Crash Test: 2008 Smart Car ForTwo
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- Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
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In recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety tests, the 2008 Smart Fortwo, the smallest car for sale in the US market, earned the top rating of good for front and side crash protection. Its seat/head restraints earned the second highest rating of acceptable for protection against whiplash in rear impacts. Smart Fortwo is classified a microcar, meaning it's smaller even than minicars. Weighing about 1,800 pounds, the Smart is more than 3 feet shorter and almost 700 pounds lighter than a Mini Cooper.
I own one. fun to drive. Great second car, safer than a motorcycle.
Even safer that some cars
i agree
When ever someone asks, is that even safe?
I just say. Probably but you gotta drive smart. 😉
Anything's safer than a motorcycle.
dude i have a smart car and trust me,it is not that bad apart from being bullied on the road
Pal Singh intentionally cuts you off to piss with you.
Pal bhai
🤣🤣🤣
people that bully your car still love it but they make fun of you because their dumb broke ass can’t afford one and they are jelaus
@@SunsetfearOFFICIAL Nah, it looks funny to them
The mpg isn't the main reason these cars exist. They're designed for those very cramped cities like London where big cars don't cut it.
The MPG on the Smart isn't very good. It's a good City Runabout, but its fuel economy could be better.
Civics get better gas mileage.
@@MyFabian94 could be worse too. I thought it was ok
@@jessicah3450 I seriously doubt it, civics get 32 city , at best..... I avg 40 mpg city.
Josh this car probably work as a kei car in Japan
I have had two of these bad boys and both times I was struck by some muttonhead SUV driver. First time I got rear ended and walked out unscathed while the other driver broke a leg in his Yukon. Second time a lady in her Honda Pilot hit me head on and her car caught the worst part of the impact I only had whiplash
Let's make this Top Comment. I don't get why Americans believe Size makes Safety.
Julio Paez I’m turning 15 and I’m going to get a car. Would you recommend it?
No, Maintenance and Parts are a Bitch.
Whiplash?
Yes that's the problem with these
If you are fine with it then you will like these
Especially in a place like Europe
If you are in America I would not recommend due to sedans being bigger and about equal mpg
Like a corrolla
@@MyFabian94 Bullshit , mine has 93,000 miles on it . Change oil & filter every 10,000 miles . It's not rocket science . What parts other than maintenance ? I haven't replaced any yet ! Spark plugs were easy to replace as recommended . Air filter not difficult either . Wiper blades , just stand in front of the car and replace them , lol . I'd buy this car again and at the price you can get them for now it would make a great second car . Doesn't take up any space in the driveway . If you don't want it in the driveway , put it in the closet ! Now that's funny .
Much better than I thought
Nader S to
It did bad
Jeremy Vallejo no it did very well for a car it’s size
Agreed
This car was designed for crowded inner cities, where it's difficult to find parking space. It does really well in that environment and its safety cage works surprisingly well for the size. It's not meant for large-area suburbs or highways.
Europe?
Same, I bought a smart for two coupe 2 weeks ago and from curiosity I wanted to check how it will behave on a crash test, I’m really surprised it does so well
This car is actually pretty damn strong compared to other cars
I am the 69th liker
@@swi_z8822 damn I wrote this comment five years ago😳
@@Thekidsinafrica14 lol
it was designed like that.
plus, I doubt you're gonna be going faster than 35 anyway.
@@GiordanDiodato I hit 175 in mine and that was only in 2nd gear
idgaf how unsafe it is, I want a coffin on wheels, they're so fucking cute~
Did you ever buy a smart car?
Yeah but they are pretty strong actually
its made for local driving, you taking a chance when you get onto the Interstate with any car. Because no matter how big your SUV or pickup truck is, you are no match for a semi truck and trailer.
The smart car does so well because of frame... I've actually seen it in one crash where it T-boned one of the original Humvees and drove all the way thru it. Humvee was completely destroyed.
these aren't really designed for highways.
@@juansolo1617
The frame will be fine but the crew will not
G force
There's pretty much no crumple zone
@@GiordanDiodato it's a fucking car you dipshit...cars travel on highways!
