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Originally Posted by tjts1
I'm not so sure about that theory.
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Originally Posted by Adriel
What theory?
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In short, today's vehicles are so poorly built due to a Federal agency not controlled by the People demanding effieciency only obtainable with extreme weight reduction that compromises safety.
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The placard for the Mercedes states 4,300 pounds.
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Thats GROSS weight. That includes the car + its maximum legally allowed payload.
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The type 3 chassis was released in 1961 and significantly redesigned in 1969 decades before the type 1 (1934 I.I.R.C.). It was designed with crumple zones, collapsing steering column, and padded dash. This means the type 3 do way better than the crash test video. The advantage the Squareback has over the Focus is no engine to go into the cabin. Further, the windshield isn't right in your face.
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I really doubt the Squareback is safer than the MK2 golf in that video and that MK2 is a disaster in an offset frontal offset crash. The current "small overlap" crash tests where all the energy of the crash is concentrated into 20% of the car's front end are pure death even for many modern cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkX16uDkHm8
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Originally Posted by Adriel
I also have first hand experience. Both times the impact was at the passenger front fender, the Squareback at a combined speed over 65M.P.H. and the Focus at 55M.P.H.. In the case of the Volkswagen it was able to be driven after the accident as no suspension damage, one body buckle, and I only had minor whip lash; not even my glasses came off. However, the Focus had a busted axle that jammed into the power plant, eight body buckles, and had severe whip lash for which I had to be treated for weeks and never fully healed.
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I'm sorry you were involved in a couple of bad accidents but that doesn't disprove the thousands of well documented crash tests conducted over the past 40 years. With every new generation vehicle safety has consistently improved.
https://www.youtube.com/user/iihs/videos
Epidemiological data on real world mortality rates also backs this up.