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Re: tales of overreaction

Jonathan Forbes writes:
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The European and U.S. crash tests are at complete odds with respect to 
their results; U.S. cars do better on the U.S. tests, and European cars do 
better on the European tests.
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Because Euro cars are _designed_ to pass the Euro tests first, US test
second (if at all); likewise, US cars are _designed_ to pass the US tests.

The type of crash test drives the design.

For instance, the high speed frontal test is totally different -  
and the European test, imho, is more real world. Euro is into 
an offset barrier, (as Jonathan notes later in his post); 
US is into a continuous barrier.

Eric Tangen
2-2002s and a 530i