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To me this seems like a design failure (maybe intentional?) I'd think a properly designed crumple zone would only crumple at a "fatality" speed and not at fend
by contrarian1234 3y ago
To me this seems like a design failure (maybe intentional?)
I'd think a properly designed crumple zone would only crumple at a "fatality" speed and not at fender-bender speeds. I remember asking a friend why you almost never see Lexus in China - and they said they notoriously crumpled at the slightest collision (there are a lot of very low speed fender benders on city streets there). Other Japanese brands seemed to not have this reputation
- Retric 3y agoThere’s been an effort to minimize the damage at very low speed (under 5MPH), but it’s harder to optimize for fender benders than you might think. People tend to break before collision so crumple zones are optimized for lower than highway but still deadly speeds ~40 MPH. New car buyers also have insurance so they rarely care much about collision repair costs. The fact fender benders don’t total the car is just about the only metric car buyers care about.