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This desn't look good to be honest.  Lots of other Euro car crash testing pics here
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Wow, anyone else think the roof and doors buckling is a bad thing? On the flipside, I don't know how fast this test was conducted. What speed was it run at?
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I did some digging on the site:
The front impact test is conducted at 64km/h (40mph) into an offset deformable barrier, the side impact test 50km/h (approx. 30mph), the pole test at 25km/h (18mph) and the pedestrian tests at 40km/h (25mph).
Doesn't look to good for 40MPH.
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for a 40mph offset frontal crash, that ain't too bad.
It's all about balance.
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Check out the A-pillar...that is pretty good...didn't buckle a bit.
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Originally posted by Rara:
for a 40mph offset frontal crash, that ain't too bad.  How come ?? I have a general understanding of crumple zones but I didn't think that the roof was supposed to buckle like that. I did note that the Peugeot 406 looked a lot worse though.
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Originally posted by The MarkO Guy: Originally posted by Rara:
[b]for a 40mph offset frontal crash, that ain't too bad.
I have a general understanding of crumple zones but I didn't think that the roof was supposed to buckle like that. I did note that the Peugeot 406 looked a lot worse though.[/b]I thought the 406 looked really good. The crumple zones seemed to do their job without hurting the passengers. Hard to tell without motion, but judging by the stills, I'd say the Ford got beat up pretty good. 
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*Cold air induction
*Powdercoated intake manifold (more powdercoating coming soon)
*Blue headlights, foggies, and signals (no reflectors)
*CEG stickers & removed door moldings
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*64 hp 4-cyl
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*I'm going to auto-x the thing (but not compete)
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Look on the bright side, the Duratech could have put the test dummy through his seat to the back... 
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Originally posted by The MarkO Guy:
This desn't look good to be honest.
i know his sweet ass hubcap popped off!!!!
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