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Originally Posted by prydey
i always thought the ve couldn't get a 5 star rating regardless of airbag count because it performed poorly in the offset frontal collision area??
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Yes, you are correct prydey. This was with regard to lower leg injury from memory. This is exactly why they added an 'energy absorbing panel' to the steering column.
Alot of people (myself included) figured holden wouldn't bother to upgrade the car significantly enough to pass the 5 stars, or that it woudln't be possible cost effectively. Turns out the panel was enough (just...it didn't score as highly points wise as the FG) to get it over the line, and probably proves that holden is starting to worry about its safety reputation (upgraded barina etc.).
Not sure how much it would cost but given they woudl have had to do extensive computer simulation and some real world full scale crash tests it wouldn't have been cheap.....certainly alot more than just adding the passenger seat belt reminder/making curtains standard. In fact it might have got 5 stars without curtains but that was obviusly as marketing trick to hold them over until they could get 5 stars from the ancap test. it is also possible fleet sales became an issue with FG having 5 stars starting to get sales...., hence the omega upgraded first.