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Old 01-24-2014, 12:09 PM   #35 (permalink)
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The 25% overlap has already been done on bigger cars. Notably crossovers:


Most did horribly, but the Forester held up very well. Apparently Subaru has been on a big safety kick these past dozen or so years (heavily reinforced safety cage) and that boxer is probably a bonus in terms of passive crash safety versus the shorter and more horizontally compact I4s in the competition.
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