Crash Test 2003 - 2009 Saab 9-3 (Frontal Offset Test) IIHS

[homer4179]

saab is the safest car in the world

[Dspecht97]

WHY DO THESE POOR CARS HAVE TO SUFFER THESE CRASH TESTS!

[Lovepeaceandspliffs]

@Dspecht97 so you can see if they are safe... im glad that i dont have to be the test-dummy.

[one2nd1]

@Dspecht97 Saab crash test one car everyday! And they used to have inspections carried out and reports sent to them from accidents involving Saabs! They have always been Safety first!

[brian8793]

I ,ove my Saab. America, stop making cars.

[counterclockwise123]

safe car for sure

[Alex462047]

See, this is something I don't get. You drive your car every day, yet you don't crash it every day. "Obvious!" Right, so how is it that, with the progression of time, they have gone further away from making simple, reliable cars that last for 30 years towards making cars that could withstand a large-scale nuclear attack, but fail to deliver on the good reliability that we all hope for. Come on, they have been building cars for long enough to know how to achieve that!

[yerrun]

@Alex462047 : I don´t agree with your realiability statement;

Check the latest results for the website from ADAC in Germany (known from EURONCAP crash tests). Saab comes up first and second there!, they compared reliability of different brands. Saab always turns up in top 10 the last years. Ive never had any problems with my 2 Saabs last 10 years. Google for: adac saab reliability

[Lovepeaceandspliffs]

@Alex462047 because the mecanics need something to do and its just like every other products we can buy, it wont last for long because they need you to buy there new models, just look at apple for instances..

[hdizzlemyshizzle]

I've seen a few crash tests when they are doing an off set crash, and the side impact airbags go down as well. Is this supposed to happen?

[WeAllGonnaDieAlive]

in encaps test they diasbles the side curtain so you can get a better look on the "dolls" movment. I don´t know why IIhs doesnt do that every time.

[hdizzlemyshizzle]

ok. thanks!

[pancakewafflebacon]

@hdizzlemyshizzle with the side airbags you get bitch slapped just for being in an accident LOL

[saab93la]

i also drive this saab 2003 arc i love it,,,,,

[m85a1]

rthing, 90% of the offset crashes are going 30mph

[kristijanvkns]

im always impressed on how mmuch the rear end jumps up

[rthing]

Hi can any one please tell me how fast this car is going?

[firedemon101]

40 m.p.h or 64 k.p.h

[ak242010]

@rthing 60 mph

[firedemon101]

@ak242010 40 m.p.h

[localfuckingized]

@rthing 90 mph

[calumccalum]

@rthing 1 million mph

[ExoticGautier]

Thank god I own this car:]

[Maribuu]

uh? apparently you too

[jonnielahti]

also this cabin stays inpackt, it's really good cars!

[mieszalniapasz]

Great cars !!! Safety, performance an apperance in one. Congratulations for Swedes !!!

[hgfrjkgfjjj]

and volvo?

[xxdonatelloxx]

yes

[klassetompa]

Sadly no quality......

[lollo889]

i've heard this thing on and on i prefer volvo's but my father just bought a 9-9 ttid and it's not bad at all

[ArslanKardes]

Bundan kesin bir tane alicam.Cok saglam makina amina koyim.

[whattheheck1000]

Good, but I hate it when curtain airbags deploy in FRONTAL crashes! That's why they call them SIDE curtain airbags! They are only supposed to deploy in SIDE crashes! A well-designed seatbelt and frontal airbag keeps the driver away from the window!

[borodani]

Well i do have to agree with you on that but what if the accident isn't dean on frontal? You hit something in an angle.. I see your point, but I don't think its bad they deploy .

[Jubbbbb]

Safe cars are designed for real world crashes. On the road you will almost certainly crash at a weird angle so a good front airbag and seatbelt might not be all you need. A curtain aitbag will protect from rebound/b-pillar contact, complete or partial ejection and subsequent impacts.

[whattheheck1000]

B-pillar contact is not usually very severe - it may cause minor injury. Ejection can be disallowed by use of a safety belt. And in a subsequent impact, the curtain and frontal airbags will both be deflated, so they will not offer much help.

[Jubbbbb]

I think your points are valid to an extent but if you have curtain airbags you may as well use them. This 9-3 will deploy its curtain airbags (but not thorax side airbags) when the the front airbags deploy in their "2nd", more forceful stage. I suppose SAAB's engineers considered a crash severe enough to deploy the front airbags fully has the potential to require aditional protection from the curtain airbags what ever the scenario.

