In actuality they're correct. It might seem counterintuitive but hitting the other object with the full frontal area of your crumple zone results in less cabin intrusion than if you hit it offset. In this day and age it's cabin intrusion that will get you, not the g-forces.

Apparently 25% of frontal crash deaths come from small overlap crashes. It happens more than you would think, especially on 2 lane roads with no center divider. People drift over the double yellow all the time; there's only so much you can do if there's a cliff to your right while someone from the other direction…

To be fair the Wrangler is pretty terrible unless you plan to actually make use of its off-roading capabilities ;)

I'm not so sure about that. Some here will argue tooth and nail that they're the best drivers known to mankind and can avoid any type of accident.

God forbid anything happens to you when you're stopped at a red light. I'm sure you'll be able to avoid a rear ending in that situation by just pulling out into the intersection and avoid getting t-boned by cross traffic, because you're such a fantastic driver.

I guess it's just a total fluke that Volvos engineered from a decade ago are able to ace the new tests while ToMoCo cars are struggling to pass them at all?

Or it'll just cull out those who shouldn't be on the road.

Some things are unavoidable though. Getting rear ended or t-boned isn't really something that's easy to avoid.

Of course nobody ever gets blindsided or rearended or tbones a car that blindly pulled out of a driveway. Clearly the reason I feel safer in my car than on my moto is because I'm a shitty motorcycle rider.

So you're going to blame the car, and not the person behind the wheel?

That just means they'll be designed to pass a test (see: Toyota) rather than designed for safety in mind (see: Volvo and Subaru)

I'm not sure how much of a market there is for a coupe Impreza. Considering that the WRX/STi only accounts for 4% of sales, developing a different body-style and the additional production cost just for this line is probably prohibitively expensive.

My guess is the same EJ257 it's had for the last decade. The Canadian spec sheet specifically called out the WRX as having a 2.0L DIT, while the STi was only listed with a 2.5L. Same HP and TQ numbers as the current EJ257, too.

I'm not sure if the FA20 is more tuner-friendly, though. With the EJ25 you could just replace the restrictive downpipe and get a Stage 2 tune to make easy power. The FA20DIT doesn't have a downpipe to remove, ergo no restriction to remove and take advantage of.

It doesn't matter if you die going 45 or 100. Dying's dying.

Looks more like a Civic to me.

It'll likely be the same 2.5L EJ257 mill that they've used for the past decade, if leaked French-Canadian spec sheets are to be trusted.

As an engineer, I see lack of innovation as just being lazy/driven by bean counters. Does it make fiscal sense? Sure. But I still hope it DIAF.

The mechanical bits for the car (other than the CVT) have seemingly been around for over a decade. It's almost like the car is a skin job from Blade Runner...

This assumes that the car does not have hill-assist, which it does have.