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At least you'll go out in style. Seriously though, it would be great see the older car styles brought back with modern safety standards or older cars in some wa
by gcheong 4y ago
At least you'll go out in style. Seriously though, it would be great see the older car styles brought back with modern safety standards or older cars in some way upgraded to modern safety standards.
- system2 4y agoLook at what they did to mustang.
- blt 4y agoNot possible sadly. A lot of the appealing features on older cars (thin pillars, tall windows) are incompatible with current safety standards. Part of the reason why new cars tend to look clunky.
- Doxin 4y agoI get why thin pillars don't work with modern safety standards, but surely tall windows are fine? There's plenty modern cars with fairly tall windows, like the renault kangoo?
- hef19898 4y agoYou need both, slim pillars and large windows, to have the same aesthetic as classic cars.
- DavidPeiffer 4y agoI'm not having success finding the requirements, but I am almost certain there are requirements on window size. Purely by logic, as the window size increases, side impact rating will decrease.
- blt 4y agoIt's not the tall windows themselves that are dangerous, it's the accompanying low door sills. Higher door sills mean more of your body is protected by metal instead of glass.
- Sohcahtoa82 4y agoThis came up recently in another thread on HN. Safety stands dictate what happens if you collide with a pedestrian. These days, ever car has a sloped front-end. It's not just for aerodynamics, but it's designed to push pedestrians up and onto the hood, whereas the old "stylish" cars had completely flat front-ends, which made it like getting hit by a wall. Even worse, some older cars had a front end that had negative slopes. If they hit a pedestrian, they'd be pushed down and under the car.