Re: Welcome to quattro (A8 crash data)

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Wolff said:	
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Not safe if you don't wear your seatbelts. Scratch one princess in an
A8. Haven't seen any crash test data on V-8's either. I would think the
V-8's would be pretty good though. 
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I have a 1997 A8 brochure with pictures and crash data comparing the A8 and
the S class MB.  Of course the A8 had less damage intrusion in a frontal and
side impact than the whale MB.  Goes to show you......Aluminum is the metal of
the future!

I can't seem to find any data on the V8 in my brochures though....I will keep
looking.  I imagine it is better than the 5K/100/100 due to it being slightly
bigger and more engine the the front to absorbe impact.  I do have some data
on the A6 (C4), 5 out of 5 stars in frontal collision.  But let's remember,
the USA's crash tests are NOT real world crashes.

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