[TruthShallSetYouFree]

I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade.

[Bogtrotter52]

Saw here in my (not so)fair city recently. On a main drag surrounded by the normal for this area huge pickups and SUV’s. Being in one would not scare the c**p out of me only becuase there would be no room in the thing for the c**p. LOL!

[from occupied ga]

I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade.

Or even a VW.

[Squawk 8888]

I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade.

They are quite surprisingly crashworthy. I was behind one when it got hit on the driver's side by a pickup truck and the driver didn't get a scratch. I was first on the scene and didn't even need tools to get the driver's door open.

The key to the safety of smaller cars is that they are light enough that other vehicles simply push them out of the way. In the case of the accident I witnessed, it was moved about thirty feet by the truck that hit it but the side panels were only pushed in a couple of inches.

[beethovenfan]

or even a Honda Civic.

[DungeonMaster]

I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade.

Better than my bicycle.

[weegee]

I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade.

When one of those NAFTA trucks inevitably hits it, you are in luck. It doubles as a coffin.

[EasySt]

"I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade."

Heck, that thing wouldn't survive being hit by a motorcycle!

[dearolddad]

I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade.

Or... A skateboard or a bicycle?

[varon]

I wonder how this baby will hold up when it gets banged into by a Hummer or an Escalade.

Or a 45MPH wind gust ;-)

[BritExPatInFla]

Pretty damn good, actually.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/433802/smart_crash_test/

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/60538/smart_car_crash/

And in this one, it fares better than the Mercedes S Class it hits head on...
http://www.htlounge.net/articles/681/1/Smart-car-crash-test-video

[chiefqc]

I first saw one when I was in Italy about 2005.

Ugly, Butt Ugly.

[bert]

I saw a piece on this subject and strangely believe it, the passengers are suspended within a heavily reinforced steel cage. The difference in mass will be a problem, but the cage will withstand crushing.

I gave up my Integra for a Sprinter. I’m now mass positive

[Kozak]

Like this

[RetiredArmy]

I wondered how it would hold up in a wreck with a bicycle.