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Essentially Volvo's approach: "Here is an extraordinary statistic: since the Volvo XC90 went on sale in the UK in 2002 it has sold over 50,000 vehicles, yet no
by radiorental 8y ago
Essentially Volvo's approach: "Here is an extraordinary statistic: since the Volvo XC90 went on sale in the UK in 2002 it has sold over 50,000 vehicles, yet not a single person has been killed while driving it, or as a passenger."
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43752226 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43752226
- lmm 8y agoThat's a curious turn of phrase, and immediately makes me ask: how many other people have been killed by Volvo XC90s? The XC90 is a big, tall, heavy car that makes me nervous as a cyclist - does it protect its occupants at the expense of other road users?
- matte_black 8y agoA car of any size can kill a person on the road, it’s not something you design for.
- LgWoodenBadger 8y agowell, Europe (in general, because I don't know the specifics off the top of my head) regulations require(d) changes to hood/bumper/front-end designs to improve pedestrian survivability during impacts.
- wcarron 8y agoI know that they require 1" (or 2.54cm) of space between hood and engine, to create a little crush zone before people hit parts that won't deform. That's the only thing I know about it, and my source is a review of a C7 Corvette ZR1 (which Chevy cannot sell in the EU to my knowledge - due to the fact that the engine forms part of the hood)
- Someone 8y agoUnlikely, given Volvo has publicly stated (https://www.volvocars.com/en-ca/about/our-stories/vision-2020 https://www.volvocars.com/en-ca/about/our-stories/vision-202...): ”Our vision is that by 2020 no one should be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car.”
- dsfyu404ed 8y agoI'll take that with a grain of salt. There's a lot less opportunity to strike a deer while going 90mph on a highway in BFE or SnapChat your way into rear-ending a Chevy Suburban in the UK than there is in the US.