• By Ben Wojdyla
    Jul 30, 2008 1:20 PM 4,319
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    Japanese Ironsmith Creates Bulldozer Out Of Fiat 500

    Oh Noes! Cute Panda Crashes Fiat 500
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    Fiat 500 Sacrificed By Audi Q7 To Encourage Crash Compatibility Standards

    This week ADAC, the German auto club, tried to convince automakers to consider small car crash compatibility when designing larger cars by obliterating a Fiat 500 with an Audi Q7. The point ADAC was trying to make is not that the Fiat 500 is unsafe — it actually scores five stars in Euro NCAP testing where the Audi Q7 only garners 4. Rather, the really awesome, slow-motion crash footage is intended to encourage automakers to engineer big cars with small-car crash survivability in mind. We don't know if it'll work, but you can just keep sending out crash test videos, ADAC. We'll keep scoring them to The Blue Danube. [Drive]


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