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So, digging into the technical. The body uses a VERY hard, scratch resistant stainless steel variant. The problem, the type of stainless is very brittle, which is why it has the flat panels.

The problem is, hardness is not toughness. The metal will probably crack in a crash, instead of deforming.
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