ouch !

[Kiwi LE]

Time to up grade the daily drive.............

http://media.putfile.com/CrashTest23

[speedy_thrills]

Kiwi LE said:

Time to up grade the daily drive............. http://media.putfile.com/CrashTest23

The bad news is that most cars would crumple like that, it’s not exceptional. Didn’t some one prove that statistically your more likely to be killed in an SUV crash as opposed to a car? The problem is that while SUV’s are very good if you intend to hit or be hit by cars, when dealing with other (usually more immovable) objects they are pretty useless.

One of those new cars with side impact bars would probably fare better, perhaps even better than the SUV (though a reversal of roles would favour the cars occupants IMO).

>> Edited by speedy_thrills on Saturday 10th December 12:01

[Kiwi XTR2]

speedy_thrills said:

. . . Didn’t some one prove that statistically your more likely to be killed in an SUV crash as opposed to a car?

Yep they did, but it was based on the proportion of Californians who do not wear seatbelts snapping their necks in a roll-over.

It's ridiculous that designs must accommodate a drivers/passengers 'choice' to not wear a seatbelt.

That, and the need for pedestrian impact-deforming bonnets, is the reason that the DB9 shape will not be with us too much longer.