► Smart Fortwo VS Mercedes E-Class - CRASH TEST
Smart Fortwo vs Mercedes-Benz S-Class Crash Test Video.
Daimler's Smart brand has faced many challenges in the past, but overcome the common perception is probably the hardest of all so used to huge SUVs and pickups are many customers, they refuse to believe what be it as small as the Smart Fortwo can be safe.
Smart has always disputed this, and his latest video is the latest attempt to highlight the safety of the new 2016 ForTwo To do so, he broke down the new city car in the largest sedan the company is - the Mercedes-Benz S-Class testing is representative of the type of crash tests usually carried out by security agencies, although generally against a concrete block Each car is positioned at an offset to the other - a tough test because it focuses energy on a small spot of the vehicle collision to a full head-to-head, where the energy is transferred around entire frame of the vehicle.
And there is quite a bit of energy to absorb 5,088 pounds, the S-2 is 1 times the mass of the 2478 Smart For the record, the new Smart is a good 400-500 lbs heavier than its predecessor should be less than a pinball in an accident, but does not mean the small frame has more energy to dissipate in an accident in this case, that art kilojules 108 in the test 28 mph Mercedes more 222 kJ of kinetic energy at the same rate.
It is obvious to see the effect of this energy in super slow motion pictures As the two cars collide, the Smart is instantly stopped and its short wheelbase, lifts his rear tires on the ground Mercedes, by comparison, continues for much Every car also shows the benefits of its design class S absorbs damage by Smart in the length of its Smart cover with less length to absorb these impacts, visually worst rates - but it is clear in the image that the safety cell Smart Tridion acted in the way it has been designed for the driver door, for example, remains intact, if slightly displaced and kinks are visible in the safety cell, showing where the energy impact has been dissipated in the cabin, rather than through it - in the forces reducing their turn in the passenger cell.
Unfortunately, the video did not get into many details, but Daimler described as being in the biomechanical limits --In other words the forces on the occupants of the car, the risk of injury is relatively low test has its limitations - closing speed is representative of cities rather than rural roads, and few accidents are just as well as fifty-fifty a laboratory test it won t be enough to convince some people, that is - but there is evidence that even the smallest advantage of great car security vehicles has today.
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