Interesting... Impala vs. C7 lower fascia
11-21-2013, 07:07 AM
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Interesting... Impala vs. C7 lower fascia
Is it me, or does the new Impala and the C7 lower fascia in front look awefully similar? ......... So much for C7's claim of "unique" styling.
C7:
Impala:
C7:
Impala:
11-21-2013, 07:59 AM
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This may be old info to some but it was explained to me by an engineer recently that the main reason for these protrusions at the front of the vehicles is to minimize injuries to pedestrians in a frontal impact. The forward most portion of the vehicle is it's lowest point which would cause a pedestrian to go up and over rather than under the vehicle. I suppose it's safer to become a hood ornament than to end up under the vehicle 
11-21-2013, 08:27 AM
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This may be old info to some but it was explained to me by an engineer recently that the main reason for these protrusions at the front of the vehicles is to minimize injuries to pedestrians in a frontal impact. The forward most portion of the vehicle is it's lowest point which would cause a pedestrian to go up and over rather than under the vehicle. I suppose it's safer to become a hood ornament than to end up under the vehicle
11-21-2013, 08:28 AM
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This may be old info to some but it was explained to me by an engineer recently that the main reason for these protrusions at the front of the vehicles is to minimize injuries to pedestrians in a frontal impact. The forward most portion of the vehicle is it's lowest point which would cause a pedestrian to go up and over rather than under the vehicle. I suppose it's safer to become a hood ornament than to end up under the vehicle
11-21-2013, 08:38 AM
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If you will look, this feature is just about on all cars of today. All about gvmt. regulations. In the near future, every car sold in the world will follow this pattern:
Car A
Car B
Car C
...and we may not get 3 choices...
Car A
Car B
Car C
...and we may not get 3 choices...
11-21-2013, 09:43 AM
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How many people get hit by a car to make such big deal.
Doubt the Impala and Corvette identical front points would do
that much. Be better to call them deer flippers.
Guess the points could shear off a persons legs and the body
would go over the car. In a case like the Big Op & Ro be like the
deer and send the hefts through the windshield, hurting the
driver more.
Doubt the Impala and Corvette identical front points would do
that much. Be better to call them deer flippers.
Guess the points could shear off a persons legs and the body
would go over the car. In a case like the Big Op & Ro be like the
deer and send the hefts through the windshield, hurting the
driver more.
11-21-2013, 10:04 AM
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How many people get hit by a car to make such big deal.
Doubt the Impala and Corvette identical front points would do
that much. Be better to call them deer flippers.
Guess the points could shear off a persons legs and the body
would go over the car. In a case like the Big Op & Ro be like the
deer and send the hefts through the windshield, hurting the
driver more.
Doubt the Impala and Corvette identical front points would do
that much. Be better to call them deer flippers.
Guess the points could shear off a persons legs and the body
would go over the car. In a case like the Big Op & Ro be like the
deer and send the hefts through the windshield, hurting the
driver more.
Pedestrian Injuries:
2011 - 69,000
2012 - 76,000
Pedestrian Fatalities:
2011 - 4,457
2012 - 4,743
11-21-2013, 10:20 AM
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11-21-2013, 10:24 AM
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Burning Brakes
It's because of European requirements to begin with that migrated over to the US. Get used to it thou, as all car's will have them in the near future....
11-21-2013, 10:47 AM
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It's odd that the OP focused on the Impala when so many other cars industry wide are adopting this feature.
11-21-2013, 10:56 AM
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11-21-2013, 11:15 AM
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. I guess you just pushed our buttons with the comment ".....So much for C7's claim of "unique" styling."