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Originally Posted by FTS
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Originally Posted by FogCityM3
One has to consider that today's cars are significantly safer than in the 80s and all that structural reinforcement, load carrying ability, airbags, protective seats, pedestrian protection all involve a lot of weight. Given these cars are driven on the road, with passengers in them for a good part of the time, I would take the heavier weight with better protection.
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More weight does not mean more protection though. Porsches are considered to be one of the safest cars out there; I should know having crashed my 911 at 130 mph and not even a headache. But Porsche does use significantly more aluminum, not that much CFRP. |
A little unfair as rear and mid engine cars have a lot more room for frontal deformation. It still takes good engineering though to be safe, of course.
I'll take a smaller, lighter car and active safety over a larger, ponderous car and passive safety.