>I did a little more searching and found a site with crash tests of >different flat front vans (Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, and VW). The >test was conducted by Germany's ADAC (the organization that invented the >offset frontal impact). The conclusion was that all the other vans either >cause their drivers to be dead or heavily injured, only the driver of the >VW would have escaped with only very minor injuries. I have to apologize >for the fact that the site is in German only, but I think that the pictures >say it all! > >http://www.vw-bus-land.de/ go to VW-Bus Berichte and then to The Hiace shown is the old model (1980-1988), as are the Liteace Mitsubishi Delica (=L300), Nissan Urvan/Caravan/Homy and Sunny Vanette. The Isuzu Fargo (small change to Cargo in Germany) went unchanged from say 1980 to present, as has the Mazda Bongo (abeit with facelifts). -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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