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Originally Posted by Coldjensens
Less safe than a soft top? Don't they all now have pop up roll bars and beefed up windshield frames?
I know rollover safety was a big problem in the 1970s but I thought they had resolved that with beefed up windshield frames and pop up roll bars or stationary roll bars. I know that some convertibles with a roll cage are actually safer than a regular unibody car.
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Convertibles are not tested. The government and the IIHS have decided that convertible buyers don't care about rollovers and accept the risk. But in reality it seems that convertible buyers take for granted that they're equally safe due to the high tech devices. They have these systems that are better than nothing, but far less safe than a hardtop.
A normal car's roof can support 4 to 5 times the weight of the vehicle and will protect from impacts from all different angles. A popup hoop can't even compare. If these vehicles were actually safe in rollovers, car makers would voluntarily get them tested, but they choose not to.