The engineers soon realized that disguising the car as a cow pie got more media attention. They decided to take the camouflage off, and people promptly stopped caring.
nice too see it is being tested by OPEL.... good thing.. I hope this is way better than the current car.. it will have to be to go agains the Honda and such
$2,000 in damages for a minor fender bender. Pick up a old Ford Tempo for $500, insure it for under a grand, get in a fender bender, rip off the bumper and toss on a mismatched Topaz bumper from a junk yard.
I have the impression that this insurance sponsored "authority" does not like small cars: I wonder if they are trying to steer people towards larger, more expensive cars with higher insurance premiums...
I wonder what the correlation is between low-speed impact damage and braking performance. I'd expect that the Hyundai and Kia take longer to stop than the pricier cars, but then I'm kind of an elitist dick that way,
My Accent imploded like a frightened doodlebug (awkward analogy) when I rear-ended another car at low speed in traffic several years ago. The insurance co. came back with a $1,500 estimate to replace the left front fender, bumper, hood and left headlamp. I thought the whole point of these so-called "crumple zones" was passenger safety, though. Sure, the whole front end is gone, but you walk away without a scratch.
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Still, if I were caught driving such a mule, I'd switch on my Face Blurrer, too.
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great point.. GOD did they kill the Lemans name .. it used to be a muscle car in the 60's-70's ..
Hopefully GM will not rebadge this to any other brand in America.. are u listening GM??
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He did it at about 10 mph, though.
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Have beer.
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