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Originally Posted by LPMiller
really? those old cars were big, but they were just thin sheet metal for the most part, with very little if any support structure. No beams, no crumple zones, no boosted pillar supports, no breakaways....
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I would have figured that pure momentum would win out and the fact that the old cars sit higher off the ground. The new cars weigh way less than the old ones. Never gave much thought to it other than that. Once I saw this vid then I started to think about the crumple zones and the way new cars are built to protect the passenger compartments in an accident.