Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

Good to hear it is a safe car.


Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating

Posted: Nov. 05, 2008 10:11 a.m.

The muscle cars of the 1970s were known for many things, but safety wasn't one of them. Their 21st-century descendants, though, may be a different story.

Autoblog explains, "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration slammed some Dodge Challengers into brick walls to test the new pony car's crash-worthiness, and the results were five stars for both the driver and front passenger in frontal and side impacts. A front crash impact score of five stars means that there is a 10% or less chance of serious injury at 35 mph, and the five-star side impact score indicates a 5% chance of serious injury at 38.5 mph."

CarScoop adds, "It's never a pretty site seeing a new car being smashed -even though in this case it's for the noblest of reasons," but for those who are interested, CarScoop has posted video footage of the tests.

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RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

Wonder how fast that 90 year old lady was going when it burst into flames:eek:

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

You can watch them smashing a couple of Challengers here... [:@]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-iaYCy49c

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

It might be fun to test the ratings on a Charger, or even a Viper.... hmmmm Where do we get them?

Ahhhhh Vegas

I wonder if one of the tracks at the SRT experiance is a demo derby?

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

I think that comes with the figure 8 demo... ;)

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

If for ANY reason I T-Bone you out on the track, TRY to keep a straight face as I convince them we did it for testing.

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

Crash test dummies... :eek:

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

Here is the full report (PDF) of the frontal crash test of a Challenger SE.

Warning: The photos of the smashed-in front of the Challenger may be disturbing to fans of DWB.

http://www.regulations.gov/search/se...d=11D88F449000

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

It hurt just to watch.....but I think they will be able to buff most of the dents right out......................

RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
 

Enough Bondo and those cars will be on eBay next week. [8D]