Image Source: EURONCAP
While many here stateside still await the crash test results for the all new 2012 Chevy Sonic, our friends across the big pond have been crashing up the 2011 Chevy Aveo which sports body styling similar to the new Sonic. The European testing results, summary, videos, and images can be seen on the EURONCAP website. A quick search of the www.safercar.gov site at the time of this post did not list any results for the 2012 Chevy Sonic.
For the American Sonic, Chevy announced a number of high quality safety standards such as, 10 airbags, reinforced A and B pillar zones, high strength steel, and welded tubular sections for the door frames. View the GM announcement article here:
http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2011/Aug/0829_sonicsafety
Readers should note, there will obviously be differences between the American and European crash testing authorities, also potential differences between the American and European vehicle models so all information contained in this blog is intended for informational purposes only and was retrieved via web search.
EURO NCAP. 2011. Retrieved August 28, 2011 from: http://www.euroncap.com/results/chevrolet/aveo/2011/437.aspx
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