2023 RX Safety Tests (Euro NCAP)
12-09-22, 10:17 PM
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2023 RX Safety Tests (Euro NCAP)
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Personally was disappointed. Ratings are good in general but low for a brand new car that's supposed to be one of their best sellers. I definitely don't want to hear that protection of my chest is "marginal" in frontal collisions.
I think I will cancel my order over this.
PS: Sorry for going silent after dropping Canadian MSRP. Forgot to check.
Last edited by misher; 12-09-22 at 10:24 PM.
12-12-22, 12:31 PM
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Those are hard tests to get all greens in, for euroncap. Even the best in the business has a ton of yellow, the Mercedes GLE. And it scored worse in chest protection in the side pole test vs. the RX. Pick your poison... really any of these cars are at the top of their game.
If you want the absolute top # of "greens" possible, get a Tesla Model X $$$ or Volvo XC90. And even then you're talking fractionally "safer." and by safer, generally that means less forces on certain parts in certain types of crashes.
Wait for IIHS side impact 2.0. that's thrashing the entire industry with 84% more energy than the old side impact test. the strictest test in the world. TNGA does fine structurally, but excessive forces on the body indicating marginal interior/restraint design.
Honestly no matter what you're driving, it can get torn like tissue paper by a box truck, Ford F150, etc. at some point, greens, yellows, reds will all blend together. get struck by 5,000-7,000 lbs at 50+ mph frontal or 35-50+mph side, you're pretty much smoked regardless of what you're in.
been studying crash mechanics and car construction for over 20 years!
If you want the absolute top # of "greens" possible, get a Tesla Model X $$$ or Volvo XC90. And even then you're talking fractionally "safer." and by safer, generally that means less forces on certain parts in certain types of crashes.
Wait for IIHS side impact 2.0. that's thrashing the entire industry with 84% more energy than the old side impact test. the strictest test in the world. TNGA does fine structurally, but excessive forces on the body indicating marginal interior/restraint design.
Honestly no matter what you're driving, it can get torn like tissue paper by a box truck, Ford F150, etc. at some point, greens, yellows, reds will all blend together. get struck by 5,000-7,000 lbs at 50+ mph frontal or 35-50+mph side, you're pretty much smoked regardless of what you're in.
been studying crash mechanics and car construction for over 20 years!
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12-16-22, 08:51 PM
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Those are hard tests to get all greens in, for euroncap. Even the best in the business has a ton of yellow, the Mercedes GLE. And it scored worse in chest protection in the side pole test vs. the RX. Pick your poison... really any of these cars are at the top of their game.
Btw to pick your brain, how much safer is a big car? For instance would an Escalade be substantially safer than the rx? A ford explorer? A GLE?
The XC90 gets very high safety ratings but the Escalade puts a lot more metal in the way of you and anything so I'm not sure the rating counts.
12-18-22, 02:48 PM
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