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Just because the MPG-to-weight ratio is high is no guarantee the "broken egg-shell" syndrome isn't gonna happen during the slightest impact.
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In Oliver Kuttner's Green At Google talk he talks about the 40% offset front end collision, where no car has tested better. The Plymouth Prowler is 2nd. And he gets this gleam in his eye when he talks about motorsports.*
Have you really looked at that monocoque anti-intrusion beam that is the center of the roll cage and how it integrates to the tubes running for and aft?
Are you suggesting they are going to ship, and should be judged on, the rolling chassis without all the cup-holders and stuff?
*Because it's such an inspirational talk i went back to watch it again. He discusses safety at 17:56. "From motorsports we know a lot about high-speed impacts." 