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Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Nor California & Pac NW
Posts: 24,866
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Vanagon has very stiff frame and occupants sit high. Several head-on collisions reported on TheSamba with pics, the protection is not bad. Not as good as a modern car of course. The YouTube video of the orange Vanagon is silly, 60 mph with 2000 lbs load into a concrete barrier. Load a full ton into nearly any vehicle and barrier test at that speed, and it is not likely to be a survivable accident. KE = 1/2 * m * v^2. If you understand that, you can figure out why.
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