The Consumer Reports blog announced crash results today on several new convertibles. It's always nice to see cars you can't afford damaged so badly that no one else can have them either.
The sturdiest of the newbies turned out to be the Volvo C70 and the Saab 9-3. You can check out the Institute for Highway Safety's results and watch the always-enjoyable horrific crash videos for 150-plus cars on the Consumer Reports website.
By the way, if you own a 1997 Nissan Pathfinder, you might want to skip this. Ouch. —BRIAN FAIRBANKS
Read more on the Consumer Reports blog.
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On another note, seeing the side impact tests on the Crown Vic, I think it's a great thing from a safety standpoint that NY is switching to hybrid taxis, seeing as to how all hybrids are currently very modern vehicles built for a market where consumers want modern safety like vehicle stability control and side airbags.
]]>I hope she never gets hit via the side while at a dead stop by a large test ramming apparatus.
]]>C'mon...Please don't lower the Consumerist's standards with spiteful comments like this.
]]>.....It seems that if I take a direct front hit, my legs will be crushed, and a side hit will turn me into a vegetable. Yay. Moral is that I need to watch the hell out and try to maneuver if a collision is imminent in my Mazda! My wife's a little safer in her Camry, but not from the side.
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