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The fender and front fascia were plastic composites that could take a 10-mph smack unscathed.
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10mph plastic.. and safest vehicle in the world.
oxymoron.
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anti-lock brakes with crash-sensing radar and dual-stage airbags.
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that is not the safest either. A man's skill is.
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Power came via four-cylinder engines pilfered from 1977 Honda Accords, mounted in a mid-rear layout driving the back wheels through a 5-speed automated manual transmission.
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b-rally peugeot anybody?
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And for all its safety kit, the Minicar lacked one standard: front seat belts.
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Armed with data from 59 RSVs from Minicars and Calspan/Chrysler, NHTSA chief Joan Claybrook was ready to press on in 1980 with a new generation of safety vehicles, setting a target of a 2000-lb. car that could seat four and pass a battery of 40-mph crash tests.
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I can't do 3000 pounds and four passenger comfortably.. waht miracle acid desoving self combustible superlight alloy are they smoking?
steel.
it does a body good.
I have learned, over the years of deciphering common sense dissapearing with autos is the very groups claiming to make them better..
CARB, nhtsa.. who else has got a four year degree and a monkey for brain?