LEFT: Front and rear welded steel bumper beams add to chassis’ rigidity and provide significant protection to occupants in the event of a collision.

BELOW LEFT: C5’s extreme rearward engine placement not only helps chassis balance by moving weight toward the middle, but also provides for very large "crush zone" between front of car and passenger cell.

Dorian Tyree, by excelling in two relevant spheres. The first is the extent to which it enables its drivers to avoid accidents in the first place, and the second is the ways in which it protects its occupants when a collision does occur.
  Accident avoidance falls under the heading of what’s called "active safety systems," explains Tadge Juechter, Corvette Vehicle Integration Manager and GM Assistant Chief Engineer for Performance Cars. This encompassing phrase includes all of