• hddsx@lemmy.ca
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      7 days ago

      That’s because the testing standards had not yet adapted to cars with such low center of gravity.

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        Or sedans that heavy. Because it’s a multiple of vehicle weight, while the raw number is extremely high for a sedan of the time, the roof crush score is actually pretty mediocre even compared to a Golf from the same year, it’s just so damn heavy the roof had to be stronger to even pass.