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Sep 3rd, 2007, 23:16 | #1 |
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Fifth Gear Crash Test Next Week
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For those of you not watching Fifth Gear tonight, Next week, they are going to see how an older bigger car, stands up to a newer smaller car. For the older, Bigger car, Obviously this is going to be a a volvo 940 estate Thought id give all you volvo fans a quick heads up for next week! Will be interesting to see the outcome.
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Sep 3rd, 2007, 23:18 | #2 |
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agreed! this i sgoing to be great, i shal be watching!
they really should test a 700/900 aginst a new volvo, i bet it would be a surprising result
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Sep 3rd, 2007, 23:19 | #3 |
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Thanks James will have to watch that for sure .
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Sep 4th, 2007, 00:54 | #6 |
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this IS going to be intresting!
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Sep 4th, 2007, 01:48 | #7 |
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Hi,
There they go, wrecking perfectly serviceable 940's again!! No harm wrecking the renault though.. Alot of new cars are designed to do well on this test. It doesn't always follow the car is actually safe in real-life experiences though.. Des. . .
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Sep 4th, 2007, 05:54 | #8 |
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The outcome will be interesting, new technology against Volvo mass.
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Sep 4th, 2007, 08:14 | #9 |
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The Renault isn't as light as I thought, even the lightest Modus with the tiny 1.2 petrol engine weighs in at 1.1 tonnes kerb weight whereas a 940 with a smallish petrol engine is about 1500kg so the mass isn't as different as you might think. Still a pretty big difference mind you! It also depends what model of 940 they use, if they use a diesel estate apparently that weighs in at 2000kg-ish so that would be a challenge for the Modus
It will be interesting, how old is the Volvo they're going to use and does it have airbags or not, etc, etc. The only way to know for sure is to do it, but it's not like it's going to *tell* anyone anything other than what happens when one specific model hits another specific model. There are just too many variables to draw any conclusion about general "old vs new" safety from this sort of test. Personally I reckon the Renault will probably win, like I said it's not *that* small and the design is 15ish years newer so you'd hope things would have moved on a bit Cheers, John |
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My guess is that the occupants of the Renault will find their car completely destroyed due to crumple zones etc but the volvo driver will have injuries. What I'd love to see is the volvo driving straight through the Renault so we can all feel nice and safe
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