Crash Testing: MINI Cooper vs. Ford F150
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My error, I did write:
The bold text is incorrect and was not intended to mean the Ford focus would win over and Ford f150. What I had intended to write was that the two compared to one another with an EQUAL test of an offset crash and full frontal crash the Ford focus is the clear winner when it comes to safety and minimizing injuries to the driver and occupants.
Regardless of weight or kinetics the full frontal and offset crashes are fair and accurate test to rate vehicles and how they would fair in the real world crashes. Sure if you took the Ford f150 and Ford focus and had them hit each other in an offset crash the Ford f150 would do better but the fact remains the Ford focus had more safety in mine when engineered then did the Ford f150 (97 – 03).
No need to get upset with facts because regardless if they hurt peoples feelings facts are facts and are undisputed with the data. Without data its just an opinion…
Originally Posted by 01 XLT Sport
The Ford focus is much safer in real world crashes then the 97 – 03 F150’s. The focus out performed the 97 – 03 F150’s in the offset test which is an equal test for any vehicle and also means if an F150 and focus were both involved with an off set crash with each other the driver of the focus has better odds of less injuries then the F150 driver, sad isn’t it?
Regardless of weight or kinetics the full frontal and offset crashes are fair and accurate test to rate vehicles and how they would fair in the real world crashes. Sure if you took the Ford f150 and Ford focus and had them hit each other in an offset crash the Ford f150 would do better but the fact remains the Ford focus had more safety in mine when engineered then did the Ford f150 (97 – 03).
No need to get upset with facts because regardless if they hurt peoples feelings facts are facts and are undisputed with the data. Without data its just an opinion…
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the real question is what % of crashes actually involve a barrier? from what I see around here most barriers that you could hit are surrounded with steel railing intended to prevent you from hitting the solid barrier at all.