All-Around Protection
There is one type of crash Subaru does not shy away from -- the
crash test. Year after year, and crash
test after crash test, Subaru has continued to rank among the
best in the automotive industry in terms of crash worthiness.
Over the last few years, we've collected numerous Top Safety
Pick awards from the IIHS8, and every Subaru
vehicle has received a 5-star rating for front, side, and rear
impacts from NHTSA5. When you're as committed
to protection as we are, it shows.
Ring-Shaped Reinforcement Frame
Keeping the passenger area intact in the event of an impact is the
highest of all safety priorities.
Subaru builds each of its vehicles with a Ring-shaped
Reinforcement Frame. This frame is designed and fortified to
withstand tremendous force in order to maintain structural
integrity during a collision and help shield occupants from
the worst of the impact. What's more, its unique design diverts
that dangerous impact energy away from occupants to
further protect them in a collision.
High Tensile Steel
If you want a structure to withstand the intense energy of a car
crash, you need to build it with the
highest quality materials. Subaru reinforces the key structural
elements of its vehicles by building them with the
most durable high-tensile steel. Because we see so much of the
frame as key to your safety, nearly 40% of our Ring-shaped
Reinforcement Frame is constructed of high-tensile steel.
Advanced Airbags
We want you to feel surrounded by protection. To help keep you
safe the instant an accident is detected,
an array of sensors can deploy any one or more of the six
airbags to provide all-over protection for the driver, front
passenger and outboard rear passengers. The Outback, Forester
and Tribeca also feature a rollover sensor to ensure
the side-curtain airbags are properly deployed if a rollover
occurs7.
Low Engine Placement
If you're caught in an accident and you collide with something
from the front, your own engine can pose
a serious danger to you and your passengers. The engine block
can be sent backward, to the point that it begins to
enter the cabin area. Because we place the SUBARU BOXER®
engine lower in the body, and because it has a
lower profile, it's less likely to be pushed into a position
where it would begin to harm the vehicle's occupants.
What's more, we mount the engine to the frame in such a way that
it will tend to move away from the passenger area
of the vehicle.