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Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« on: September 17, 2015, 12:23:01 pm »
Lexus ES and Scion iA also named to TSP+ list
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2015, 01:35:50 pm »
"Almost a given" Volvo is synonymous with safety testing. As the inventor of seat belts (Nils Bohlin) what else would one expect.  :thumbup:

Ford Among others still rely on Volvo for automotive safety testing and engineering.
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2015, 09:16:41 am »
Surprised nobody, sure, but imagine the headlines if Volvo didn't get the TSP+...


I still think it's bollocks to offer TSP+ on vehicles where the "+" denotes collision avoidance, specifically when the equipment necessary to meet that designation is optional.  I'd like to see safety assistance features as standard in all cars, and make 'em pay for the usual suspects (heated seats, navi, moonroof).  Very unpopular opinion, I'm sure, but again, I don't want auto-braking because I don't know how to drive - I want it because I don't trust others on the road around me to not be on their phones/putting on makeup/slapping their babies/giving roadhead.
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2015, 09:31:23 am »
Quote from: No-san on September 18, 2015, 09:16:41 am
Surprised nobody, sure, but imagine the headlines if Volvo didn't get the TSP+...

Geely would be blamed.
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2015, 10:03:25 am »
Quote from: mmret on September 18, 2015, 09:31:23 am
Quote from: No-san on September 18, 2015, 09:16:41 am
Surprised nobody, sure, but imagine the headlines if Volvo didn't get the TSP+...
Geely would be blamed.
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2015, 02:27:05 pm »
I was surprised when I looked at the test details at IIHS that the new XC90 only got an acceptable rating for torso protection in the side impact test. The previous version had a Good rating for every parameter. But overall it is a very safe car. It's interesting to look at the video of the small overlap front crash, the XC90 just deflects off the barrier and continues to slide past it forward. Almost every other vehicle tested this way comes to a violent halt  into the barrier then bounces back. I know I'd rather be in the XC90 in most crashes.
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2015, 11:58:45 am »
Quote from: Cadguy on September 19, 2015, 02:27:05 pm
It's interesting to look at the video of the small overlap front crash, the XC90 just deflects off the barrier and continues to slide past it forward. Almost every other vehicle tested this way comes to a violent halt  into the barrier then bounces back.
https://youtu.be/Rf7t_D0CSgg

^^ BEAST!!!
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #7 on: September 21, 2015, 12:13:49 pm »
Quote from: No-san on September 21, 2015, 11:58:45 am
Quote from: Cadguy on September 19, 2015, 02:27:05 pm
It's interesting to look at the video of the small overlap front crash, the XC90 just deflects off the barrier and continues to slide past it forward. Almost every other vehicle tested this way comes to a violent halt  into the barrier then bounces back.
https://youtu.be/Rf7t_D0CSgg

^^ BEAST!!!

Jeep Wrangler does the same thing for a fraction of the price.....and looks better doing it  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS7Nw_pV0K0
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #8 on: September 21, 2015, 12:35:28 pm »
Quote from: Fobroader on September 21, 2015, 12:13:49 pm
Quote from: No-san on September 21, 2015, 11:58:45 am
Quote from: Cadguy on September 19, 2015, 02:27:05 pm
It's interesting to look at the video of the small overlap front crash, the XC90 just deflects off the barrier and continues to slide past it forward. Almost every other vehicle tested this way comes to a violent halt  into the barrier then bounces back.
https://youtu.be/Rf7t_D0CSgg

^^ BEAST!!!

Jeep Wrangler does the same thing for a fraction of the price.....and looks better doing it  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS7Nw_pV0K0
:hurl:
Watching that video is painful.

...as is the rest of the ranking.  Do NOT get t-boned in a Wrangler!
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/jeep/wrangler-4-door-suv/2015
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2015, 12:36:59 pm »
Quote from: No-san on September 21, 2015, 12:35:28 pm
Quote from: Fobroader on September 21, 2015, 12:13:49 pm
Quote from: No-san on September 21, 2015, 11:58:45 am
Quote from: Cadguy on September 19, 2015, 02:27:05 pm
It's interesting to look at the video of the small overlap front crash, the XC90 just deflects off the barrier and continues to slide past it forward. Almost every other vehicle tested this way comes to a violent halt  into the barrier then bounces back.
https://youtu.be/Rf7t_D0CSgg

^^ BEAST!!!

Jeep Wrangler does the same thing for a fraction of the price.....and looks better doing it  ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS7Nw_pV0K0
:hurl:
Watching that video is painful.

...as is the rest of the ranking.  Do NOT get t-boned in a Wrangler!
http://www.iihs.org/iihs/ratings/vehicle/v/jeep/wrangler-4-door-suv/2015

Thats why you lift it, so the guy in the subcompact gets your rockrail right in the teeth when he tbones you  ;D
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Re: Volvo XC90 earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ ranking, surprising no one
« Reply #10 on: September 21, 2015, 12:38:02 pm »
Quote from: Fobroader on September 21, 2015, 12:36:59 pm
Thats why you lift it, so the guy in the subcompact gets your rockrail right in the teeth when he tbones you  ;D
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