Audi A4 bumpers are well rated

[LL - NY]

As for the Rover (gawd, was 1997 really 10 yrs ago already?) all I can say
is OUCH!

FWIW, one of my SCCA members from the past lent his A2 GTi to his sister one
evening. It was raining hard, and where we live, there are no street lights.
Combine that with a black Angus cow (see why no street lights) on an open
country road she was "familiar" with and guess what happened?

One dead Angus. One dead GTi (slight bend to one A-pillar, cow ended up on
hood, but the body didn't pass the windshield) and one shit covered girl.
She was fine, except for the cow shit.

Not sure the result would've been near the same had it been a brick wall.

LL -  NY

On 8/13/07, Louis-Alain Richard <larichard at plguide.com> wrote:
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>  Me neither, Larry, me neither.
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> If you have time to spare, go here,
> http://www.euroncap.com/tests/rover_100_1997/11.aspx, and look at the
> older cars like the Rover 100, which was an 80's design, and you'll have a
> good idea of how the small cars of that period would fare. Scary.
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> On the other hand, http://www.euroncap.com/tests/audi_a6_2004/207.aspx.Even the windshield is intact.
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> Louis-Alain
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> larrycleung at gmail.com wrote :
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>  FWIW, I'd not really want to be in a crash with an A1 or
> A2 VW (or contermporary Audi, or BMW, somehow, I'd
> be okay in an MB) at any speed above say 15 MPH.
>
> LL – NY
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> On 8/11/07, *Tony Hoffman* <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:
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> WOW!! I thought the point of all this added weight was more safety and
> better build. In some cases, maybe, but to see that Escort take a hit
> like that, and then see the C-class get all messed up, I never
> imagined. Maybe my 82 Jetta is safer than I thought!!
>
> Tony Hoffman
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> On 8/10/07, Louis-Alain Richard <larichard at plguide.com> wrote:
> > It is so funny to see brand new mid-size luxury cars being
> > crashed at only 5 mph (front-rear) and 3 mph (corner) and
> > suffer such damages.
> >
> > http://www.iihs.org/video.aspx?f=releases/pr080207.flv
> >
> > I guess our older cars would fare better, like the Escort.
> >
> > Louis-Alain
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