Trackaholic
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Tim's comp orange was a great test.
Fender alignment looks better than what comes out of the factory.
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Tim's comp orange was a great test.
Fender alignment looks better than what comes out of the factory.
That photo looks like your friend clipped the pole right in the corner of his car, just like what the IIHS small over lap test does. I'm glad to see the S550 faired well!Accident site pic...
This is why I'm alive and uninjured and was in another mustang within the week.Honestly i think we have already known that after all of the crashed mustangs we have seen already, and the fact of minimal to no injuries in each.
The IIHS should run the S550 through both small overlap and roof strength tests. Either of these are potential vulnerable spots when cruising undivided two-lane roads. Which is what this car is made to do. There is still a lot of cars out there that pass the moderate overlap, but flunk the small overlap.The IIHS has not tested small overlap or roof strength. We only know moderate overlap for the coupe/conv and side impact for the convertible.
Like all cars manufactured prior to 2010 the older Mustangs are not very safe.
For those people I have seen post here stating that they do not care about safety because they are good attentive drivers, check out this video about an accident that happened a few miles from my house last week:
http://kxan.com/2015/03/16/man-who-survived-deadly-lakeway-crash-shares-story/
This lady was sitting in a center turn lane when a Mitsubishi hit her 2006-2008 (not sure) Mustang convertible almost head on. Both drivers and one passenger did not make it unfortunately.
Despite lack of a full safety results from IIHS for the S550, what convinced me of the safety of these was actually watching the crash test videos. You can see that the cabin easily remains intact in all the test videos.The IIHS should run the S550 through both small overlap and roof strength tests. Either of these are potential vulnerable spots when cruising undivided two-lane roads. Which is what this car is made to do. There is still a lot of cars out there that pass the moderate overlap, but flunk the small overlap.
http://jalopnik.com/watch-this-absolutely-brutal-crash-test-of-a-mazda-cx-9-1560931424
Watch This Absolutely Brutal Crash Test Of A Mazda CX-9
Unfortunately IIHS has posted on their website that they don't test "sports cars" because they think buyers of such cars are more concerned about performance than safety.
A lot of cars do well in all of the crash tests except for the Small Overlap crash test the IIHS does.Despite lack of a full safety results from IIHS for the S550, what convinced me of the safety of these was actually watching the crash test videos. You can see that the cabin easily remains intact in all the test videos.