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Old 06-03-2022, 08:41 AM   #1
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Thought the biggest hurdle was the noise level?

It's no less safe then your Ford. If you are expecting to find some kind of consumer reports type of crash report...doubt you will find out. As JFP said...all cars have to meet minimum federal requirements, but that doesn't mean they have to actually put cars through crashes, they just have to be designed with certain aspects...and for that specific model year.

What does this actually mean? Means it has to have brakes, seatbelts, airbags & roll over protection, fuel shutoff, etc. to name a few things. crumple zones didnt come along until later I think.
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Old 06-03-2022, 08:58 AM   #2
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Thought the biggest hurdle was the noise level?

It's no less safe then your Ford. If you are expecting to find some kind of consumer reports type of crash report...doubt you will find out. As JFP said...all cars have to meet minimum federal requirements, but that doesn't mean they have to actually put cars through crashes, they just have to be designed with certain aspects...and for that specific model year.

What does this actually mean? Means it has to have brakes, seatbelts, airbags & roll over protection, fuel shutoff, etc. to name a few things. crumple zones didnt come along until later I think.
That is not correct, to pass the Fed requirements, they have to crash multiple test cars, video the tests, and submit the data to NHTSA.

These requirements are exactly why many European makes disappeared from the US market for years until the EU instituted similar requirements.
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