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Originally Posted by Aerkuld
.... A big, heavy, solid car is going to have more energy going into a collision and will not dissipate it slowly.
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look at the above video. The big heavy sled dissipates it's energy slowly by pushing and crunching the prius.
In a light car (of typical design) you are the ping-pong ball, and the big stuff is the paddle.
Now, I certainly agree that small cars have some merit for avoiding some scenarios, but don't go thinking a prius is going to win an argument with a big old American pair of I-beams. --and that is somewhat what Chris was getting at. A Prius is not all that, for a number of metrics that we can compare to old designs.
fwiw, If I had to buy a hybrid, it would be a Honda. --and I would de-badge it. The Pious just isn't for me.
esp w/ pious people like this (taken a few hours ago in seattle)
