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Originally Posted by sombo
Oh I dunno about that. Ever seen the videos of crash tests on Ford Pintos? If you hit a Pinto from behind at about 35mph it will be enough to jam both doors, puncture the gas tank, and cause a fire in the rear to start in a matter of seconds (if the engine is running of course). That to me constitutes a "death trap".  |
I hear what you're saying, and a car that does so badly in a low speed crash can't be described as well designed, but, if we all only drove cars that met with high safety standards, then frankly none of us would use the classics. (I'm not saying the Pinto is a classic mind
).
As a matter of interest, what do you have to set the standards in the US, we have NCAP, which is a big Euro wide safety organisation.
Sorry, to redeem myself from the hijack, what do we reckon to this .......