Both your car AND your wallet will be smoked by this in a yr
most cars have a steel frame... i don't see how a smaller steel frame is safer than a larger steel frame. and a smaller frame would have to be more rigid. less energy can be absorbed by the smaller frame. that translates to higher forces acting on your body.
Keep in mind, these cars are meant to be a small, compact city driver with a sporty kind of mindset. All it takes is a quick look at the weight/power ratio and 2 seconds to do the math you would find that this car would blow the doors off nearly any car in town. Its supposed to be a really small and economical version of a Lotus, not a passenger car. Its also really safe because of that monocoque shell so no it wont get smashed up by SUV's and big cars
smashing is what absorbs impact. otherwise it is just transfered to your body. the longer time you spend smashing up the car the less force exerted on your body. so, if the car lasts against an SUV, you would be frappe'd on the interior. just hose off the inside and the car is good as new... and there's your perfect safety record.... after all, who could complain if they ever wrecked it?
and before, i said a smaller frame would have to be more rigid.... i meant, the frame would be inherently more rigid, since it is smaller.
and before, i said a smaller frame would have to be more rigid.... i meant, the frame would be inherently more rigid, since it is smaller.
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