At least one support structure (24, 84) of a vehicle and a vehicle control system for controlling a stiffness of at least one support structure (24, 84) of a vehicle, comprising: at least one from a group consisting of an acceleration sensor, a braking sensor and a corner sensor for providing a driving condition of the vehicle, at least one from a group consisting of a vehicle camera, a collision sensor and a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link for providing collision information; a magnetic field generator, the at least one support structure (24, 84) changing properties in response to a magnetic field, an electronic controller configured to: obtain information from at least one from the group consisting of the acceleration sensor, the braking sensor and the corner sensor, determine the driving condition of the vehicle from the information, in response to the driving condition, provide a control signal to at least the magnetic field generator to generate the magnetic field that is applied to the at least one support structure (24, 84) to control the stiffness of the at least one support structure (24, 84); obtain the collision information from at least one of the group consisting of the vehicle camera, the collision sensor and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication link, characterized in that the electronic controller is further configured to: predict a collision for the vehicle from the collision information, and in response to the prediction of a collision, to provide the control signal that reduces the stiffness of the at least one support structure (24, 84) before a collision occurs. at least one from a group consisting of an acceleration sensor, a braking sensor and a corner sensor for providing a driving condition of the vehicle, at least one from a group consisting of a vehicle camera, a collision sensor and a vehicle-to-vehicle communication link for providing collision information; a magnetic field generator, the at least one support structure (24, 84) changing properties in response to a magnetic field, an electronic controller configured to: obtain information from at least one from the group consisting of the acceleration sensor, the braking sensor and the corner sensor, determine the driving condition of the vehicle from the information, in response to the driving condition, provide a control signal to at least the magnetic field generator to generate the magnetic field that is applied to the at least one support structure (24, 84) to control the stiffness of the at least one support structure (24, 84); obtain the collision information from at least one of the group consisting of the vehicle camera, the collision sensor and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication link, characterized in that the electronic controller is further configured to: predict a collision for the vehicle from the collision information, and in response to the prediction of a collision, to provide the control signal that obtain information from at least one from the group consisting of the acceleration sensor, the braking sensor and the corner sensor, determine the driving condition of the vehicle from the information, in response to the driving condition, provide a control signal to at least the magnetic field generator to generate the magnetic field that is applied to the at least one support structure (24, 84) to control the stiffness of the at least one support structure (24, 84); obtain the collision information from at least one of the group consisting of the vehicle camera, the collision sensor and the vehicle-to-vehicle communication link, characterized in that the electronic controller is further configured to: predict a collision for the vehicle from the collision information, and in response to the prediction of a collision, to provide the control signal that predict a collision for the vehicle from the collision information, and in response to the prediction of a collision, to provide the control signal that reduces the stiffness of the at least one support structure (24, 84) before a collision occurs.