modern cars are literally designed to deform on impact to keep the passengers safe. they're called "crumple zones" and they exist to dissipate kinetic energy to keep everybody involved safer. adding "more rigidity" isn't serving any meaningful purpose.

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thrwfjauci2aa 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Yeah, that totally explains how it got top honors from both major U.S. safety organizations.

	▲	input_sh 11 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		NHTSA very notably didn't care about pedestrian safety at all. Luckily that finally changed, they started testing for that for 2027 models onward. IIHS only really tests how good a car is at preventing an accident, not what happens when it fails like for example Euro NCAP does (and so does NHTSA starting nowish).
	▲	Kapura 11 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		if it's so safe why is it banned from many european countries for safety concerns?