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Fifth Gear Crash Test Next Week

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Old Sep 3rd, 2007, 23:16   #1
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For those of you not watching Fifth Gear tonight, Next week, they are going to see how an older bigger car, stands up to a newer smaller car.

For the older, Bigger car, Obviously this is going to be a a volvo 940 estate

Thought id give all you volvo fans a quick heads up for next week!

Will be interesting to see the outcome.
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agreed! this i sgoing to be great, i shal be watching!
they really should test a 700/900 aginst a new volvo, i bet it would be a surprising result
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Thanks James will have to watch that for sure .
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For those of you not watching Fifth Gear tonight, Next week, they are going to see how an older bigger car, stands up to a newer smaller car.

For the older, Bigger car, Obviously this is going to be a a volvo 940 estate

Thought id give all you volvo fans a quick heads up for next week!

Will be interesting to see the outcome.
Any indication what the newer car might be?
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The team crashes a 15-year-old Volvo 940 estate – for many people the epitome of a solid and safe family car – into a three-year-old Renault Modus, notable as the first small car to earn a maximum five star safety rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP). Which car will emerge in one piece? The surprising results show that only one of the drivers would have stood a strong chance of survival.
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this IS going to be intresting!
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Hi,

There they go, wrecking perfectly serviceable 940's again!!

No harm wrecking the renault though..

Alot of new cars are designed to do well on this test. It doesn't always follow the car is actually safe in real-life experiences though..

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The outcome will be interesting, new technology against Volvo mass.
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I don't watch blokey car programmes (apart from to catch a look at the gorgeous Richard Hamilton - doesn't he look like David Tenant?!). But this sounds like fun What time is it on & which channel please?

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bumpage for this.

Channel 5 tonight at 8pm
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