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Date:         Mon, 8 Apr 2002 19:27:04 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon crash safety
In-Reply-To:  <5.1.0.14.0.20020407122525.02353e78@mail.pressenter.com>
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>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 > >Transporter im Crashtest Sondertruck aus ADAC Motorwelt hier als PDF-File ( >1,6 MB )

Toyota Hiaces are very solid, as can be attested by the previous-to-current model (1980-1989) which hit a concrete bridge abutment on a university fieldtrip, carrying a full load of people (about 9, not being an extralong wheelbase). It wasn't going slowly when it hit, either. The alternatives at the last moment were: head-on with car coming across bridge; dive into gorge below; hit bridge. No injuries to people, though the van was a writeoff; however it was driven about 400km to get home. No, I wasn't the driver!

Isuzu's Fargo van (sold In Australia with Holden badges) is so rust-prone I wouldn't be confident in one of these at all, though the basic structure is probably OK when new. Mitsubishi's Delica has a strong chassis but I have heard that there is no frontal reinforcement above this. I don't have much close-up familiarity with Nissan vans, though there are plenty here, both large and small. -- 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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