Hitting the Wall: smart's IIHS Crash Test

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The National Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s crash test of smart’s fortwo has leaked, and the results are pretty impressive. But maybe I shouldn’t be so surprised. After all, Rob posted about a collision between a Nissan truck and a fortwo a couple of weeks back, and the micro-machine more than held its own. What do you think? Would you be worried about driving a smart?

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Posted at 8:00 am in Crash, John Coyle, Smart, Videos

Comments

Jeremy
May 1, 2008 at 2:57 am

I wouldnt feel safe in something like a vette or older model civic, much less one of these.

I guess i’m just more of a truck guy. (I’d still take a vette though )

Jim
Apr 30, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Linky no worky.

cknarf
Apr 30, 2008 at 5:15 pm

i’d drive it, but i’d avoid high wind situations.

NeilG
Apr 30, 2008 at 3:37 pm

If I owned one, I’d stick a Hayabusa engine in it. If you haven’t seen it you should DEFINITELY youtube it. But either way, I wouldn’t feel safe in one.

Stewart
Apr 30, 2008 at 3:26 pm

Would I feel safe?
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In town, almost.
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On the highway?
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Nope.

jmdaman
Apr 30, 2008 at 3:11 pm

Well, I didn’t like them before cuz I thought they would be crushed on impact, but after I saw that pic I can say I’m more confident in them. That would be so tight to tune up a Smart and make it really fast, just imagine the look on someone’s face when you came flying by at 160 mph in a Smart car!

Soup78
Apr 30, 2008 at 2:05 pm

Sure the car stays relatively intact…. but will you?

artie99
Apr 30, 2008 at 1:45 pm

I don’t like how far it travels after the impact at all. That’s a long way to go completely out of control.

Highspeedhijinks
Apr 30, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Looks pretty safe, but I’d still avoid highways if I owned one.