Safety of S70 vs newer cars

[June]

Here's a video of a P80 vs new V70 crash test (the one June is mentioning a few post above). I think the old one stands up pretty well....


According to a major swedish insurance company, investigating 170 000 accidents, the P80 is,still in 2017, 20-39% safer than the average car (average car is about 11 years old) in Sweden (NB, passive safety, when the accident has occurred).

https://www.folksam.se/tester-och-goda- ... r-ar-bilen

In Swedish but the explain how they achieved their results in English;
https://www.folksam.se/media/S4534_Folk ... -34877.pdf

This actually is the video I was referring to the example last 1/3 of video,
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This one is also informative,
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And this one,
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Cheers, June

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To be fair that's also a case of weight. Considering the Golf of that generation is somewhere just shy of a tonne lighter than the XC90 it does really well. Getting hit by the train is never comfortable. Also illustrates why heavier is better only benefits one side of the equation.

But again. How it looks isn't really the most interesting aspect. The car is supposed to get smashed up to absorb energy. It's how much energy the occupants are subject to and if the cabin keeps it shape that's important. That said for this test of cars a similar age I'd also want to be in the XC90. But smash that Golf into a P80 that's essentially designed during the 80s and then updated and it's quite likely equal or the other way around.

Yes, you're right according to Folksam (the insurance company investigating 170 000 collisions). The Golf V is a category 5 car (more than 40% safer than average) while the 850 is a category 4 car.

https://www.folksam.se/tester-och-goda- ... r-ar-bilen

(In English as well)

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