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bankerdanny says:
02:55 PM, 07/15/09
The passenger compartment seems to stay nicely intact, but where did the engine and tranmission end up. This is one where you really want a much closer side angle view of the crash.
dalaw says:
03:12 PM, 07/15/09
^the engine and transmission is in the back of the car
bankerdanny says:
03:21 PM, 07/15/09
Ah, well that makes a difference then doesn't it.
I couldn't remember if it was front or rear engined.
In that case that seems like a surviveable crash. I suspect a side impact would not look as good though.
firstwagon says:
03:27 PM, 07/15/09
I'll bet a lot of people expected it to crumple and get a terrible rating.
Nice to see it behaved just like any other car.
brn says:
04:15 PM, 07/15/09
"In that case that seems like a surviveable crash"
Except for the G-forces that shove your organs up against your rib cage and kill you.
jederino says:
04:56 PM, 07/15/09
Frontal crash tests, such as this one, do not penalize a smaller car for its relative lack of mass. the Tata may fare worse in a side impact test, or a real-world head-on with a heavy, strong vehicle.
cwc1 says:
05:36 PM, 07/15/09
That looked like it hurt a bit...
putachino says:
07:26 PM, 07/15/09
I hope that was the 60 mph test.
brn says:
09:26 PM, 07/15/09
"or a real-world head-on with a heavy, strong vehicle."
You mean like against a Focus, Cobalt, Civic or Corolla?
I want to give them credit where it's due. This is an amazing little car, but physics are against it. From what I understand this version has been fortified. Even so, the low mass and lack of crumple zone make it much more dangerous than this video leads you to believe.
tryan says:
03:26 AM, 07/16/09
brn is correct, the Nano and Smart ForTwo are one in the same in this case. Their passenger cells might hold together, but to get the whole story, we would need to see the acceleration (G) measurements that the dummies were subjected to. Because of the lack of crumple zones, your body is subjected to the full brunt of rapid deceleration.