hey, I saw an EVO being test drove by one of the dealers in Diamond Bar. I pulled right up to him, and took a real close look, and thought to myself, "how safe is this car?"

I know this car has a lot of power, and looks pretty nice, but it seems as if it is made of cheap material...Is it? Also, how safe is it if you get into an accident? this car looks kinda small too. And i heard somewhere that they cut down the window thickness to lessen the weight..is this still safe?

 

you should be checking out Volvo sites instead of this one...

 

Wurd.

 

Cheap...well the evo is based on the lancer which is an econ class car so it should be cheaper looking compared to other cars. I don't think cutting down on the window thickness is going to make the car unsafe. The windows of your car don't like protect you from car accidents. The frame of the car does. According to www.crashtest.com (a database of crashtesting results from different agencies around the world), the 02-03 regular Lancer is pretty safe overall. The only unsafe thing about the Lancer is side impact protection isn't exactly great. Since the EVO is based on the Lancer, you can get a good idea about how safe the EVO is by looking at the crashtesting results of the Lancer.

 

the evo is better material but less of it lol or thats what the dealer told me he can suck a dick lmao no car is safe so just don't wreck want safety get a volvo

 

my friend had a volvo that its wheel roll away(from the car) when he was driving on the street......

 

isn't there stiffening of the frame in the evolution? is stiffer stronger/safer?




hey! that thing got a hemi?..................sweeeeeeeeet!

 

The regular Lancer was rated a "best pick" by the IIHS. The Evo is somewhat different structurally but still has to pass all the same requirements.

Of course, active safety features are best and the Evo has them in spades.

 

The car is usually made to crush inward in the front and back so that the force will be lessened on the passenger but i think the sides should be strong or else your gone O_o.... And the windows dont really help you from anything if you ask me. I think id rather go through it then bounch around in the the car and then have the car crush on me . Anyhow, i dont know about the lancers safety heh. Just thought i'd add my 2 cents..

 

As far as vehicle safety...I agree wholeheartedly with the "get to a Volvo forum" ...

but from a technical standpoint, you have no ability whatsoever to judge the safety of a vehicle from looking at it (and actually, Volvo has lost a lot of ground as other mfc's have increased safety dramatically in the last decade. SUV's are generally not as safe as modern sedans in collisions (this is NHTSA data based on crash tests, combined with data on offset collision testing, combined with surety data from injury accidents) and this is NOT due solely to the roll potential.
As a matter of fact, one of the absolute safest vehicles to be in a collision currently, is the new VW bug. Looking at that thing, I am really surprised. The "stiffness of the chasis" has little to do with injury corellation (it affects handling) but rather the amount that the body will "crumple" on impact affects if you are severely injured or not. If the car "crumples" and drops the engine onto the street, and the steering column folds (as I think the vast majority if not all are now designed to do), you are much less likely to be injured. This is all easily understood if you consider that rate of deceleration of body parts is the most important factor in injuries in MVA's (motor vehicle accidents). Thus, the tougher the car, the more impact is transfered to your body...the more the car is easily demolished (assuming the driver's compartment intrusion is not severe), the more the vehicle absorbs the impact and the slower the deceleration of your organs. Unless, of course, you are not wearing a seat-belt in which case the blunt trauma ellicited by "Darwinian dynamics" will help us not have to worry about patching you back together.
The standards are pretty high for crash test ratings these days so worry about driving off the mountain road or into a ditch, or getting "T-boned" by a drunk on your driver's side...the frontal imact crash is really unlikely to kill you unless you strike head-on/offset at pretty good speed or are simply travelling at speeds where the wing is doing full duty keeping the back end down and you hit a wall or tree. These cars are not for the "safety minded" as most of us who like them, use the horsepower for more than "safe freeway acceleration and passing ability".

 

The thinner side window glass doesn't help or hinder personal safety, unless you consider that it may be easier for a car thief to smash them.

 

All cars are based on a RISE chassis technology for protection. It's their way of basically having a very safe car due to an impact. The Evo is also a RISE chassis, with many crumple points and a stiffened body rigidy built into it. I'd say that'd make it just as safe as most other cars on the road, if not more.

 

The only thing that I'm concerned about with the thinned glass is excessive road noise... That's always a bummer...

 

If you are concerned about "excessive road noise" you are looking at the wrong car.

This is closer to a roal-legal race car than it is to a "normal" production car.

<- willing to sacrifice "road noise" for performance...

 

100% correct here. If you're looking for a luxury car, this isn't it. This is as close to a road-legal race car is it gets. The ride will be harsh, the road noise will be great, but the performance.... whoa...