[Lemmy]

Originally Posted by Rosieuk

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

More to the point the ADO17 was the most advanced UK car of its period and had the strongest body in regards to torsional strength until the early 2000s. It won two rallies and car of the year (when it actually meant something).

The smartcar on the other hand is a barely controllable shoebox with a constantly vacuous transmission, a vehicle of a group of vehicles whose only redeeming feature that it invariably kills its occupants (thus improving the gene pool) in any form of even mildly serious accident - and to top it off, they made a Brabus version!
The only potentially more lethal vehicle would be a Riley Ditchfinder on worn kingpins and crossplies fitted with a flat plane crank supercharged Rover v8 - on a Welsh RAC rally stage driven by a 17 year old female "love island" fanatic. In the wet.

But as well as the Smart I have a family car, Triumph GT6, and an FZR600, FZR1000 EXUP, and a Hayabusa.

When new it was Euro NCAP 4, so for it's day among the safest small cars to have a smack in. I wouldn't fancy my chances in yours, which wouldn't achieve 1 star. Glass houses, you say? No other A segment car from 2004 achieved a higher rating as standard. As for the Landrab being the stiffiest monocoque until into this century, what a load of bull. Monocoque, more like load of old cock!

But the point is that you can't take a joke, which is a shame as a sense of humour was essential for a landcrab owner when they were new. BMC were laughiing their backsides when they sold it. Even Allegro drivers smirked at the Landcrab. Landcrab were for people that wanted a P6, but couldn't afford one. Fortunately I could, so had the P6.