A Steel Safety Ring For Your Protection

It's long been known that Subaru has been making cars for many years that score consistently at the top of the heap for safety ratings. The IIHS ( Insurance institute for Highway Safety) just recently awarded four Subaru vehicles IIHS Top Safety Pick+ awards. This falls in line with the traditional safety virtue of Subaru and proves time and time again why people gravitate towards the brand and that it's cars are no stranger to safety.
With all the safety technology employed that is visible and and electronically programmed to help you avoid a crash(active safety). There is the passive safety features built into each and every Subaru that is not visible that you don't even think about. Every Subaru has it's boxer motor mounted on break-away motor mounts so that in the event of a front- end collision, the engine will break free and travel downward, under the passenger compartment. This helps direct energy from the passenger compartment by acting as part of the front crumple zone. High -strength steel beams are integrated in all four doors to protect against side impact collisions. These side impact beams integrate with with what Subaru calls the Steel Safety Ring. The ring-shaped frame design has steel beams installed in all the structural pillars and connects these beams with horizontal and vertical rings of steel that provide excellent protection around the driver and passengers. All these connections link rings of steel across the floor and roof which help manage impact energy around and away from the passenger compartment during moderate to severe impacts. The Steel Safety Ring is an engineering foundation for every Subaru vehicle built.
I was a witness to this passive safety feature recently when my girlfriend was T-boned at an intersection. Other than having some whiplash and being sore for days afterward, she was perfectly fine in the aftermath. The firemen wouldn't let her out of the car until later. I can't say the same for the lady who hit her though, driving a larger vehicle. She had to be carted off to the hospital on a stretcher. The Steel Safety Ring demonstrates Subaru's commitment to safety and is just one of many passive safety features built into every Subaru that you don't see and probably don't think about.

BTW my girlfriend's Subaru was built in 1998 and is for sale. $500. Mauricio