Depends on whose perspective you're looking at. For the person wanting a cheap beater, it has made things worse, as it forces them into more expensive cars, and that likely means worse loan terms.

Another of these stories?

Arguably the simplest premise here, with the most hysterical results. Drive backwards and let the chaos begin. Also add jumps to the course because why not?

The B-1 wasn't actually cancelled by Carter solely for fiscal reasons.

Your link is broken.

But the 2010 F150 got the highest marks possible on every IIHS test it was subjected to.

The 2010 Smart did not.

Edit: Looking at the IIHS data, for the 2010 model year, the Silverado scores lower than the F-150. The Ram 1500 scores lower than the F150. The Titan scores lower than the F150. …

Maybe its because Smart car proponents are so arrogant that they constantly talk about it? It's like Prius smug, only at least the Prius is efficient. The Smart isn't very safe.

Are you sure that isn't 10 minutes and 45 seconds?

The catch is that the 20mph difference in speed change is HUGE. These impacts take a few dozen milliseconds at best. A 20 mph crash into a wall isn't likely to end up with serious injuries in any car - but a fair number of cars show serious injuries at 40 mph.

Sure, some people will use their car's newfangled abilities to justify a larger McMansion out in the sticks, but those people are likely the exception, particularly since we're seeing an increase in people moving to urban areas, not out of them.

I love the concept. I love the work.

Survive? Are you certain? Just because the safety cell stays intact? That doesn't mean anything other than you aren't getting impaled by the steering wheel being driven through your torso. G-forces are still absolutely critical, and if you're in a smart car and you get hit by a heavier vehicle, you WILL be…

So what's your point? You intentionally mislead people to believe that the F-150 still isn't doing well. The Smart's safety cell has always been well-designed. You don't need to falsely denigrate other vehicles to make that point. However, physics still win out. Even a 2001 Smart vs. a 2001 F-150 won't be a…

Nope.

Its much more complicated than that. First off, you have to consider the conservation of momentum. If the collision is inelastic, and the two vehicles were both going 30 mph before the accident, then they are going about 10.6 mph after the accident in the direction that the S-class was going. That means the…

You do realize that the F-150 pictured there is 14 years old, and that 11 years ago, the F-150 got the highest rating possible on that same test, right?

You do realize that the F-150 pictured there is 14 years old, and that 11 years ago, the F-150 got the highest rating possible on that same test, right?

Your old data is old.

Ugh. I hate these claims... they stop the video short of the end of the collision, so you don't see what most likely happened - the smart getting launched backwards... Conservation of momentum, you know.

That means MUCH higher g-forces for the Smart car occupants. So the passenger cell stays intact, but is the…

There was no responsibility in Detroit in hundreds of ways, shapes, and forms.

If you paid attention to the policies that the state government was passing, you would know that they're pretty much the dreams of the entire GOP.

Like Honda and Toyota, Mazda has dabbled with various forms of hydrogen power in a number of experimental cars over the years. In most cases, these Mazda hydrogen vehicles had rotary engines as their powerplants.

I don't have the data pulled from BLS back to the beginning of Granholm's term, but at the end, Michigan was doing much better. In fact, Michigan was #4 in the country over Granholm's last year.