G-class Crash Test Video

[Thai]

linky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p1c8d_Hieg

 

[CJ3Flyr]

That ran on TV in SWFL for a while, great vid
:cheers:

 

[alaskaman]

very very funny..........

 

[broncosi]

this got me thinking and wanted to see the smart car and how that did(not as well as the g-wag).

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[Thai]

this got me thinking and wanted to see the smart car and how that did(not as well as the g-wag).

Nope, you do NOT want to get into that golf cart!! Recently, IIHS tested the Smart vs. Mercedes C-class...and it was destroyed by the C-class! See links:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg64wMtl2gQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4k0FWvGoSM

But then again, none of the econobox (Smart, Honda Fit, or Toyo Yaris) did well against their midsize counterparts (C-class, Accord, and Camry) in the IIHS test. All the econoboxes got destroyed.

Size matters...you can't escape physics.

Here are the other crash tests:

Fit vs. Accord: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaBuy1T69kQ&feature=related

Yaris vs. Camry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKCAQCcdEA&feature=related

The Yaris did particularly bad!

 

[Ron Helmuth]

note the 4Runner at 1:31 in of video

Thai that is a good advert for your G. I was always picturing an M(L?) series before --doh. My bad.

broncosi your video for the Smart car the tester guy looks to be using a Runner as his daily driver.

good links

 

[broncosi]

Re: note the 4Runner at 1:31 in of video

the tester guy looks to be using a Runner as his daily driver.

I saw that!! and they referred to it as a 'Chase Car'. NICE!

 

[Thai]

Re: note the 4Runner at 1:31 in of video

I was always picturing an M(L?) series before --doh. My bad.

I ought to ban you immediately for making that mistake!!

 

[Ron Helmuth]

better than the J/K series

ha good one buddy


At least I said M/L unlike the Heeps'

Just Kidding series (J/K)

Alright it's summer I might need one of those guys help sooner or later, I am laying off the Jeep jokes.

They are fine- eminently rebuildable vehicles and I will leave it at that, for now.

 

[Thai]

Re: better than the J/K series

They are fine- eminently rebuildable vehicles and I will leave it at that, for now.

You sound like a politician lying through his teeth!!

 

[eskimochaos]

linky: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p1c8d_Hieg

Pssh Land Cruiser would do the same thing if not more.

 

[Thai]

Re: Re: G-class Crash Test Video

Pssh Land Cruiser would do the same thing if not more.

Maybe we can ask Toyota to do the same "crash test".... And without lockers, the LC may not have enough traction to push through a brick wall like that....