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aberabee
02-01-2011, 12:05 PM
Zilvia,
I have been searching for a long time now for any 240sx crash test ratings, preferably S14. No good info on from the search bar. Google is useless, it gave me tons of links to empty websites. I have found a few window stickers, but no crash ratings. I know the safety tests were much different in the 90s, but I just want to get a general feel on how well these cars do in front/side/rear impacts.
RedSiBaron
02-01-2011, 12:30 PM
by modern standards my guess would be fail on all counts
Corbic
02-01-2011, 01:07 PM
http://www.google.com/search?q=240sx+crash+ratings&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari

That was hard.
RHD95S14
02-01-2011, 01:08 PM
1996 Nissan 240SX Crash Tests | 1996 240SX Crash Test Results & Safety Ratings at Automotive.com (http://www.automotive.com/1996/12/nissan/240sx/crash-tests/index.html)

that help?
aberabee
02-01-2011, 01:51 PM
Those links have barely any information and only show frontal impact figures. I tried weeding through all those that paraphrase the same info too. Does anyone have any useful links?
Corbic
02-03-2011, 06:53 AM
Those links have barely any information and only show frontal impact figures. I tried weeding through all those that paraphrase the same info too. Does anyone have any useful links?

That is all the data that exists. No further testing was required back then and the car was not popular enough for the IIHS to test themselves.

WTF are you looking for?

The worst performing new car is going to be 10x safer.
RedSiBaron
02-03-2011, 09:33 AM
^^^thats what I was trying to tell him...im a car designer, trust me, a 240 whether an s13 or s14 would be considered a death trap by modern iihs crash test ratings, there's a reason civics went from 1800lbs in 86 and 2 decades later weigh 2800...if the s14 was built now it would probably weigh 500lbs more in modern safety structure and equipment...
Corbic
02-03-2011, 09:45 AM
^^^thats what I was trying to tell him...im a car designer, trust me, a 240 whether an s13 or s14 would be considered a death trap by modern iihs crash test ratings, there's a reason civics went from 1800lbs in 86 and 2 decades later weigh 2800...if the s14 was built now it would probably weigh 500lbs more in modern safety structure and equipment...

This is why a 350/370Z weights 3,300lbs.

Also, it's impossible to get better than "poor" in a side impact without side/curtain airbags.
RedSiBaron
02-03-2011, 10:40 AM
This is why a 350/370Z weights 3,300lbs.

Also, it's impossible to get better than "poor" in a side impact without side/curtain airbags.

Yes exactly
Ryan Zombie
07-08-2011, 02:21 AM
I saw crash test footage of an S13 a while ago. Lost it on the internets and haven't found it since.