Anybody Ever See One Of These Cars?

[Matt Herring]

There's a vid halfway down the article that will give you a laugh...with Loren Green as the spokesperson.

How The U.S. Government Killed The Safest Car Ever Built

[Frank Lee]

I remember the PM article...

[texanidiot25]

Impressive feat in engineering, but one ugly car! And I don't think the Pacer is all that bad...

[Arragonis]

SRV projects appeared all over the place, including BL

Austin Rover Online

[bgd73]

The fender and front fascia were plastic composites that could take a 10-mph smack unscathed.

10mph plastic.. and safest vehicle in the world.

oxymoron.

anti-lock brakes with crash-sensing radar and dual-stage airbags.

that is not the safest either. A man's skill is.

Power came via four-cylinder engines pilfered from 1977 Honda Accords, mounted in a mid-rear layout driving the back wheels through a 5-speed automated manual transmission.

b-rally peugeot anybody?

And for all its safety kit, the Minicar lacked one standard: front seat belts.

Armed with data from 59 RSVs from Minicars and Calspan/Chrysler, NHTSA chief Joan Claybrook was ready to press on in 1980 with a new generation of safety vehicles, setting a target of a 2000-lb. car that could seat four and pass a battery of 40-mph crash tests.

I can't do 3000 pounds and four passenger comfortably.. waht miracle acid desoving self combustible superlight alloy are they smoking?

steel.
it does a body good.

I have learned, over the years of deciphering common sense dissapearing with autos is the very groups claiming to make them better..
CARB, nhtsa.. who else has got a four year degree and a monkey for brain?

[zhillz]

"You can't buy it"

hahaha