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This post doesn't make any sense^^^
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You mean it doesn't fit your opinions.
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The volvo is about 3000lbs the modus is about 2600lbs. So on a per cubic foot basis the Modus weighs more.
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And what has density really got to do with it ?
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next tests like this one don't prove a lot;
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It proves a great lot, but it looks like you just don't want to see or hear any of it.
The smaller, lighter but far more modern car does far better in a crash than an old (mid 90s) Volvo
tank.
Repeat with a similar vintage Metro, Civic or Corolla, and the situation will look even bleaker for its driver and passengers.
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that type of impact even when the cabin survives is usually going to put you in a world of disability
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If you're in the big Volvo, surely.
If you survive at all.
In that small modern econobox, you might break a leg and get some assorted bruises.
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that type of crash is relatively rare compared to side blows and lower speed impacts.
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"That type of crash" with partial frontal overlap, happens to be a standard situation that's tested by all manufacturers and happens time and again on the road.
The setting and speed weren't chosen by accident.
They only didn't crash the cars against a solid wall @ 40mph, but slammed them into one another for direct comparison.