IIHS Crash Test Results for 2009 Fit

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11-25-2008, 02:11 PM

henryd1981

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IIHS Crash Test Results for 2009 Fit

I heard about this today! I had to check the IIHS website to confirm, and the 2009 Fit did earn a Top Safety Pick Award. It is the first Subcompact car to earn this award!

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1046 (Front)

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/rating.aspx?id=1054 (Side)

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/head_res...nts.aspx?honda (Rear)

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11-25-2008, 02:12 PM

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Ge8 ftmfw!

11-25-2008, 02:20 PM

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Those links didn't work for me for some reason.

11-25-2008, 02:22 PM

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ok the link should be fixed now

11-25-2008, 02:23 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CrystalFiveMT

Those links didn't work for me for some reason.

try it now

11-25-2008, 02:30 PM

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nice post, makes me feel even better about my purchase!!!! YES!!!!

11-25-2008, 03:30 PM

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Looks like the GE>GD in every area of rear crash protection. GE overall rating = Good (the highest rating) GD overall rating = Poor (the lowest rating).

Not dying from a rear end crash FTW.

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11-25-2008, 03:34 PM

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YES!! Now I can show this to my dad and rub it in his face!! WOOOO!! +rep Thanks for the find.

11-25-2008, 03:45 PM

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Looks like the GE>GD in every area of rear crash protection. GE overall rating = Good (the highest rating) GD overall rating = Poor (the lowest rating).

Not dying from a rear end crash FTW.

Just remember: a poor rear rating doesn't mean you will die from a rear ending. Just means it doesn't protect taller drivers. At least that is partially what I gathered from the description of their ratings at IIHS.

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11-25-2008, 06:20 PM

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Just means it doesn't protect taller drivers. At least that is partially what I gathered from the description of their ratings at IIHS.

You have a point to some extent (at least with the geometric and overall ratings) but if you look at the dynamic test where "test measurements are recorded on a dummy (BioRID) representing an average-size man." The GE still gets a Good while the GD gets a poor.
The key word being "average-size."
And yes, you will die in the GD3