[onewhippedpuppy]

I think it was on a "what car to buy my teen daughter" thread that someone suggested that an old Volvo wagon was far safer than one of these new fangled small cars. What some people don't understand is that modern cars are designed to sacrifice themselves to absorb the impact energy. That's where crumple zones come into play. Some people think it's a conspiracy for cars to be totalled after even a minor accident, but in reality it's just good engineering. As stated above, it's all about keeping the passenger compartment intact.

With our fairly high crash standards, I wonder if many older cars would even be capable of passing?