Not exact matches
The standard car was priced at # 21,995, which seems like a bargain today, particularly given the sleek coupe bodystyle - which actually hit a four -
door, four - seat layout, the rear row accessed via rear -
hinged half -
doors usable only
after the front pair were open.
It is a sobering thought as we pile back into our sparkly Wraith
after lunch and summon the huge, rear -
hinged doors.
After pounding out all the dents and prepping the cabin, Legacy adds soundproofing throughout and upgrades everything from the gauges to the
door hinges.
Beginning with models built
after January, the Optima's passenger - side
door sill, lower
door -
hinge pillar and toepan were reinforced to improve occupant protection in small overlap crashes.
Beginning with 2015 models built
after February 2015, the front - end structure,
door sill, and
hinge pillar were modified to improve occupant protection in small overlap frontal crashes.
Beginning with 2015 models built
after July 2015, the vehicle's front - end structure and front
door hinges were modified to improve occupant protection in small overlap frontal crashes.
Aside from the intruded
door frame when the
door hinges were sheared off in the second test (shown), the dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel
after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained reasonably well.
Beginning with 2018 models built
after December 2017, the passenger - side front
door hinge pillar and
door sill were reinforced to improve occupant protection in passenger - side small overlap frontal crashes.
Later, beginning with 2016 models built
after October 2015, the structure was reinforced at the junction between the
door sill and
hinge pillar to improve occupant protection in small overlap crashes.
Beginning with 2018 Optima models built
after January 2018, the passenger - side
door sill, lower
door hinge pillar, and toepan were reinforced to improve occupant protection in such crashes.
The
hinge pins are now different lengths to aide in reinstalling the
doors after a day on the trail.
Ford reinforced the
door -
hinge pillar on models built
after May 2015 to improve occupant protection in small overlap front crashes.
So
after repainting the
door fronts for a 3rd... or was it 4th... time, I adjusted where I placed my stamp on the acrylic block so that I could avoid those
hinges.