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Auto Talk => The Big Guys => Topic started by: ifcar on February 04, 2010, 12:29:57 AM

Title: Small pickup crash tests reveal Colorado's weak roof, Dakota's faulty airbags
Post by: ifcar on February 04, 2010, 12:29:57 AM
(http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID1017/images/1_1_1_chevrolet_colorado_roof_test.jpg)

More IIHS test details and photos here:

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1017-Autos-Examiner~y2010m2d4-No-small-pickups-ace-IIHS-crash-testing--Nissan-Frontier-fares-best-Chevrolet-Colorado-struggles
Title: Re: Small pickup crash tests reveal Colorado's weak roof, Dakota's faulty airbags
Post by: S204STi on February 04, 2010, 07:48:28 AM
lollerskates, another reason to despise the Colorado, as if I needed one.
Title: Re: Small pickup crash tests reveal Colorado's weak roof, Dakota's faulty airbags
Post by: Submariner on February 04, 2010, 10:56:10 AM
Hehehe...everyone trade in your Toyota's for GM's!
Title: Re: Small pickup crash tests reveal Colorado's weak roof, Dakota's faulty airbags
Post by: Laconian on February 04, 2010, 11:05:35 AM
I blame the inline 5.

So, if it can withstand 1.5x its weight, does that mean that it would hold in a rollover? Or not, because the forces exerted on the roof during the rollover event are much greater?
Title: Re: Small pickup crash tests reveal Colorado's weak roof, Dakota's faulty airbags
Post by: S204STi on February 04, 2010, 11:08:35 AM
I don't know the physics but I'm going to bet that a vehicle tumbling down the road or over an embankment is going to exert a combined force greater that if the vehicle were simply lifted up, rotated, and set down slowly on its roof.
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