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Random Task @ Nov 15th 2007 11:38AM
All together now: But it's not a fully boxed frame.
Guenther @ Nov 15th 2007 11:50AM
Right- because the rear frame ends almost have anything to do with a frontal crash, right?
Funny, how the one brand new truck that scored **** for both front passengers, ends up on the IIHS top pick. Perhaps the repair costs are lower? Or maybe they included the lower femur loads
Temple @ Nov 15th 2007 12:20PM
IIHS does significantly harder front impact test then the NHTSA. This is because the IIHS do asymmetrical front impact "offset" where 40% of the front are impacted, unlike the flat brick wall style tests the NHTSA does. This is due to the fact that most people don't get into accidents with completely flat surfaces.
Also the IIHS conducts the test at 40 mph vs the 35 mph the NHTSA does.
The fact the Tundra does well on the IIHS test and does 4-stars on the NHTSA test means that the vehicle does better on offset frontal collision. Which is really better for the real world.
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