The ElectricHobo no, they’re meant for London or LAwhere there isn’t much room to be big. (Exactly like the original Mini, but less practical)
A friend of mine hit the side of a truck (40 tons) in one of these, going about 70 kph. She didn't have any injuries, apart from a whiplash which you would have in any car, so I think these cars are really safe, although they're small :)
I have 2 smart cars, They avg 40-42 mpg in the city, 54-56 on the Highway. They are very easy to get around town in. You can park just about anywhere ya choose. They only have 8 gallon gas tanks, so doesn't take much to fill them up. I drive all year long in them, yes in the snow as well, I have never been stuck. I have also drove one of them half way across the U.S. and back, 94 MPH is the fastest mine will go, up hill or down hill. no problems there either, with the exceptions of they are very light, so you do feel the wind, kinda like driving a cargo van.
Having owned and driven one in both urban and long-distance driving the last two years, I would not hesitate to drive one again. I loved owning and driving this vehicle but ultimately needed something much larger for work.
"Although the dummies' head did strike the steering wheel hard, we think it does a good job at protecting the occupants in this type of crash".
Schmerz For Two
@@OpticalFetish guter witz
Lol he should've just said look you're gonna shake hands with the devil for a bit
@Beelzebot that's harsh but fair. Way back my gym teacher had a yellow smart, and frankly, she didn't have anything in her head to speak off 😐
No thanks.
I love how they always test for 30 mph. like anyone goes that slow.
Most speeds faster then that the results are going to be “messy”
I live in Michigan, so I went to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, back around January. Being around 6'4" 210, I can say I was pretty impressed with the leg room, once I sat inside of it! Definitely more than a half way decent car!
Car - smart
Comments - many
Video - too long
Hotel - Trivago
@@mynameisman1254 lol
Hotel? Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino
Impressed how well it stayed intact even though it has a light body.
For you who wonder why they use softer dampings on the mounted crashing frames, it is to simulate another cars body.
"this car isnt safe, dont drive it". Well i guess you hate motorcycles then.
at-least motorcycles have the power to get out of dodge. Smart car has less power than a fart.
At least a bike is fun and looks cool. Clown car
J Fett According to the ADAC the Smart is the Safest Small Car on offer in Germany.
And both the Diesel and Petrol one are quite nippy and accelerate well out of most trouble.
They are common here and not a specialty item.
Fuck dieing in that little box, at least on a motorcycle you can’t get trapped and smashed in a little box... makes me claustrophobic
@@EvanXDev The Smart with the 84hp engine is quite fast actually
2:28
Smart: *crushes*
Also Smart: *sad puppy noices*
I have got a smart fortwo and it a good car, fast off the mark especially when your alone with a 3 cylinder 600cc turbo charged engine they are not slow,so watch out and think twice if you think your standard motor can leave it standing, it handles like a pig on roller skates mind you and is useless in the snow and scary in high winds but I still love it.
@thepolack18 The safety of this car is absolutely amazing. It perfectly demonstrate that the safest cars are not the biggest ones.
There was an accident between a smart fortwo and an ambulance in my town. Ambulance was damaged but was shocked at how the car took almost no damage!!
I agree, in my days even after the oil crises crunch of the 1970s, most of the high performance cars on the road were the American "Muscle Cars" of the 1960s and early 1970s (I myself owned a 1970 Mustang with 351CI engine), anything european and japanese were considered toys, now I see smaller cars with powerful engines cutting lanes like you depicted but I also see big trucks doing the same and in impact wars, it's hard to win against mass weight, though I see lighter cars bounce pretty good.
Lol at all the Americans claiming that the Smart crashes terribly. It does perfectly fine by modern standards, getting 4 out of 5 stars from EuroNCAP. It crashes better than most American cars.
And of course you die when hit by an 18-wheeler. You will in everything, even a Citroen C6 or anything from Volvo.
RCDeltaFixer Not everyone from America does, but many do...
I've been hit at 50 miles per hour by a 18 wheeler and didn't die!
YokoLuong What were you driving?
I believe our system is tougher to pass than yours.
Lol at all the Europeans who lol at Americans for making justified statements.
K8yM0n What system?
I own a smart car myself and even though this is a small car it feels really really safe.
Dont knock it unless you have tried it!!!!!
"Don't knock it until you try it" in general is very poor life advice...
For a calm city or a town this is an ok car. As for highway I guess i'll skip it
Well, with a Topspeed of 150kph it is a bit slow, but actually still quite OK.
