Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
11-05-2008, 03:57 PM
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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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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.
Research the best muscle cars with U.S. News' car rankings and reviews.
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11-05-2008, 06:14 PM
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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
11-05-2008, 06:46 PM
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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?
Ahhhhh Vegas
I wonder if one of the tracks at the SRT experiance is a demo derby?
11-10-2008, 03:40 PM
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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
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
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RE: Dodge Challenger Earns Five Star Safety Rating
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You can watch them smashing a couple of Challengers here... [:@]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-iaYCy49c
You can watch them smashing a couple of Challengers here... [:@]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-iaYCy49c
