Very Smart! (56k Warning)
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- Garry Russell
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Here: http://microcarmuseum.com/tour/subaru360.html
I don't like modern cars very much (except the more singular sports cars maybe). Nissan tried the retro look with the Figaro. I did see one in real life (close up!) and its not particularly bad looking. One of those quirky things. One for the ladies though, I would think.
I don't like modern cars very much (except the more singular sports cars maybe). Nissan tried the retro look with the Figaro. I did see one in real life (close up!) and its not particularly bad looking. One of those quirky things. One for the ladies though, I would think.
Ok, so the video shows the effect of an impact. But how stable is it? Such a short wheelbase is surely "twitchy".Actually Ian, the SMART car is one of the safest cars on the planet.
So while it may survive an impact, is it more likely to happen?
Ian
Edit: And I thought modern cars had crumple zones that absorbed the impact through deformation. Not much deformation of that Smart car so the human body gets all the impact = car survives, driver does not?
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The perfect hatchback has to be the original Mini Cooper. Decades later, nothing comes close.
If you question the performance of this little car, grab a copy of 1969's The Italian Job and watch three unmodified minis do amazing things at the hads of l'equipe Remy Julienne, still the best stunt company in the world.
If you question the performance of this little car, grab a copy of 1969's The Italian Job and watch three unmodified minis do amazing things at the hads of l'equipe Remy Julienne, still the best stunt company in the world.
"Sir!!! Yellow nosed b******s, twelve o'clock high!!!"
"Break formation, break!!!"
"Break formation, break!!!"
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