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posted by  Shatz on  Mon Oct 4 10:17 CST 2004
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Seems like the S40 didn't do all that well in the most recent Insurance Institute side impact crash with a SUV. It did receive an acceptable, but the Saab 9.3 walked away with the honors. thought that the Volvo Suits were a bit condescending about it.... something to the effect: "our cars are designed for real-world crashes that vary across the board. This test doesn't reflect the real world." The point they missed, of course, (or maybe they didn't) is that you have to conduct standardized test in order to provide a fair comparison. To just dismiss this as not valid, it pretty arrogant. Perhaps since the results have no meaning, they'd care to subject themselves to an SUV (or even the surrogate used in the tests) side impact while sitting in the driver's seat. Perhaps we could allow them the choice of either a S40 or a Saab 9.3!
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