Crash Rating Question
Drifting
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,410
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From: Chicago IL
Below are links to showing the crash test ratings for Corvette Coupes covering the model years 1998 through 2008
1998 C5 corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/1998/che...84/safety.html
1999 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/1999/che...28/safety.html
2000 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2000/che...33/safety.html
2001 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2001/che...96/safety.html
2002 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/che...43/safety.html
2003 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2003/che...31/safety.html
2004 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2004/che...85/safety.html
2005 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2005/che...91/safety.html
2006 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2006/che...81/safety.html
2007 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2006/che...81/safety.html
2008 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2008/chev...61/safety.html
Notice that according to Edmunds.com during those model years, the C5and C6 Base Model Coupes were never tested for crash ratings by either the NHSTA or the IIHS....not even for the bumber bash testing. Anyone else have info to the contrary?
N Dennis
1998 C5 corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/1998/che...84/safety.html
1999 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/1999/che...28/safety.html
2000 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2000/che...33/safety.html
2001 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2001/che...96/safety.html
2002 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2002/che...43/safety.html
2003 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2003/che...31/safety.html
2004 C5 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2004/che...85/safety.html
2005 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2005/che...91/safety.html
2006 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2006/che...81/safety.html
2007 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/used/2006/che...81/safety.html
2008 C6 Corvette Coupe:
http://www.edmunds.com/new/2008/chev...61/safety.html
Notice that according to Edmunds.com during those model years, the C5and C6 Base Model Coupes were never tested for crash ratings by either the NHSTA or the IIHS....not even for the bumber bash testing. Anyone else have info to the contrary?
N Dennis
One thing it does say there is that "accident avoidence" are rated high. I know it's an obvious thing, but many people forget about it when they look at cars. They think bigger, heavier cars are safer. But you have to keep in mind, it's easier to GET into an accident in those heavy cars in the first place.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 761
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From: Glendale, CA
If you look at pictures of wrecked vettes, the passenger compartment seems to stay intact pretty well, though the rest of the car is totally gone. The dash isn't so close to your knees that it will crush them, like in other cars where you sit higher, and you have a pretty tough roll hoop to keep the roof from collapsing on you. It seems to be pretty safe in the sense that you wont get crushed. Now that leaves the question of how effective the crumple zones are and what kind of g-forces are experienced in the crash.
