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Originally Posted by geckoGT
I think those points are excellent ones and I do not see how they could be countered in that situation, except on a few counts.
One is many have posed the question that due to lesser braking, slower acceleration and decreased handling, are you more likely to be in a crash in the first place in the 4WD?
Also most automotive buyer are constrained by budget and it is more difficult to buy a large 4WD with a 5 star rating, a lot easier to buy a hatch with 5 stars. For example you have $30k, you could buy a 5 star Subaru Imprezza or a 4 star Great Wall X240, cut the budget down to $20k and you can still have a Fiesta but you would have to go for an old 3 star 4WD.
I guess my point is it is just not that simple that vehicle safety comes down to purely mass and size.
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The laws of physics are not good enough, ANCAP's own explanation isn't sufficient and the numerous responses from the informed members are they an inconvenience?
Now you want to divert to vehicle dynamics and financial constraints.
You don't want to concede do you?