In some collisions where an SUV strikes the side of a car, the bumper is higher than the door beam. This causes the door to be pushed into the passenger compartment. The problem here is neither the size nor the strength of SUVs. These are positive qualities when it comes to the safety of a vehicle. The problem is in today's compact cars.
Cars are ideal in single car accidents or accidents with other cars of comparable size.
However, when a car collides with a light truck, bad things happen. When the vehicles finally came to rest, the Nissan's front end was at the base of the Volkswagen's windshield. They are trying to come up with a solution to this problem. They've come up with several ideas. One idea experts have raised is instead of basing SUVs on truck frames, they could be based on car frames.