This car is so dangerous in motorways because it’s so light the wind could possibly make it harder for you to control this car causing you to crash
@@MyFabian94. Some can go up to 170 Kph
@@V_For_Vigilante Complete Bullshit. It's just as stable as any other Car and not actually nearly as light as you may believe. The smart is the safest Car in it's Class and I'd rather trust my Life to it than many larger Cars. If you'd ever driven and inspected one, you'd be surprised how solid they are. And the Statistics bear me out.
Well, I'll take my chances. I like how the car looks, I'm guessing parking is a breeze, and I'd die to an 18 wheeler anyways.
faulty logic
Bazanji Well, it holds up even in those Scenarios. Here is some Proof.
www.7aktuell.de/news/meldung/smart-kracht-frontal-in-40-tonner-81-jaehriger-schwer-verletzt-10665/
Pmsl it's not even smart on fuel consumption! 😂 it's more unsafe than this in a crash with another car, you'll probably have no legs left! On tests they set at 40 miles per hour with another car collision you will come away with serious injuries! I will stick to my 8 airbag tank thank you
@@MissSixtiesPennyLane the barrier represents an average sized suv
hater... fuck youuuu
Incredible but my dad survived in a truch car accident, a big 15 ton truck crashed in his small 3-4 ton truck because of break failure. My dad flew like 10 meters in the air with the truck and hit a big tree. They say he survived in an impossible situation... the force was lethat, the big truck was driving with 100 and he with 60 and they crossed ways. The truck cabin got smashed in a small piece and he survived in a barely 1 cubic meter of space. He got alive in a situation that the chance was 1/1.000.000 or more. What i mean is if you are gonna die you can die from a car toy or hit by a 15 ton truck... if u gonna die u gonna die and nowone knows how and when. There is people that arent suposed to die in accidents like my father. (more than 30 points without anestesia in the head) and no broken bones.
Seems like the problem is too many larger trucks and not that the smart car is small. Large trucks affect all cars on the road. Reduce/eliminate those and everybody wins.
***** Yeah I know. Sad.
And large trucks running diesel just so happen to be much more fuel efficient than many cars running gasoline (petrol) on the road. Wake up and stop being so fucking blind. I'm aware you aren't familiar with MPG's (miles per gallon) but a diesel Ram Cummins 3500 (like I have) gets around 20 mpgs city. In comparison, my Toyota Camry that I had got around 22 mpgs city (I know, amazing difference right?). I also love how blind you are to the fact that MOST people who own trucks USE THEIR TRUCKS TO WORK. Are you really that dense to fantasize most "Muricans" buying these large trucks to go muddin', fucking their sisters while spittin' tobaccy juice and eating hamburgers and smokin' with their ol' pal Chuck?!?!?! That was a complete exaggeration (-_-), but it's clear that you truly believe Americans buy trucks because they dun' believe in that stupid "global warming" and like burning fossil fuels cuz it look cool.
I don't mean to point fingers, but you two are ignorant.
+EpicNEd that was a testosterone packed fun comment to read. The video and my comment were about safety and you are arguing function and fuel efficiency. Off topic but still good points. Do you agree/disagree with safety?
Diesel vehicles have come a long way. The reason about half the vehicles in Europe are diesel is cost. Its the same reason hybrid and electric cars have not taken yet here too. The cost to benefit ratio is not there yet. Trucks have a much higher profit margin too. GM & Ford accounting for more than 2/3 of their global pre-tax earnings. (soruce: wiki & reuters).
"Most people use their own trucks for work". Not sure where your getting that data from. But every source points to wrong, the most recent data is less than 40%. And that accounts for construction, farms, delivery vehicles, fire and rescue, police vehicles, etc. Ford Motor Company (source: 2009 issue of Automotive News), only 39% of the trucks sold in the US fall into the work category. Maybe you want to feel justified in your purchase, or maybe you think someday you might need to tow a boat or fit (insert item here) into the bed. But the data does not support your claim. Oh and the stats get even better when you look at miles of use too.
Imagine if Affluenze kid was not driving a Ford F-350 and speeding and under the influence, do you think he may not have killed all those people, ie was his large truck size a factor in the death toll?
If you have any other questions or can provide source for your data please cite them.
+EpicNEd You know that the Smart comes in a Diesel variant?
