RE: 400 series Deathtrap ??
we've just had a look at the website and what a bag of Bo**ocks!
There is no data supplied to show the make up of the figures at all. So the injuries we "higher" but an early Saab 900 would have killed or seriously injured 3 more people than a 400 series Volvo!
Again the other manipulative point is there may be more injuries but the accidents they were involved in could be more severe than some other cars accidents.
For instance - Saab design their cars to withstand an impact with an Elk after one of their directors died after an accident involving one - Renault design their cars to meet the NCAP safety standards but hopefully you wouldn't be driving into a wall at 30mph head on - the NCAP tests need to reflect REAL driving conditions and figures should not be released until at least year after a car has been on the market so some sort of data could be analysed of how it actually performed in real accidents - sorry i know that sounds morbid but its not meant to.
Would we then see an decrease in the number of stars the dear old Renault gets??? - Who knows..........
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