All of IIHS Videos of Cars Crashing Now Online (including 2IS)

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Aug 24, 2007 | 07:33 AM

phatboyc

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All of IIHS Videos of Cars Crashing Now Online (including 2IS)

You guys should see this. Consumer Reports now has online videos of IIHS crash tests. Really fun to compare cars safety. If you want to see carnage check out the Chevrolet S-10 or Dodge SRT-4. Pretty sad. Then of course check out our ISX50. Unbelievable. Then go see the new BMW 3 series. I though they would be the same but far from it....

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/c...htestvideo.htm

If you want to see more pics of the IIHS ISX50 crash here is a previous thread.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...highlight=iihs

Oh and for those who mist it, go see the pic in this thread. Real IS head on collision. Wow.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...highlight=iihs

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Aug 24, 2007 | 07:56 AM

ben_r_

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What is IIHS?

Aug 24, 2007 | 08:37 AM

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Insurance Institute for Highway Safety:
"The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is an independent, nonprofit, scientific and educational organization dedicated to reducing the losses — deaths, injuries, and property damage — from crashes on the nation's highways."

For more info: http://www.iihs.org/about.html

Its comparable to The European New Car Assessment Program (Euro-NCAP)

Aug 24, 2007 | 09:16 AM

tex2670

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It makes me sad to see them do that to such a nice car...

Aug 24, 2007 | 09:26 AM

pisaykotik

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Good info, thanks for sharing.

Aug 24, 2007 | 09:28 AM

phatboyc

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Quote:

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It makes me sad to see them do that to such a nice car...

Don't be since it is for safety. This is the only way to safely reproduce an accident in real time. I prefer they find a problem with a dummy inside the car rather than me in a real accident.

Now that purposely wrecked mint Porsche Carrera GT in the movie Redline is another story...

Aug 24, 2007 | 09:50 AM

100plus

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Good to know that our IS's are very safe. I got to experience it the hard way... with me being the dummy.

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Aug 24, 2007 | 08:22 PM

ecr527

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"The IS is a poster child of how other car manufacturers should be making their cars" Now that statement definitely gives props to Lexus/Toyota!!

Aug 25, 2007 | 03:08 PM

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encore888

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I watched the videos and glad to see the IS performed well.

Aug 25, 2007 | 06:37 PM

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Is there a way to download the video so I can watch it offline?

Aug 25, 2007 | 06:48 PM

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Yes, open up the webpage in Internet Explorer, let the whole vid load...then open up "Temporary Internet Files" and you can drag the file to your desktop. It's titled "LexusISMed.flv"