Seeing those 2 MPV s from the taupo crash makes you wonder how they get 5 star saftey ratings . All forward control 'vans are death traps in a head on , guess its all the acronyms they have that give them the rating . Remember when they were just called vans they were all considered lethal .
andy61,
Oct 12, 11:50pm
Hey they were not forward controls vans( they both had engines in front of the driver), all things considered they held up pretty well for a high speed head on. The luggage flying around from the back would be my concern.
stbossman,
Oct 13, 12:31am
my friends young son calls them sausage cars as he thinks they look like sausages
db.price,
Oct 13, 3:48am
Is that because if you squash them at each end all the meat squirts out the sides?
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 13, 3:52am
They will be far from 5 star safety. One was a flipping Lafesta. mid 2000's and not as much as a three point safety belt in the middle back. Those designed for Japan only rubbish mobiles should not be allowed to be sold here.
mk3crazy,
Dec 25, 1:17am
Do you even know what your talking about? I have a 2017 Mazda MPV, the engine is in the front of the car not underneath. Its like any other car, if your going to drive like a maniac and hit something of course it's going to bend and buckle just like any other car would!
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