]

The moderate Overlap and Side Tests videos are also available on the IIHS site along with their write-ups in the link below.

org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/scion/fr-s

its better not to have this kind of accident. hehe

Shows how strong the FR-S is... Small overlap is where most cars get marginal or poor ratings...

I am actually surprised we get an acceptable rating. have you see our car without the body panels? There is hardly anything in the area of impact.

example, of course it is missing bumper beam in the pic and some other bolt on parts but this is the chasis

http://i1310.photobucket.com/albums/...ps25f88e7d.jpg

watch some of the other videos after the FR-S one….FR-S doesn't do too bad compared to the competition…Fiat 500L is terrifying!

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Originally Posted by Silver Ignition (Post 1873433)

watch some of the other videos after the FR-S one….FR-S doesn't do too bad compared to the competition…Fiat 500L is terrifying!

Check Kia Soul or Jeep patriot...

Yeah small impact IIHS is notoriously difficult. Our cars do pretty well.

Good to see an acceptable rating. Small overlap makes minced meat of a lot of cars. Thanks for sharing.

Subaru BRZ, Scion FR-S Earn IIHS Top Safety Pick Rating

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Small, lightweight sports cars are unsafe, right? Not necessarily -- proving the right design can be safe whatever the size, the Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S sports cars have just been awarded a 'Top Safety Pick' rating by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Tested in FR-S guise, both models -- largely identical save for the badge and detail changes to suspension and equipment levels -- achieved the maximum "good" ratings in front moderate overlap, side impact, roof crush and rear impact crash tests. Furthermore, each also received an "acceptable" rating in one of the toughest modern crash tests, the small frontal overlap.

This test in particular has caught out several otherwise-safe vehicles, exposing weaknesses in the structure caused by impacts that put maximum stress through only 25 percent of the body's frontal aspect. While the structure did give way and cause intrusion that raises the risk of lower leg injuries in such an accident, each car received "good" ratings for protection to the head, chest, and hip/thigh region.

Each car, and several others in the organization's small car test series, missed out on the full IIHS "Top Safety Pick+" rating through lack of frontal crash prevention systems. The BR-Z however joins a range of other Subaru models that have scored highly in testing. With four Top Safety Picks and three Top Safety Pick+ vehicles -- the Forester, Legacy sedan and Outback -- Subaru boasts more 2014 IIHS Top Safety Picks than any other brand.

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1...ty-pick-rating

Looks like they should use bigger/better airbags. Subaru generally has no problem with this but these were supplied by Toyoda Gosei (Toyota) which seem to always have this sort of result. Not terrible but definitely some room for improvement.

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Each car, and several others in the organization's small car test series, missed out on the full IIHS "Top Safety Pick+" rating through lack of frontal crash prevention systems

What is a frontal crash prevention system?

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Originally Posted by gramicci101 (Post 1875662)

What is a frontal crash prevention system?

sensor actuated auto braking, I think

Where's the part-out thread?