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Old 08-11-2012, 06:13 AM   #11
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Default Re: Has the falcodore grown itself out of the market?

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It has a longer bonnet, therefore crumples longer and mitigates the forces on the occupants better.

Bonnet length, generally speaking, in a frontal accident, distributes the decelleration forces for a greater period of time and the consequences are far less forces on internal organs in a body, in fact a direct corellation to bonnet length in simplistic terms.

That characteristic, coupled with added mass makes it a safer choice.

Of course there are always exceptions, but in two well built cars the heavier car with longer bonnet wins.

What price would one pay in fuel and gadget terms to potentially have the difference between plaster and wheelchair for life in a collision outcome?


The same can be said of the length of the rear boot compartment in a rear collison.
Again I ask you where abouts at ANCAP do you work? Seems you are making it up to suit your own agenda.
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