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Originally Posted by my79f
Ive always thought that some sort of front subframe to firewall support would benefit these cars tremendously in a wreck.
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To start with he was thrown from the car suggesting that he was not even wearing a seat belt. Once the driver's door came off he was probably thrown.
The damage to the car was probably from flipping and or rolling once he went off the road and hit the driveway. Adding components to make the car more rigid do not necessarily help the occupants survive. Modern cars are designed to collapse around the cabin and absorb energy doing so. The more energy that gets scrubbed off means the less g forces and impact your body is subjected to. Your belts or harness are designed to spread the load and stretch some to help reduce the peak force you would experience. Of course keeping the occupants within the cabin is the first thing and keeping the cabin intact is another.