RebelRedeye
not in the states. I wish it did. I drive a tractor trailer and could embezzle fuel from work! LOL
I like the part where he says "Although the dummy's head hit the steering wheel hard, through the airbag, overall we think the smart does a good job protecting the occupant...". That's like saying, "Although we poisoned your drink, this beverage has so many nutrients to provide for a healthy body!"
I'm not disagreeing that the car does a remarkable job holding it's form. But as a driver in the car I don't want to have my body mangled beyond recognition in an accident
+hybridpants Hard is relative. Hard in accident terms, or hard in general terms.
+malrofo shut up
Terry Melvin but it replaces a human as an analogue.
Goodness Gracious Well, Padded Steering Wheels were an enormous innovation in safety in the 70s and reduced Head Injuries a lot, especially in Combination with Seat Belts.
Modern Steering Wheels are quite Soft and will bend away in a Crash, leaving bruises but rarely anything Fatal.
Look what these guys survived even in the 70s
ruclips.net/video/GWy0hHHECdM/видео.html
You can actually see their Heads hitting the Wheels, and they walk away with it.
The results may not be very good, but for such a small car this is fantastic.
I'm a smart fortwo convertible owner and it's been great car for me been driving it for a while up and down different states and can't complain
The guy just basically said it : "buy bigger cars"
Cause crumple zone reduces g force on the driver
Surviving the g force is an important part of surviving a crash
I'd rather die in a golf cart than a smart car- Atleast then I'm goin out in style oooooohhh wut wut
Omg small closed minded old fart.😆💨
"Although the head struck the steering wheel hard through the air bag..."
BEST CAR EVAR!
Just got rear ended in my 09 smart. I was totally fine. Car had a scratch. Some jerk in a work van not paying attention. Thank you smart car.
nice. what happend to your car then? engine unter the front wheels?
0:50 Even though the airbag basically did nothing and you'll probably get a concussion ....but a very safe car!👍
*BRUH*
Smart Fortwo is awesome and safe!
Judging by your rainbow flag, I'd assume you would say that.
@@kevinceniceros1690 And judging by your closed mindedness I would expect that from you,😅🤣 dude who the freak cares.🙄Really.
@@alexander2685 , this comment is four months old. Hint, hint: "four months old". And you look like a fake.
@@kevinceniceros1690 And what you look like i cannot say.
@@alexander2685 , I have standards. I know - I'm beautiful beyond what words can describe of me.
i've always said that the way and distance that smart car bounces when it hits that barrier, if it were to do that in real life it would probably bounce off one car out into more traffic which would cause other vehicles to slam into it, causing more collateral damage and chances are high by that point the occupant of the smart wouldn't be alive anymore.
You sure are right. You can't have cars bouncing all over the place after an accident especially in a highway setting.
well if it chrashed to another vehicle, remember that another car has a crumple zone a lot bigger than smart so it wouldnt jump off so much, as in this test.
The biggest problem is if hits a pedestrian
for a small city car its a pretty safe car. it gets a bad rep. towed a smart tat wrecked with a f150. f150 was totaled so was the smart but both drivers walked away with just scratches. the thing will hold its own. people will just hate on the way it looks
It is a cute little casket
Cedric Thompson lol old dodges be like: CRACK, gloaf gloah gloahf, (did I step on some shit?)
eilliw nodrod Well, you have better Chances in it than most other Cars. Look at the Truck, and the Smart, the 81 year old geezer in the smart survived that. www.7aktuell.de/news/meldung/smart-kracht-frontal-in-40-tonner-81-jaehriger-schwer-verletzt-10665/
Where I live, a smart car got rear ended at 40 mph and the passenger died! So sad
And you're a cute little dumbass
These cars are easier to park than anything else out there. If that's not an issue for you, then don't buy it. Once you drive one, you see they feel like any other car from the inside. Sure, they look stupid, but they drive like any other car. It's a shame so few people give this little car a chance.
Looks a lot safer than most pickups are.
@palmz4u I had this argument with my father 33 years ago when he was teaching me to drive. His idea was that you should be so good a driver that you avoid the idiots that are out to get you. A tough yardstick but he is probably right 99.9% of the time. Thats a pretty good strike rate.
My orignal statement still holds true The most important safety feature is the driver or the attitude of the driver. Because BAD drivers crash cars.
When we start to think that way there will be safer roads
The Smart car I own has allowed me to avoid numerous accidents in the past few years by sheer size and nimbleness.
I don't drive it everyday, but when I do, it's on my 170 mile work commute.
