OK Sonoronos. I won't dispute your engineering. Small cars built today far surpass the vehicles built back in say, the '70s

But.... I have spent a good part of my life as a paramedic/rescue worker. Extracted a lot of folks out of cars. My opinion, and it is just that, is that the bigger the vehicle, the better the condition of the victims. Big car vrs little, however well engineered, the big car always wins.

To put a point on it, Diamler Benz designed both my 420 sel and my Crossfire. In a contest with another vehicle, I would prefer to be in the 420 with 4600 lbs of mass assisting my survival.

In an attempt to get back on the subject of this thread, My 420 gets 15/21 miles to the gallon while the Crossfire gets 23/30. A Dodge Neon supposedly gets 28/35 MPG and one could easily get caught dead in it.


But not me or my kids.



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