High safety ratings for small cars mean little in real world accidents.

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11-08-2012, 12:38 PM

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Re: High safety ratings for small cars mean little in real world accidents.

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Originally Posted by Ugg

It's not a head on collision, its a purposeful frontal offset collision between a rear wheel drive and front wheel drive vehicle.

An FG falcon would have fared similarly.

I never said it was a head on collision, I said....

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That is a standard crash test based on how head on collisions usually occur in the real world.

That is a fact, that is why they actually test them like that

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