The smart looks safer than the Prius to me
If you're referring to the moroon car at 4:02, ...check again what's written prior to it
Oops! I dont know why I said prius?!
yeah and the prius is my fav
@@dylanross589 that's gay
Fox-E (Bonzai) gay isn’t an insult. You sound
stupid😬💀
Or perhaps people could put down the damn smartphone, keep their eyes and attention on the road, slow down, and just DON’T HIT ANYTHING... Just my opinion.
It's so cute!
Wow Smart ForTwo doing a 360 no scope?? Amazing! And all on Kill Cam!
did well im impressed
Yhm... I siła uderzenia powstała w wypadku rozrywa nam bebechy :D Bo nie ma gdzie się wytracić :) Co z tego, że nogi całe, że kabina kierowcy niezgniecona jeżeli nam wnętrzności porozrywa :D
I'm so sad they're done selling this in the U.S. 🙁
They're still selling here.
@@osen1123 they are for 2019...after that they are done though.
@@nashgover2095 ah. Just saw it. That sucks
@@osen1123 yeah. I'm gonna miss it. There are so few cars in America that have this kind of personality.
@@nashgover2095 I know. It's been my favorite car for years. I actually had to look it up that they're leaving. It's quite a small and sad exit.
Drive it directly into the wall, both sides will be crushed. This hitting it at a glancing blow only shows you would have broken legs. The wall even moved so it too took away some of the impact force.
well I'm "smart" enough to not get this car.
you probably drive a bicycle
MrEeeaddict It's the safest Small Car in the ADAC Test comparing it to Opel Corsa, FIAT 500 and some others.
@@MyFabian94 This car is not Safe , I mean it's not badly Built is just in a crash it will be crashing Pick up Trucks vehicles with Double the weight , as result there's a high risk of Secondary Crashes , like bouncing in to Other Lanes or Off Bridge's , duo to low crumple zones to absorb Crash energies
Just wear a helmet every time you drive one of these
Hahahahah. That was a very funny comment buddy!!!😂😂😂😂
Lol
And open your mind to other peoples view but wait your american.
It's a cute little casket
Exactly what it is lol , a moving death bed
MORE PEOPLE ARE DYING IN CADILLACS
David Browerway more people drive Cadillacs trust me I see Cadillacs all day everyday in Houston I have yet to see one smart....we are smart in Houston
Justin Webb Well, the Smart will survive Headons with an S-Class, which is arguably the Car with the best Safety Record of any Mass Produced Vehicle.
ruclips.net/video/02eghIfyHP0/видео.html
My friend has one of these, and in my opinion the deadliest part of this car is the super-unresponsive transmission , it'll scare you when your making turns at busy intersections.
How is an unresponsive transmission scary?
If you are making a turn into traffic with so little space that a gear change is the difference between life and death, you don't need to be driving any car.
tjohn6041 Yes, but the Trannie in the Smart is actually quite slow, so you are better off putting it into manual mode in these situations.
p.s @ Brandon Thompson below
the dummy wouldn't die from hitting its head as its not actually alive :D
They obviously come pre-crashed from the factory...lol
I'd still take an f150 any day.
Maybe you should go look at F150 crash test. ruclips.net/video/_i5EmJBaGeQ/видео.html
@Cool Duck, Hahahaha. Good luck hoping the accident you have will be against a Smart Car.
Cake Batter Well, here is the Smart in a Crash against a far safer Mercedes S-Class. The S-Class is far stronger than the F-150 and just as heavy, but the Smart is mostly OK
ruclips.net/video/02eghIfyHP0/видео.html
a smart car on the road, is the equivalent to the short high school nerd walking down the hallway
Vicesat!!
Geri Yolo yeahhh
I feel safer in a f150 the a micro car.
Hold ur beer hill billy! Yipi yay!!!
If your "Smart" you should buy a bigger car. Don't see how it's going to survive a hit from a truck at all, not enough room to give way for a crumple zone or absorb the impact.
Scrumpy YOS you do realize not all large cars are safer than smaller cars. Take the Dodge Caravan or Chevy Astro, their really big cars and both got Marginal and Poor.
On the other hand, smaller cars like the Smart For Two and the toyota Yaris, both very small cars got very good ratings in all the tests.
