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This is apparently not uncommon for Volvos either:

http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/accident_story/11-11-04.h...

Volvo pillars are apparently so strong that emergency crews have to carry special equipment to cut them if needed: http://www.fullerroadfire.com/TrainingAndEducation/Universit...

Interesting, here is an older article that shows the same is true for Subaru's: http://moojohn.com/subaru/extract.pdf

That extra surprise stub of rebar welded into the middle is funny, it was probably a quick "hack" to pass some test that turned out cheaper than redesigning the whole thing.

Yeah, that's one of many examples of how well Volvos stand up in crashes.

Related: http://www.volvosavedmylife.com/

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