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As I was saying yesterday, I’ll be driving my [top-rated] Volvo until the duck tape doesn’t hold it together anymore, thank you.
PS
Smart Car weighs in at 2,315 lbs.
Volvo XC70 weighs in at 4,092 lbs.
Whose passengers are most likely to walk out unharmed in an accident?
As Doug’s commenter said,
If it’s not the impact that kills you, it’s your insides coming unglued that will. The Gs in a crash are not absorbed by a crumple zone, they are absorbed by your body’s internal organs. G forces will go somewhere.
Suicide clown cars are for clowns.
f = ma cannot be repealed no matter what you do. You want a car about the size and mass of the 2009 Honda Accord, which BTW the IIHS rates 5 stars in all categories, to be minimum safe. This car weighs in at about 3500 pounds, unladen. Better yet is one that weighs 4500 pounds, to be safer. OF COURSE THAT ASSUMES ALL THE LATEST SAFETY GEAR IN INSTALLED.
More to life than fuel mileage, like your life and the lives of your loved ones.