[urq] Audi A4 bumpers are well rated

[Ed Kellock]

ISTR that the 4k series cars were one of the highest rated chassis of
their time in crashworthiness.

Ed

On 8/16/07, LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com> wrote:
> Having seen some of the Type 85's in the wrecking yard, I'd venture a guess
> that
> you didn't go "straight in" in your accident. The 4K's passenger compartment
> seems to buckle in a header, at least based upon empirical forensic analysis
> at the wrecking yard, I think you were lucky.
>
> A1 VW's were also pretty much tin cans. A2's started having somewhat of
> a "crash cage", but nowhere near what the more modern cars have. Since
> the B3 cars were designed about the same time (actually, later) than the
> A2's, I'd venture a guess that they are notably better than the type 85.
>
> Of course, Physics tells us, no matter what, in a vehicle vs. vehicle
> accident,
> mass wins, the greater the mass, the lower the accelerations, therefore the
> lower the force on the passengers. Single car crashes favor the better
> designed
> cars, although if they made an H1 meet the same standards as passenger cars,
>
> it'd be invincible. Of course, it'd have to be, since it wouldn't even be
> able to get
> out of it's own way.
>
> LL - NY
>
> On 8/16/07, Todd Phenneger <tquattroguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > I was in a rather fast accident in a 4kq and it fared "Rather I Fared"
> > quite
> > well.  I had no wiplash, the body structure did what it was supposed to
> > and
> > overall it fared much better than the other car.
> >
> > I don't know about the smaller A2 VW Cars, or especially the A1 cars, but
> > starting with the Audi 80/90q we started to see some real safety
> > improvements designed into Audi's.  So I"m not sure what your Definition
> > of
> > "Contemporary" is but I would have no problems being in an accident in a
> > 90q.  But if I"m going to get broadsided by a MAC Truck, OR and
> > H1/H2  Then
> > I'd rather be in an A8. :-)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: LL - NY <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> > > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:48:11 -0500
> > > To: Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com>
> > > Cc: <urq at audifans.com>, <quattro at audifans.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [urq] Audi A4 bumpers are well rated
> > >
> > > perhaps it's because these new bumpers have to support
> > > sooooo much heavier a car.
> > >
> > > 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
> > >
> > > On 8/11/07, Tony Hoffman <auditony at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> 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
> > >>
> > >> 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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