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