Shocking Zero for the Nissan ‘Hardbody’

The NP300 ‘Hardbody’ achieved an alarming zero star rating for its poor adult occupant protection mainly in the driver head and chest areas in the frontal crash test at 64km/h. The vehicle structure collapsed during the crash test and it was rated as unstable. The steering wheel column did not collapse penetrating the passengers’ compartment, creating an additional risk for the driver as it moved straight into the dummy chest. This performance showed a significant risk of injuries for the driver despite the car being equipped with double frontal airbags. The high probability of life threatening injuries to the driver’s head and chest resulted in the zero star adult occupant protection rating. Even with an airbag the driver’s head and chest showed high biomechanical readings. The NP300 ‘Hardbody’ achieved two stars for child occupant protection, the low result is mainly explained by the decision of the car manufacturer to install one of the Child seats without following Child seat manufacturer clear instructions.

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[ian]

It's called hardbody, because everyone inside needs to have hardbody to survive.

[NotMeHere]

Unfortunately carmakers will constantly sell their older models as new models in third world countries

[huss]

Cars that kill passengers immediately should be approved, instead of injuries, pain, suffering and traumas, they fly directly to the grave, that's merciful....

[helpmelosemyvirginity]

Loved the sarcasm that you mentioned 'hardbody' with inverted commas 😹

[MattyClivingthedream]

The choice for Nissan was pay for Ghosn's multi million dollar houses or fix the safety on the D22. Surprise, surprise the boss got his way!

[SomeRockGuitarGuy]

I had one. The second you hear the door, you know it's unsafe.

[iflareman]

Yikes. Plus that design has been used for the past 20 years.

[grapsorz]

that's a 1997 Navara. do they sel that crap stil? where is it made? for the Chinese market?

[Misterdennis]

The vehicle in this video is a nissan frontier, not the D21 hardbody.

[ericwambua]

I'm driving this now as the company car at my work place 😬

[Robert-ztm]

wtf nissan? i have been driving a nissan for 10 years (different model) and this makes me lose trust in the brand.

[mmmmbeeer]

They haven't changed the design of this vehicle at all since it first came on the market around 2005. And even then it was probably just a new shell on the old 90s chassis

[atharvagarwal]

Nissan in india is providing strong car compare to hyundai and maruti Suzuki but African variant test is shocking

[edgara.morfin]

Its not a hardbody, the hard body was made from the 1980s to 1997, after that they were no longer made out of metal and therfor the frontier was born, soon sales dropped and the hardbody named disapered because they were no longer made of 100% metal

[conradsealy]

Is there any specific why a 20 year old design is being tested like this except as an example as to the current production NP300. The version tested here has been out of production more than 10 years I think.

[johnnybigood]

I did wont a navara, now getting a ranger 5 star rating

[michaelkaijage]

How can I clear the check engine light came on at the Nissan double cabin

[mirojustice]

The voice of Jeremy Clarkson in my head after this crash: "Still. Could be worse."

[BadaBing.UCF]

So there's 3 generations of the Frontier currently for sale in the world? Interesting.

D22, D40, D23.

[pawanrohidas]

Girls don't like it when you say you are hard but actually you aren't