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Originally Posted by Cuyper
Have had a BF company car for 3 years a VY before that and driven VEs, currently owning a Fiesta and soon buying a second. Have one kid, I'm not out to overpopulate the world so doubt will ever be more than two.
Haven't been in a serious crash however have seen enough wreaks to know small cars versus large cars is a false rumour, I'm sure you've seen the episode of 5th gear where the conducted a head on between a pretty strengthened steel large car and a current small car and seen the small car cut straight through the large car and still have the front door open easily. The older large car was stuffed. Its not about size its about strength and even the BF and VE are weak, cheap steel. FG maybe better I don't know. I do know if rather be in a crash in the fiesta than the BF that's for sure.
Drive a VE that's done a few ks and the things twist just as badly as a VN with the same miles on it. The difference in real world fuel economy is more like 4-5l/100, more if you're talking diesels and that's a ton of money per year if you actually drive the car. But your right I've never run out of room in the fiesta and don't need anything larger, have looked at focus's but they are not noticeably bigger inside.
ANCAP ratings are all done at the same speeds, small cars don't get any more damage than large cars, often they suffer less because they aren't hitting the wall/pole with much force/weight. Get on YouTube and watch the fiesta side impact, I know I did before I bought it. I know the Mondeo doesnt sell here but its because of non educated buyers rather than the car, it sells fine in Europe, it takes time for people to realise what's out there and how good it is. BTW handling is more important than anything, its far better to avoid a crash than be in one even with all the high strength steel and air bags in the world.. If you can drive around it, its a much better day. Avoiding accidents at 110 in a fiesta is effortless, you can throw it anywhere at that speed with as much steering lock as you want and it'll take you where you need to go. I appreciate that. I had to do it a few times already.
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for ancap , it is probably a good thing in that it does encourage car makers to make them safer, but the testing is very limited and and in my opinion lacking, and somewhat misleading in some cases, no testing for rear end crashes is just wrong and considering almost a third of crashes are rear enders.................
as for small cars they are much better today, but they still very have little crumple zone compared to the bigger cars, and ..... it is not always about the damage to car old mate, it is often the sudden stop at the end that kills people, as for throwing around i have no doubt about the ability in my old falcon either.