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I don't think the test was inaccurate - but I don't think it was explained correctly.

When the cars hit the unyielding steel plate, the cars absorbed the energy. At 100mph, the car absorbed twice the amount as it did at 50mph.

When the 2 cars collided at 50mph each, the force was equal to the single car at 100mph, but each car absorbed 50% of the force.

Frank


It doesn't allow the cocoon of the safety cell designed into the monocoque body to take the stresses and the crumple zones to absorb the impacts as it would in a like-for-like crash.

Long acknowledged deficit of the crash tests. Reason they have gone for the steel cube is that it is repeatable and fair, not that it is accurate.

2002 Sporty , Ironman 2.5" spring, 2" body, 15 x 7 ROH wheels, K&N, 15 x 10.5 Simex Centipedes, Powerchip 91.

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