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I’d still far rather be in my W140 , or even one of my W126s than some cr@ppy Euro econobox if I was going to have a crash . Especially if I was going to be rear ended by a truck on the motorway ; situations where most small cars won’t leave you any survival space . I am absolutely horrified when I see so many tiny hatchbacks where rear seat passengers are only about a foot from the back bumper - their chances of survival must be close to zero if caught in the sandwich that is a rear end shunt .
The clip below sums it up ; notwithstanding airbags , ABS , ESP etc etc , newer cars still aren’t structurally that much stronger than the ones that were completely crushed in the impact , leaving no space for survival.
That is why a big , solid car , with an effective safety cell , and decent sized crumple zones is still the safest place to be - because when all your active safety has been used up , or when a large vehicle runs into you , you rely on the passive safety in your car . Even that W126 , quite an old car now , still has its merits .
Yet the statistics still favour modern cars for safety.