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A sobering crash comparison, 5 years apart, same curve 200

posted by  Checkpoint Charlie on  Fri Dec 28 08:08 CST 2007
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The following youtube video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WmypX2RUPY of the crash test of a Silverado shows how badly they do in an offset crash test, unfortunately so do all of the old cars we drive. Those not produced in the last few years fare badly in the offset crash test even though they do moderately well in the full on test. There is another youtube video of the Silverado in the full barrier test and it does not look too bad, it's the offset test that is the killer. The video made by 5th Gear the UK motoring program crashing a much later Volvo than my Volvo into a recent model Renault bleakly illustrates the point. The Volvo was a safe car in its day in comparison with the dreadful cars of yesteryear, but now does not compare well with the latest safest cars when they are in the offset test which was designed to replicate real world crashes more closely.
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