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Saw this on the news this morning
I wonder why were the 2nd most dangerous vehicle


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The crew can model
Which is what I drive
Is the second most dangerous car on the road


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2. Colorado Crew Cab
> Make: Chevrolet
> Bad ratings: side-poor; rollover-marginal; rear-marginal
> 2011 sales: 31,026
> Price: $17,475
> JD Power Initial Quality: 3/5

The Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon crew cab are fundamentally the same light truck made by General Motors (NYSE: GM) with differing cosmetic features. The small pickup performed quite poorly in the IIHS tests, earning a “poor” side-impact grade and “marginal” grades for rollover and rear safety. Sales of the Colorado have been especially poor in recent years; GM sold 75,716 such cars in 2007 and only 31,026 in 2011. Making matters worse, a November, 2011, recall of 5,220 Colorados and Canyons due to seat belt safety concerns did not help either the brand’s sales or its safety record.


Read more: The Most Dangerous Cars in America - 24/7 Wall St. The Most Dangerous Cars in America - 24/7 Wall St.




Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Ratings Site
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/default.aspx

Chevrolet Colorado Crew Cab
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=689

Chevrolet Colorado Extended Cab
http://www.iihs.org/ratings/ratingsbyseries.aspx?id=688
 
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CodeNinja said:
Drive at your own risk: Dodge Ram named 'most dangerous car' in America by 24/7 Wall St. - NY Daily News

Looks like it's the poor side-impact rating that might have done it in.
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I believe the Dodge Ram. I got rear ended by one in my golf cart at work. He hit the flatbed on my golf cart at a stop sign. He left on a tow truck I drove my cart away with a minor scratch on the flatbed. It folded the front end of the Dodge. That was in a parking lot he couldn't have been going more than 10 to 15 MPH. I was shocked at the damage.
 
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We had a safety belt recall?
And
I've have 1 side impact and it was minimal damage
And
Roll over dang
I gotta watch it on GMR now


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Thats bull ive gotten t boned by a saturn that ran a stop light at 45 miles an hour and the truck took it like a champ granted it was 7,000$ in damages but considering what could have been it took it like a damn line backer!
 
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I don't see how the crew cab can be worse than the extended cab.
 
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You also have to consider who is doing the crash testing. IIHS stands for Insurance Institue for Highway Safety, so these guys are supported by the insurance companies. The reason the truck does so "poorly" is because it's designed to crumple on impact and absorb energy from the crash, so the more it crumples, the more it costs insurance companies to fix, thus, the lower rating. I would assume that GM is thinking that it is better to destroy the truck than injure passengers. If the crash energy is absorbed by the sheet metal and frame, it is not transferred to the passengers. More damage to truck = lower crash rating = (usually) safer passengers. I've driven in MRAPs and uparmored HUMVEES which take very little damage in a crash, but this does not always mean safer passengers
 
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xscott71x said:
You also have to consider who is doing the crash testing. IIHS stands for Insurance Institue for Highway Safety, so these guys are supported by the insurance companies. The reason the truck does so "poorly" is because it's designed to crumple on impact and absorb energy from the crash, so the more it crumples, the more it costs insurance companies to fix, thus, the lower rating. I would assume that GM is thinking that it is better to destroy the truck than injure passengers. If the crash energy is absorbed by the sheet metal and frame, it is not transferred to the passengers. More damage to truck = lower crash rating = (usually) safer passengers. I've driven in MRAPs and uparmored HUMVEES which take very little damage in a crash, but this does not always mean safer passengers
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THIS!

I've sustained a direct hit from a iron cargo carrier (on the back of my aunt's SUV no less *facepalm*) on my front bumper before and I saw first hand how the bumper and bumper mounts are designed to give, absorb and deflect energy from a collision. Granted I had to replace the entire bumper and one of the 4 bumper mounts still needs pulling back into proper position, but it was better than getting whiplash and sustaining a neck injury. :thumbup:
 
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The extended cabs (all trucks) I'd believe would be worse for the passengers as there is no support between the front door and rear 1/2 door. On the crew and regular cab vehicles, the B pillar offers less chasis intrusion. Open the doors on an extended cab and see how wide the unsupported opening is. The rear door isn't braced well enough to support the roof of the truck in a rollover, nor is it able to stop something from coming into the vehicle in a collision.
 
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Yeah it's not just because these trucks crumple in accidents - they perform quite poorly in the crash tests which are designed to estimate passenger protection. Remember a year or two ago when the rollover crash tests came out? These trucks flunked as they didn't maintain enough headroom - as unfettered mentioned the roof is poorly supported.
 
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Crew cabs are weak, that's not news, everyone remember that infamous crew cab flipped over in Cali?
And then the guy that totaled it and bought a raptor?
Singles and ex cabs are stronger because they have a smaller cage, I would assume, the crew cabs look too silly if you pay attention to the pillars, I know we share the same frontal design, but I am talking about the back.
Anywho don't drive like a jackass and you will be just fine :D

Darek, my style of writing is similar to butters :fugrin:



 
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edvocho said:
Crew cabs are weak, that's not news, everyone remember that infamous crew cab flipped over in Cali?
And then the guy that totaled it and bought a raptor?
Singles and ex cabs are stronger because they have a smaller cage, I would assume, the crew cabs look too silly if you pay attention to the pillars, I know we share the same frontal design, but I am talking about the back.
Anywho don't drive like a jackass and you will be just fine :D

Darek, my style of writing is similar to butters :fugrin:
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Not even close sir.
 
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When I started looking to replace my 2000 S10 Xtreme in 2008, I went looking for a Colorado Xtreme. I soon discovered the Xtreme was discontinued. Figured I get the next best thing, a 2008 ZQ8. The dealer informed we that the ZQ8 option was cancelled due to a pending law suite about a side impact crash. I ended up waited for the return of the ZQ8 option in 2009.
 
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What's funny is everyone is claiming we get horrible rollover ratings...

2012 Chevrolet Colorado PU/CC AWD | Safercar -- NHTSA

4/5 isn't exactly -horrible-.

Mind you, I read somewhere that the IIHS rates a vehicle as 'poor' in rollover tests if, during an at-speed emergency maneuver, the opposite side tires lift 2" off the pavement. This is not a rollover, IMO.

Let's face it, rolling a vehicle over is going to cause injury. If not due to the vehicle roof crumpling, it'll be due to flying debris and the fact that your being tossed around in your restraints like a ragdoll while flipping end over end. It's not something you want to do.

The crew cab's ratings for 2010 include side impact and the like: 1990-2010 Vehicle Search Results | Safercar -- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

This isn't exactly what I'd consider a 'dangerous' vehicle. I think it's more an indicator of just how good vehicles are getting at protecting people in an accident. 10-15 years ago, this would have been one of the top picks! The headline, IMO, was somewhat misleading and sensational. Are you going to get injured in an accident, probably! Just thinking about the forces involved in an accident is frightening enough as it is, human bodies weren't meant to go from 70mph to a standstill in a fraction of a second.
 
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The crew cab period buckles in a side or front impact crash. Honestly and I have one its sucks... The cab strength is weakened by the length of the back doors and the floor crumples.

True fact the crash dummies at 40 broke their ankles in the crews because the floor board pinched their foot between the floor and the e brake...

It blows but its nothing a full cage couldn't fix LOL...
 
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