Honda Pilot wins top IIHS safety rating - USA TODAY
The 2016 Honda Pilot has earned a top safety rating, further vindication of a design process for the SUV that relied on computer modelling and 3D printing in its development. Honda engineers have focused their efforts on achieving the highest safety standards and the body of the third-generation Pilot was designed with a series of crumple zones and high-strength, carefully crafted, steel beams and other structural... Bautsch said Honda developed a chassis and body that works to dissipate the energy after a collision to keep it from intruding into the passenger compartment. The IIHS rating confirms the structure works and Honda expects 11 Honda and Acura brand vehicles will be awarded with the top safety rating. Where a physical part or tool was needed for troubleshooting, Honda used a 3D printer to create one, said Jeff Tomko, president of Honda Manufacturing Alabama. The Pilot launch was the most challenging to date for the 15-year-old Honda plant because it is a complicated vehicle to build with all its features and technology. And it is the first Honda vehicle in North America developed completely in the virtual world and the second globally: Honda developed the. Source: www.usatoday.com
