Safety Ratings??

[96_ss_impala]

Hello,

I'm looking of any safety (crash rating) related info on the G8 ('08 or '09).

I can't find any info anywhere on the net.


Anyone have any ideas where to look?


I really want to purchase a G8 but I can't knowingly purchase this car for my wife to drive our two little ones without any idea on its ability to survive a crash.



Thanks for your time,

Charles

(and no I'm not selling my Impala to get a G8, it more like a newer upgrade)

[-Ray-]

Look at penguin's car after his crash. He survived. His car is totaled. Look in OZ, since the cars have been built there longer.

[SRG963]

I think I read 4 stars frontal crash?

[SRG963]

Commodore scores five-star safety rating, but only one model - www.drive.com.au


http://www.caradvice.com.au/19414/co...-ancap-rating/

[EC-Ryder]

Hmm…Wish I could help with the info, but to be perfectly honest I never even gave it a second thought when we bought ours, the safety ratings I mean. I just looked at the car slammed the doors and determined that it was a lot more solid than the usual…
And as someone already mentioned we have real world data on this board and the other board of some pretty convincing crashes with no damage to the occupants.

Moreover, I don’t pay any credit to the crash ratings as I believe they are simply a ploy of the insurance industry with the Fed acting as a stooge to justify the outrageous insurance premiums they extort from all of us…LOL!

But that’s Just me!

Cheers!

EC-Ryder

[96_ss_impala]

I appreciate all of the replys.


I'm really sold on the car. I'm just waiting for the right time to buy.


I'm waiting to see if any other incentives are being offered later in the year.


Baby #2 is on the way (eta mid-Sept) so I've got a little time.

[Crazy Paul]

Moreover, I don’t pay any credit to the crash ratings as I believe they are simply a ploy of the insurance industry with the Fed acting as a stooge to justify the outrageous insurance premiums they extort from all of us…LOL!
But that’s Just me!
Cheers!
EC-Ryder

No it's not just you.
Nobody can convince me that a Poverty Pack Omega (5 stars) with a pissant V6 and brakes the size of a cookie is a safer car than than any of the more expensive models.
Lets try and accelerate away from a potential impact (as I often do) with a 6 pot with 4 inch wide rubber all round.....hmmm. But some tosser has determined that a light on the dashboard makes it safer than a more mechanically capable vehicle.

[-Ray-]

No it's not just you.
Nobody can convince me that a Poverty Pack Omega (5 stars) with a pissant V6 and brakes the size of a cookie is a safer car than than any of the more expensive models.
Lets try and accelerate away from a potential impact (as I often do) with a 6 pot with 4 inch wide rubber all round.....hmmm. But some tosser has determined that a light on the dashboard makes it safer than a more mechanically capable vehicle.

Dammit. How did I miss this. CP's tires aren't metric!

[Crazy Paul]

Dammit. How did I miss this. CP's tires aren't metric!

I had to drop something in there you could relate to.

P.S. I drove a Frod the other day, but it was on a hoist with the wheels off the ground...does that still count?

[LDM]

Well this is an old thread