Less sturdy SUVs???

[C M Smith <cmsmith@domain.elided>]

I can't quite credit the recent post about SUVs. The problem with SUVs and 
minivans is that they are not crash tested or safe in collisions. Making 
SUVs "less sturdy" is not the plan. Making SUVs that have crumple zones 
front and rear and side impact protection is the point. Adequate braking 
and suspension systems would also be nice.Your basic SUV has about much 
safety engineering in it as your basic 1950s Chevy Biscayne (if there was 
such a thing). It really is pathetic to see North American auto buyers get 
sucked into buying the same dangerous crap that got the highway safety 
people into such a frenzy in the first place. For someone who appreciates 
the fine engineering of an ALFA to fail to understand this is..frankly 
upsetting.

As more SUVs crash into other SUVs we may finally get the public (those 
remaining alive) to understand the magnitude of this deception of the auto 
buying public. Criminal doesn't begin to describe what's going on in North 
America.


Michael Smith
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
91 Alfa 164L, White, original owner

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