charity project: mobility for everyone

[dk87]

At first I hope that this won't be seen as spam or advertisment, because it is a ambitious project to help other people.
This is why searched for big car message boards, where all makes are represent.
And NO, it's not about money, donations etc.

There are a lot of people with muscular diseases who'd like to drive a car, but can't afford an expensive modification.
So I'd like to create a list of cars, which have a very light steering without modification.

So maybe there are people out there who'd like to measure the force of their steering with a force scale for example.

Our team tested 50 people with muscular diseases. At 2.25 pound-force 80 percent could turn the wheel with one hand. But at 2.50 pound-force, only 10 percent of the people could turn the wheel. It seems to be a very little difference, but for affected people it was clearly noticeable.

So the highest value on the steering wheel allowed is 2.25 pound-force.

There is the consensus that cars from 1970 - 1985 have the lightest steering of all time. To improve the ride quality the steering was enhanced over the years, and the modern car became undriveable for people with reduced physical strength. So I think cars out of that era would be the best to start with.

The make of your car doesn't matter. But I think the american makes need to have priority.

So if anyone would like to help us with our project, you can submit your values in this thread. Like this:

make:
model:
build year:
tire dimensions:
steering pound-force:

Tire dimensions are important because wider tires could make the steering harder to turn.

We appreciate everyone who'd like to help us with that project.