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Originally Posted by Piotrsko
Never had oversteer in my super bug, it had severe understeer unless the back end broke loose. Wonder what the difference was between yours and mine. Maybe the stance messed with handling. The Golf is totally neutral, but I get an intermittent pain on my right side trying to get to the limits.
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What I've read on rear-engine cars in general is that a lot of them were likely to understeer from having way too little weight on the front until enough braking or engine torque were applied and then they would oversteer. Of course that's a general observation for most rear-engine cars.
As far as safety is concerned, there's a lot more to it than just big vs. small. And it can be hard to quantify it all.
I do think, though, that the research done by actual car safety companies is far better than anyone's own personal experience and opinion, even though the tests and data are far from perfect.
As far as small car safety goes, I couldn't find anything on an old Metro on the IIHS's website, but they do specify the 2000-2002 Toyota Echo as causing about as many deaths as the 2000-2002 Chevy Tahoe (75 driver deaths per million vehicles registered of said vehicle).