Qoros becomes China’s first five-star car

[jpblue1000]

Originally Posted by zilo

So find a car with a longer bonnet....or drive from the back seat

While in principle what you say has some merit Zilo, it isnt that black and white. A falcon whose bonnet is twice as long wont offer twice the 'crumple' The crumple stops when there is nothing left to fold. Ie when the engine compacts up against the firewall, the crumpling stops and load passes to the occupants.
I don't know about the falcon but believe the Yaris, which you reference has a design feature which directs the engine and transaxle under the floor pan in a big enough hit, effectively increasing that crumple zone.
Interestingly I was speaking to an engineer who worked on a WRC car. their roll cages wont sustain much over 45km's and hour sideways into a tree before possible fatality. These are amongst the worlds best design safety systems proving the human body has limitations.

Justin

[flooded one]

Originally Posted by zilo

5 star big car always beats 5 star small car when hitting anything whatsoever.

yes and no. It depends on a lot of things. have a little pulsar T-bone an FG Falcon at the lights and see what you think. the sides the weakest part of the car, I've seen an AU Falcon wagon get the better of early 90's Pajero at an intersection. old bloke that ran the stop sign (Pajero) was taken to hospital. I honestly thought the AU would of been written off. It didn't look real pretty. I seen that same wagon a two months later all repaired. the Pajero I never seen again. thankfully no one was killed.