> Crumple zones and needing a 'big car' is old fashioned safety. No. This is modern design. In the very cool Fifth Gear episode, you're seeing a car that is no

> Crumple zones and needing a 'big car' is old fashioned safety. No. This is modern design. In the very cool Fifth Gear episode, you're seeing a car that is not designed with a good rigid passenger cell component (and also fails to transfer the energy of the crash around the passenger cell). Both cars have crumple zones. They are not all created equal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumple_zone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumple_zone > A misconception about crumple zones sometimes voiced[citation needed] is that they reduce safety for the occupants of the vehicle by allowing the body to collapse, therefore risking crushing the occupants. > Crumple zones work by managing crash energy, absorbing it within the outer parts of the vehicle, rather than being directly transmitted to the occupants, while also preventing intrusion into or deformation of the passenger cabin.