Looks like we've got a Challenger.

"404 - User No Longer Available" (toni-cipriani)
10/12/2016 at 22:22 • Filed to: None

...is this why the Mustang is cutting production?

The 2017 Dodge Challenger earned a maximum of 5 stars during collision tests with a pole and another vehicle at speeds of 32 mph (51 km/h) and 62 mph (100 km/h).

Must be the new Cars and Coffee test, and the Challenger aced it.

DISCUSSION (6)

Stephenson Valve Gear > 404 - User No Longer Available
10/12/2016 at 22:41

Ummm... I thought the Cars and Coffee test involved a side-impact with multiple pedestrians, while power-sliding, with all traction and stability controls disabled. I’m not exactly sure what earning 5 stars in that test would signify, though.

404 - User No Longer Available > Stephenson Valve Gear
10/12/2016 at 22:44

I guess the stars is just a placeholder until there’s a Challenger Threat Level measurement.

daender > 404 - User No Longer Available
10/12/2016 at 22:48

That’s fine and dandy, but what about a major concern with the past Challenger, the small front overlap crash test ?

For Sweden > 404 - User No Longer Available
10/12/2016 at 22:49

We can’t stop the Mustangs. We can only defend ourselves against them.

404 - User No Longer Available > daender
10/12/2016 at 22:53

http://www.carscoops.com/2016/10/2017-dodge-challenger-good-for-5-stars.html

Since this latest generation Challenger was introduced back in 2008, it has achieved five-star scores every time it was tested by the NHTSA - though it trails newer rivals such as the Mustang and the Camaro in IIHS crash test ratings.

After all it’s still a 10 year old platform.

daender > 404 - User No Longer Available
10/12/2016 at 23:06

5 stars isn’t worth a spit to me until I see how it fared in the overlap. It was very cringe-inducing to see a potential amputation of the leg(s) in the 2016-MY test. Also, it appears that NHTSA tested this, not IIHS, so I’m skeptical about the rating. NHTSA typically tests three parameters: rollover, side-impact, and frontal-impact. IIHS uses five tests: small frontal-overlap, moderate frontal-overlap, side-impact, roof-strength, and head-restraints-and-seats.

Also, it might be 10 year-old Mercedes chassis, but that means it really needs to be put out to pasture ASAP...when FCA isn’t going broke.