Are American cars better in terms of crashing?

Question

Cuz these American cars I feel are built more solid. They are heavier. You can tell my car can smash up a japanese car during an impactful collision. so in terms of surviving do you think you will have a better chance at surviving in American cars or Japanese. Both are the same size sedans.

I can tell my car is a lot thicker.

c'mon those japanese cars are weak.

toyotas and hondas are still foriegn cars. the money still goes to their countries. no one calls them american.

Answer 1

When I was stationed in Japan many years ago we used to joke that if you took the Japanese cars apart you find Budweiser, Coors and Schlitz labels on the back side of the panels. I think that still applies. lol

Answer 2

motor vehicle crashes injure and kill human beings by the unexpected deceleration of the motor vehicle. whilst your motor vehicle hits something you maintain happening the comparable speed. There are truly 3 collisions right here, the 1st one being the vehicle hitting despite. the 2d effect is your physique slamming into the climate of the vehicle in front of you (the dashboard, windshield, and so on). The 1/3 collision is your inner organs being slammed against the insides of your physique, tearing open blood vessels, inflicting abrasions, cuts, and so on. This 1/3 collision is what's going to probably injure and kill you, alongside with despite injuries you get by slamming into the dashboard. undergo in techniques that rigidity equals mass circumstances acceleration so the upward push is exponential as you upload mass and speed into the equation. A golfing ball hitting your head at 5 mph won't do any injury yet ramp up the value to one hundred mph and you're probable ineffective. comparable mass however the value potential the rigidity would be that lots greater suitable. Now think of a one million-ton wrecking ball hitting your head at 5 mph. no longer lots speed yet now the mass is that lots greater suitable and you're probably interior the wellness center with a fractured cranium. lower back, rigidity equals mass x acceleration.

Answer 3

You don't want an opinion; you want your bias validated.
If you really want to know what is safe, and what is not, you have to consider cars on a make by make basis. You also have to consider "safe in terms of?"
Many small Jap makes are very safe in front impact barrier tests, just like many small American makes are; but that can change dramatically for the worse depending on what you are hit by - like an suv. The same foreign compact that did so well on the barrier test leaves you dead when some dick in a Suburban hits you head on because his frame is higher than yours by a wide margin. He crawls right up and over you. Same difference for side impacts. If the frame of what you get hit by is higher than yours - your dead, or seriously injured.
Weight helps, but doesn't help absolutely. The Insurance Institute of America calls suv's the "neutron bombs of the road" because, although they are good and heavy; they are built "body on frame," a design that doesn't allow for the front end to absorb any of the energy of the impact in a front collision. Most of the people that die in suv's - their suv's are not all that damaged (excepting roll-overs); giving rise to the neutron bomb analogy.
You don't need to buy a tank to be safe, but you do need to be aware of safety in terms of what you are likely to encounter. I tend to go for mid-size cars (I am particularly fond of Buick's LeSabre) as a nice compromise between being easy on gas, and relatively safe in realtion to what I might hit, or might hit me.
In the meantime, browse Consumer Report's website, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's site as well......

Answer 4

Wrong

Edit:

Maybe if think about the size of American cars (Big sedans, SUVs, Trucks, Vans), but If you look at crash test ratings and safety equipment, you will see that Japanese car have it better.
More Japanese have more standard airbags, traction control, roll stability control, and so many more things that some Americans don't even have (for now)

Answer 5

That's funny, about the beer labels. Good answer! I drive a BMW 6er. German cars beat Japanese cars any day, and most American cars are either directly owned by Daimler, makers of Mercedes Benz, or based upon German designs. BMW owns Rolls Royce Motor Cars too, who also make Bentley, ever popular with rapsters and movie stars.
And you can give me the thumbs down all you want. It doesn't change the fact just because it isn't the answer you want to hear. Too bad, isn't it.

Answer 6

NO all of the new cars are tested (see the government crash ratings) the more stars the safer you are... Same size care .. same # of stars = same safety. And of course if you say "American Cars" you mean Toyota and Honda.. They are the ones built in America now.

Answer 7

American cars are massive polluters . Many Japanese cars sell all over the world. I cant remember any american cars that are sold outside the usa . not many I know that.
Japanese cars are years ahead in safety and reliability.

Answer 8

The U.K. and other countries have small very small cars that are safer than cars on the U.S., it depends on the manufacturing of the product.

Answer 9

Nah, they all crash about the same.

Answer 10

YES WITHOUT A DOUBT............