[Jubbbbb]

I think your points are valid to an extent but if you have curtain airbags you may as well use them. This 9-3 will deploy its curtain airbags (but not thorax side airbags) when the the front airbags deploy in their "2nd", more forceful stage. I suppose SAAB's engineers considered a crash severe enough to deploy the front airbags fully has the potential to require aditional protection from the curtain airbags what ever the scenario.

[whattheheck1000]

Maybe it should be an option. I prefer not to have to push a curtain out of the way just to get out of the car and not have to live inside my car asking passersby for food and videogames.

[Jubbbbb]

If you've been in a crash severe enough to deploy the curtain airbags, pushing them out of the way should be the least of your worries.

[alexkvaskov]

Stupid, the SACs protect the driver's head from hitting the B-pillar. Don't you know anything about crash testing?

[smartestinUSA]

Was the car damaged by the crash?

[gibsondude999]

hahahahahaha!!!! wow...

[canadiancatgreen]

????

[theguy459]

well I would love to see that video that you were talking about and I have also seen a video were a volkswagon golf (got 5 stars) crashes into a volvo xc90 which also got 5 stars and the golf gets smashed and when I say smashed I mean smashed

[caraddict520]

i want an 05 9-5

[audiman8568]

my dad has saab 93 1,8 turbo

[nAyGiNi]

safe!

[Eric205gen]

damn it work! very good car!

[LancerVX]

not much dmg done good car

[whattheheck1000]

the car's totaled but the important thing is:

YOU'RE OKAY!

[OctaviusGermanicus]

And owned by GM!!! Parts share with Vauxhall Vectras! Sooner the build of a Saab though!

[BadAndUgly]

Built in sweden, like some models of volvo.

Sweden means safety =)

[ender330]

children usually sit in back anyway, so their heads are below where the side curtain bags deploy, so theyd probably be okay if they were leaning againt sthe door. in a situation like that though you never know where the head will go, so its better to have all areas covered.

[whattheheck1000]

I'm 14 and I ride up front so if I am in a car with curtain bags they need to go low in a crash to protect short statured people, like me (5'3")

[caraddict520]

good point

[marctsi]

as a firefighter, I rate these cars as very safe and Saab also makes the safest convertibles.

[whattheheck1000]

Volvo convertibles are slightly safer IMHO but SAAB is still very safe.

[boon4376]

you obviously have NO information to back that up, even the Swedish insurance companies claim Saab as safer than Volvo

[theguy459]

ha i would like to see a saab vs a big arse volvo xc90 in a crash test then we would see who is safer

[godanli]

The XC90 is designed to be "gentle" to other vehicles. I think the 9-3 passengers will be OK.

[theguy780]

you should look up the volvo xc90 vs a golf in a crash,then you will see

[godanli]

Thanks, I am going to look up thar crash. Yes, I am aware the XC90 makes a lot of damage on a lighter car. At least Volvo themselves claimed the XC90 was a "gentle" vehicle. And they had a picture of their own to prove it :-)

Funny, I can´t find my original comment...

[Engbom22]

lol crash that ulgy volvo wit a saab 9-7x then would be SUV vs SUV

[theguy780]

that 'ugly volvo' is said to be one of the best looking suv's that is in production

[johanjohanjohanl]

Who said that? A blind guy?

[theguy780]

No actually the roadfly reveiw on the XC90 said that.

[authenticalaskan76]

I have actually experienced a collision in my old Saab once,

the bumper went into the engine, instead of the engine going into the cab crushing me and friends.

I now have another Saab.

Signed, grateful Saab driver.

[whattheheck1000]

If I was in a frontal collision in a car with curtain airbags I would rather them inflate in the crash. Sadly the cars I most commonly ride in don't have curtain airbags :(

[200103511]

Why did the side ones inflate? That just ads to possible injury, i.e. someone could be leaning against the window in the back and have their neck broken.

Those airbags are fast though.

[pasikelezzz]

you can't get your neck broken, because in the accident safetybelts puls you into your seat. Your head would be perfectly positioned for the airbags.

[200103511]

I was thinking if someone was sleeping and was leaning against the window in the back seat.

I have learned (about a month ago) that the side airbags come down because most of the time, the dummy's (and in real life, the driver's) head hits the B piller on the way back from hitting the frontal airbag. The curtain airbags inflate so that there is no damage caused to the head when it hits the B piller (it doesn't happen in all cars, but it does in most).

[caraddict520]

omg ur right, ive noticed that on crash tests with cars whos' curtain airbags dont deploy

[morpie]

Saab is Swedish.

[rich96]

wow the air bags are FAST