http://a709.g.akamai.net/7/709/998/2...Accord_HSF.mpg
03 Accord 40mph

http://a709.g.akamai.net/7/709/998/2...ccord_LSFA.mpg
03 Accord 5mph

http://a528.g.akamai.net/7/528/998/2...AcuraTLHSF.mpg
03 TL 40mph

http://a524.g.akamai.net/7/524/998/2...AcuraTLLSR.mpg
03 TL 5mph

Sorry guys - No CL videos. Because nobody wants to see a dummy driving our car to suiside

 

Cool videos! Gee I hit my friends Corolla going backwards and the bumper did not just flex back so easily! More like $300 in bumper repair needed!

 

Damn it! the new Accord holds better than the TL!!!

The Accord 03 Cabin frame Stayed 100% intact and never twisted...

The TL frame as you can see buckled up a bit...

 

I think I found some ammo for the IS fight! Check out their video, their side mirrors are OBX quality and break off!

http://www.progressive.com/RC/VSafet...ash_videos.asp

 

Nashua: What's most important is that our side mirrors held up, and the Accord's didn't!

 

I guess the outcome was like that due to the wieght... TL wiegh more than a TL so Tl suffered more..

 

On the 5 mph backward test..it looks like the TL took a dump after the hit ....

PH

 

not that it changes much but it's the 02 TL ... look at the filenames.

Also the dummy's arm going up in the '03 Accord 40mph is like "omg WHY?! My CAR!"

 

sweet videos. I didn't know they published these.

For some reason in that 5mph test looked like the TL was moving much faster.

Also, do they let go of the accelerator right before impact. Or do they let the car cruise in Neutral to the object?

 

I it has to be in nuetral b/c the car wouldn't have bounced like that, if it wasn't in neutral there would have been damage..... my sister tapped a pole with my dads TL and put a gash in the bumper.

 

I don't know about you but I would rather be the dude in the TL!!! did we look at the same footage? look at the amount of metal mass that crumpled on the TL, before it even came close to the cabin!! also the dummy in the TL is moving around less, due to the fact that its a heavier car, and the front absorbed most of the force! I can't see a single buckle in the TL!!

Its always better to be in a bigger, longer, more heavier car during an accident! This is why suv owners survive collisions more! and don't get too carried away with this star safety rating crap too! If a big ol' lincoln navigator gets a 3 in front impact, and a civic hatch back gets a 5, which car would you rather be in if these two cars were to collide? also, how many people slam their cars into walls? don't you slam it into other cars? take this stuff with a grain of salt!

 

Werd

 

wow, the volvos held up pretty good!

 

Yes, the "shell" of the TL did show slight body frame flexing. This is a good thing because the energy of the impact is going to the body's frame and hopefully not to the occupant, which is what it's designed to do.

For the Accord, there is no such body frame flexing which means it's too stiff and the energy of the impact could resonate throughout the cabin and hence possibly absorbed by the occupant. Check how the indicator on the roof of the Accord barely shows any signs of movement.

So if you see minimal damage to the body frame of a collision vehicle, it doesn't necessarily mean an occupant would suffer minimal injury from this result. But rather the frame was intended to absorb as much energy as possible.

Also the Accord tended to deviate from its original direction of travel by about 45-50 degrees, whereas the TL had about a 30 degree change. This could be because of the mass difference between the two. And the accord's dummy reacting more wildly than the TL's dummy was also interesting.

torqueaholic: regarding "how many people slam their cars into walls?" It's the same as slaming 65mph into the back of a big rig going 20mph, hence a 45mph crash test. So that "wall" can represent any rear end collision with a margin of 45mph, no?

By the way, to the TL, especially for the 5mph rear end test.

.02 cents

 

I guess I can see your point. However real world physics is hard to replicate in a lab.

 

(Actually, no. Our side mirrors are folding. They fold both forward and backward, and all that one did was fold forward.)

 

I'm shocked that, according to IIHS, the TL sustained over $1000 in damage in that 5MPH rear bumper vs. pole test.

Didn't even look like it had any damage.