you are safer in a Mini.

[taranaki]

http://www.bridger.us/2002/12/16/Cra...perVsFordF150/

[Janet Reno]

Figures...
Anyone remember that woman with the big truck that said "if I hit anyone I'm going to win"?

[boingo82]

My response....

There are also videos of these crash tests available at http://www.progressive.com/rc/Vsafet...=0\&IMAGE1.Y=0
Very interesting to see. Of course, the F-150 is the 2nd-worst vehicle tested by the IIHS, the 1st prize for worst goes to the Pontiac TransSport/Pontiac Montana/Olds Silhouette/Chevy Venture, as seen here: http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_rat...html/96026.htm
Shockingly, this van is still being sold, and GM claims that it is "safe".
You wouldn't know anything about the crash test performance of the H2, would you? The only things I know right now are:
1. It does not have a shoulder belt in the back center seat, only a lap belt, and
2. Side airbags are not even available.
That does not bode well for the rest of its safety.

As for the MiniCooper v.s. F-150, factor into the equation that trucks have a higher rollover rate that SUVs and you'd be NUTS to drive the Ford. Trucks have a much higher deathrate per 1,000,000 vehicles than SUVs also.


For the guy whining about how many F-150s were sold in what year, etc wah wah wah, see this web page: http://www.hwysafety.org/safety_fact...ts/passveh.htm
Scroll down to Driver deaths per million registered passenger vehicles 1-3 years old
and you will see that either trucks are inherently less safe than passenger cars, or truck drivers are SUCH horrible drivers that they somehow manage to kill themselves at an astounding rate *despite* the vehicles' inherent safety.
It has to be one of the two. Take your pick.

[Starex]

.....that´s incredible

[YogsVR4]

The only caviat I have is that I can't tow my boats with a mini and I'm pretty sure if it were 150 vs mini on a head on, the outcome would be different.

[taranaki]

Originally Posted by YogsVR4

The only caviat I have is that I can't tow my boats with a mini and I'm pretty sure if it were 150 vs mini on a head on, the outcome would be different.

First paragraph of the article -

Wow. Both of these vehicles hit the exact same off-set barrier at 40mph. Now there's no question what would win in a head-on collision between the two but then again the majority of accidents involve only a single car.

[TexasF355F1]

Glad to see my truck wasn't on the list. Althought that still doesn't mean much.

[jcz1987]

This proves that Americans are way behind the Germans and Japanese in making safe quality cars.

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by TexasF355F1

Glad to see my truck wasn't on the list. Althought that still doesn't mean much.

http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_rat.../html/0107.htm

[twospirits]

 This proves that Americans are way behind the Germans and Japanese in making safe quality cars.

Or the Koreans.

[jcz1987]

Originally Posted by twospirits

 This proves that Americans are way behind the Germans and Japanese in making safe quality cars.

Or the Koreans.

Koreans make good cars, so does the Swedish, Italians, and British.

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by boingo82

http://www.hwysafety.org/vehicle_rat.../html/0107.htm

Thank you for posting that. It still isn't that bad injury wise though.

[taranaki]

unless you are run over by it.

[Toksin]

Originally Posted by YogsVR4

The only caviat I have is that I can't tow my boats with a mini

Buy smaller boats...

[Jimster]

I'm pretty sure BMW classed the MINI unsuitable for towing....

that's backward American "bigger is better" philosophy for you, it's Ironic that the smallest car on the American market is one of the safest and indeed safer than the most popular

Bavarian engineering > *