phatboyc

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

ben_r_

What is IIHS?

phatboyc

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)

tex2670

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

pisaykotik

Good info, thanks for sharing.

phatboyc

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...

100plus

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

PhilipMSPT

iTrader: (5)

I think this has been posted before.

I will move it to Car Chat so that everyone can benefit from it...

ecr527

"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!!

encore888

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

Stormwind

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

encore888

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"

Stormwind

Thanks.

mavericck

Did anyone see the crash test results for the Toyota Corolla? And the Koreans still suck at making cars.