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Lightweight & Highly Rigid Body: High Strength Sheet Steel
Lightweight & Highly Rigid Body: High Strength Sheet Steel
BODY
BODY SHELL
In addition to revising the construction of various joining and attaching areas of the body to increase their rigidity,
a more balanced material allocation, sheet thickness, and joining structure produces low noise and vibration levels
in the body shell.
Along with the integration of the side member outer panel and quarter panel, a laser–welded side member inner
panel has been adopted to improve the panel precision and joining rigidity.
102 BODY—LIGHTWEIGHT & HIGHLY RIGID BODY
An impact absorbing structure for side collisions has been newly adopted to comply with the new FMVSS214
regulations (for protection of passengers against side collisions).
This structure offers an effective allocation of frame materials to smoothly dissipate the side impact energy
throughout the cabin.
The front doors are also provided with impact absorbing materials such as gussets and energy absorbing pads.