I find myself wondering what the intent of the original post was here. But either way, these conversations are important. Those of us who choose to drive very small, lightweight cars are better off making the choice with our eyes wide open vs. in denial.
And it doesn't take a genius to know that a car, the Swift-Metro-Firefly-Cultus, whose last generation arrived in the marketplace thirteen years ago... is bound to have serious compromises compared to current small cars.
Mazda has been committed to reducing weight in its vehicles, and recently introduced the
Mazda2 to the European market -- at roughly 400lbs lighter than its competition. 60% of the weight reduction came from engineering while 20% came from simply size reduction.
And the Mazda2 falls roughly into the same size and weight category of our Suzuki Cultus-based Metro's and Swifts. How does it fair in the Euro Encap tests?
It's amazing to see -- of course, even a well-designed little car, with all today's best thinking, can't change the laws of physics. It does it's best:
Mazda2 Euro Ncap Crash Video's
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