I don't want to rain on your parade, but hoods are made to crumple. This is to absorb force. In an accident, just because one car is more banged up than the other doesn't mean it's not built well. This also works conversely. Just because one car hardly had a dent doesn't mean it's better built or the occupants were any safer. On the contrary, if the energy of the crash is not absorbed by the car, then it is absorbed by your body. Transfer of energy. That's why steel cars of the past hold up in accidents, but the occupants sustained much more serious injury. I'd rather be in a nice crumply Volvo than in an all steel 49 Merc. Yes, I might be paying more out of pocket in the accident, but at least I'll be safer.