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Yeti — (archived)

The only reason small cars tend to not score as well on crash tests is because, typically, small cars are the cheaper cars, and the cheaper cars sacrifice things like safety.

Sure, An SUV or a caddy nailing the small car, the small car will likely be totaled- but just like the race cars you reference, the car falls apart by the driver gets out unscathed.

I understand that in the collision between two cars, the larger car tends to play the role of the baseball bat, and the smaller the role of the baseball. However and again- the idea that small cars are inherently unsafe even in a crash I don't think is a winning position to take. There are just too many examples of small cars with stellar safety ratings and records.

And if you are going to run Suburban sized SUVs into reasonable cars that seat 4-5 people and then call the small car 'unsafe'... well... surely you can see the logical flaw in that argument.

Yeti

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