Tag Archives: 2015 Models

Training opportunities are always out there. For example, pulling the bags out of a rental vehicle and something in the trunk caught me eye. Look at the picture below and notice that battery.

Here is a look at the body structure for the 2015 Jeep Wrangler.

Hot stamped steels are being used in automotive structural and safety components to improve crashworthiness while lightening the weight of vehicles.

Checkout the screenshot from Moditech's Crash Recovery System. Crash Recovery System clearly indicates that the body structure has very strong steel.

Todays Training Scenario, extensive intrusion by the instrument panel and footwell on the driver. What would you do?

The roof/side curtain airbag inflator is located in the C-pillar as seen in the screenshot from Moditech's Crash Recovery System.

Think these alternative fuels are going away? GM's commitment to exploiting every possible technological venue to create ever more efficient vehicles with the goal of saving 12 billion gallons of gasoline from 2011 to 2017.

The 2015 Ford Mustang has a different type of knee airbag on the passenger side. The bag is an injection-molded plastic bladder that’s sandwiched between the inner and outer glove box door panels. When the vehicle is in an accident, ...

The 2015 Audi A3 uses many hot-shaped steel parts in the passenger compartment for low weight and maximum strength, while the engine hood is made of aluminum.

The 2015 Volkswagen Passat Body Structure will be 85 kg lighter than its predecessor thanks to the use of high-strength, hot-formed steel and aluminium in certain areas.