Date:         Thu, 10 Apr 2003 13:46:58 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: crashtest.com
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> I was just reading the Vanagon information on Crashtest.com, a
website about
> auto safety and (you guessed it) crashtest results.
http://www.crashtest.com/volkswagen/ie.htm (beware the numerous
pop-ups)

> I noticed that they give the Vanagon a 'poor' rating in frontal
impact, and
> an overall 'poor' rating, yet the Swedish Folksam Report, which
is based on
> real-life accident reports, gives it an 'excellent' rating.

i find it very peculiar that they differentiate between
Caravelle 80-91
Vanagon 83-91
and
Caravelle 92-94
Caravelle 95-02
Eurovan 93-94
Eurovan 95-03

especially since the Caravelle 80-91 has exactly the same scores
as the Vanagon on the tests, but comes up with a different
overall score .. which only proves to me that all this is
basically crap in the u.s.: if the insurance companies don't like
you, you get a low score. :(

joel