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Just because it looks the same, does not mean that it's the same under the hood. Designs are constantly improved and re-worked for safety. Look up what happened
by apta 7y ago
Just because it looks the same, does not mean that it's the same under the hood. Designs are constantly improved and re-worked for safety. Look up what happened when the IIHS introduced the small overlap test. Several manufacturers (including luxury brands like Mercedes-Benz) failed the test before re-enforcing the same design to make it pass. Not to mention active safety systems such as pre-collision braking and the like, which don't exist on older models.
- chrisseaton 7y ago> re-worked for safety Lol I don’t think my 2009 Defender was - doesn’t even have airbags. Pretty sure it has zero crumble zone either. And no adaptive anything. But I wouldn’t swap it for anything - it’s a timeless heritage piece and represents something about who I am.
- opsunit 7y agoI've a Defender, a '66 VW Beetle, a Fiat 500 and a Volvo XC40 with adaptive and predictive everything and I'll only take my kids out in the latter. Heritage vehicles have their place but they're harmful to the occupants and harmful to the other party in an accident. I wouldn't use one as a daily for that reason. One interesting thing about the Beetle is that despite retaining the same basic shape and construction over the entire run a lot changed to significantly improve relative safety: collapsible steering columns, the change to Macpherson strut suspension, door handles with the opening mechanism shielded in a roll-over and so-on.