What’s strange, the top video, is a 2009 451 IIHS test. Did they change they crash test finding, the following year. Humm?One video doesn’t tell the whole story. Ask many of the owners who owe their lives to the PROVEN safety engineered into a smart.
Our beloved smart was actually rated GOOD by IIHS!
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2008 Smart ForTwo IIHS Crash Test Results In, Little Tyke Did "Good"
Although we've already seen the NHTSA crash tests and the leaked IIHS test video, the official Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash test results are finally in for the 2008 Smart ForTwo. It turns out the little bugger did pretty well. IIHS awarded the micro-machine its highest...jalopnik.com
And the answer is, smart MY09 by IIHS...What’s strange, the top video, is a 2009 451 IIHS test. Did they change they crash test finding, the following year. Humm?
Let’s be fair, the picture that you have posted is NOT the end result of a horrific crash. Rather it is a heap of torn metal and plastic that is the result of the cabrio being ripped apart by EMS and the jaws of life.You wouldn’t think, anyone would survive this crash. A guy, I know did. He’s legs were a mess. Had to learn to walk again. Many like surgeries over a couple years. He’s alive, modifying his Audi. The smart cabrio, saved him.
You missed the point. He lived out of that mangled mess. It was a horrible crash, he had to be cut out of. The smart tridon cell saved he‘s life. Even in the cabrio model.Let’s be fair, the picture that you have posted is NOT the end result of a horrific crash. Rather it is a heap of torn metal and plastic that is the result of the cabrio being ripped apart by EMS and the jaws of life.
Hardly demonstrates the true safety built into a smart and durability of the tridion even in the crash of a cabrio.
Is that a former member's car? I think his screen name was Smart Brett. If so, he was a real fanboy until the wreck.What’s strange, the top video, is a 2009 451 IIHS test. Did they change they crash test finding, the following year. Humm?
You wouldn’t think, anyone would survive this crash. A guy, I know did. He’s legs were a mess. Had to learn to walk again. Many like surgeries over a couple years. He’s alive, modifying his Audi. The smart cabrio, saved him.
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The 453 crash test is really good.
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Any details on what hit him? An Abrams tank or a diesel locomotive? I see it's a Cabrio. Can't help but wonder if there are some crash differences between it and a non-Cabrio. Even with the top rails locking in. I would think that at some point the latch points will fail before a continuous welded steel beam will fail.What’s strange, the top video, is a 2009 451 IIHS test. Did they change they crash test finding, the following year. Humm?
You wouldn’t think, anyone would survive this crash. A guy, I know did. He’s legs were a mess. Had to learn to walk again. Many like surgeries over a couple years. He’s alive, modifying his Audi. The smart cabrio, saved him.
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The 453 crash test is really good.
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Pretty sobering pictures. But your point is well taken. To survive such a horrific crash is a testament to the strength of the smart design. Obviously, there are limits, as with any vehicle. but considering the size of the smart, it's pretty amazing. I expect that its small size and agility may have saved more than a few individuals.You missed the point. He lived out of that mangled mess. It was a horrible crash, he had to be cut out of. The smart tridon cell saved he‘s life. Even in the cabrio model.
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The original IIHS YouTube video, demonstrated the smart car. Really wasn’t match to a larger MB vehicle. No small car is. That why it was rated poor. In that crash test.
The top rails on the cabrio provide no structural support.Can't help but wonder if there are some crash differences between it and a non-Cabrio. Even with the top rails locking in. I would think that at some point the latch points will fail before a continuous welded steel beam will fail.
I'd have no problem driving one myself. Just curious as to what differences exist. I know one of the reasons the old Mercedes convertibles were so heavy was all the extra reinforcement to make up for the lack of the roof support.^ he has a point there.
I still feel safe being in it as I would in the coupe.
The coupe, is so much safer, then the cabrio. You cut out the roof support, the little car folds in. What I like about the Fiat 500c. Fiat doesn’t cut out the structure of the roof. It has the same folding Retractable cloth system.The top rails on the cabrio provide no structural support.
As top rail “runners,” they are made of plastic and held in place by spring loaded pins.
The “open” cabrio tridion does have additional high strength steel reinforcement AND the addition of a “roll bar” in the rear.