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Originally Posted by geckoGT
So although weight will give an advantage when the is large weight difference, there are still factors that can negate that advantage and even times that weight and the way it is distributed throughout the car is a disadvantage.
. A heavy car does not however have a clear win over the small car due to a number of reasons, this is backed up by ANCAP. I am sure they know what they are on about, they do this stuff for a living.
I am sorry, but I think based on my experience, research and the evidence I could never say that a large car has a clear advantage over a small car, it is just not 100% true and it would give people a false sense of security. .
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Okay, I get what each is saying now. Gecko, did you take in the numbers that I provided for you in this post:
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showpos...7&postcount=87
Its slam dunk case for the larger vehicle? given that cheap was seeking comparison with 5star ancap ratings for both vehicles?
You have waxed lyrical about how the smaller car might be more manoeuvrable and make it less likely to be involved in a collision, however, that was never the answer to the question being asked “which was what effect does vehicle mass have in an accident”, not what effect mass or lack has in helping avoid an accident.
How much lower ancap rating could the 4wd go and still be more survivable than the 5star small car?
Its impossible to work out from the ancap ratings, they have not backed up what your claim, would need to look specifically at how it behaves in a front on collision.
Im not sure of how the regs are now, but in terms of australian standards for frontal impacts 4wds in this country were considered as work/commercial vehicles(both tax and safety wise)(Jim Goose raised earlier) and didnt need to meet the same front on as regs as passenger vehicles, so one has to perhaps look at how each individual vehicle presents in terms of the front on testing rather than just the overall ancap rating.
I feel ancap has been deliberately vague in not spelling out the basics numbers and consequences when larger vehicle meets smaller vehicle,.
It is really stuck between a rock and a hard place due which I did allude to in another thread
http://www.fordforums.com.au/showpos...1&postcount=68.