The ratings given out to cars are relative to their size. It gets a "Good" rating for a Microcar. The IIHS has specified that bigger cars typically do better in car accidents.
insurance is lower, road tax is cheap, parking is easy
And the 70 mpg ill take it
Let them drive them. Its Darwinism at work I say which is good
Damn, it actually did pretty damn well
That's not a very smart car.
American cars> This death trap "smart" car.
+Gard Bjørnar Østvold what you view as stubborn, the rest of the world views as practicality. The infrastructure of the United States requires we have big v-8 DIESEL trucks.
Oh, and there's more I4 engines in the U.S. then and other engine design.
Who developed those V-10 and V-12's? Sure wasn't the US. ohh.. they came from EUROPE! Why don't you go bash on China or something..
+Nathan Houston "infrastructure of the United States requires we have big v-8 DIESEL trucks" where does that come from? Did you mean to say can allow trucks and not requires them?
The v10 exists in the US too, dodge and ford both have them. The viper was on of the first with Europeans adopting later. (source: wiki) So not sure what point you are trying to make there.
Ferrari, Bentley, Bugatti, VAG, all developed 10 and 12cyl engines almost 60 years ago. Ford adopted a large cylinder high displacement engine after Ferrari. Last I checked Ferrari was Italian. And yes, light duty V8 trucks that can HAUL large loads are necessary for the American consumer, as well as millions of others worldwide who purchase them. Look at Toyota.
Why spend a premium on a diesel engine that gets LESS fuel mileage and costs more to maintain, when one can purchase a light duty 5.3L N/A V8 from GM? Infrastructure meaning BUISNESS, buisness that drives the economy, thus contributing to the infrastructure. Not a difficult concept to perceive.
I'll aggree that the majority of those who purchase V8 trucks on the US don't use them the way they were meant to be used. But flat out saying nothing requires Americans to have V8's is absurd. You couldn't buy a cargo van with anything less then a V8 up until 2 years ago. I'm an auto technician btw, so I know what I'm talking about. Any other points?
+Nathan Houston Nobody is arguing not needing semi trucks and work vehicles. The argument is against people who think they need a big truck and do not. We can argue who you think developed (I referenced produced) the 1st v10, but that's irrelevant for the case of safety and the video.
I misread your infrastructure comment. We live in a changing world, where trains run on less fuel, trucks will no longer transport gasoline as we move toward a more electric transportation based society.
Imagine if Affluenza kid was not driving a Ford F-350 and speeding and under the influence, do you think he may not have killed all those people, ie was his unnecessary large truck size a factor in the death toll?
usfdave10 The Smart is a Mercedes, and Mercedes were always at the Forefront of Automotice Safety.
This is an S-Class, one of the Cars with the best Safety Records in History, heavier than an F-150, and the Smart comes out OK.
ruclips.net/video/02eghIfyHP0/видео.html
I love this guy "although the car fell apart and the driver had severe whiplash and nearly got decapitated, I believe the smart car did a great job at protecting him"
i guess what you would really need another car to be were that structure is that is being hit because it should also take the impact. it looks like the smart is hitting a really hard section on the structure and bounces back. most of the momentum is going back to the smart because of the structure. the structure should be able to move like a real car so the the effects are like a real life crash which in this case it is not..
i like how he wasnt biased to the smart car.in the beggining i thought it would be some ad saying how much better they were but it was a fair test after all
@TheRyancar7 that is a good point, it really is a city car. it still makes me chuckle at how it is kind of "bite sized" compared to bigger cars
Judging by the speed it was going at (~26m/s), and its weight, combined with the time that took it to come to a stop, the car hit that surface with a force of roughly ~2,000kgf. Interesting...
Isn't kgf a unit for gravitational force? This is impulse related work. P=MV which would be the SI unit (kg*m)/s
As far as I am aware, kilograms/force is just a kilogram equivalent for newtons.
***** here is a snippet "The kilogram-force, or kilopond, is a gravitational metric unit of force. It is equal to the magnitude of the force exerted by one kilogram of mass in a 9.80665 m/s² gravitational field". So it is related to newtons, but only in the vertical axis, because that is where the gravitational force exists. These cars however are colliding in the horizontal axis, so you should only have the unit newtons, which is the unit for F (force) in the equation. F=m(mass)*a(acceleration)
I have a fortwo CDI (diesel). It's noisy, but I can make around 720km with one tank (40 euros).
People make fun of this car because is small but its name fits like a glove for me. 80% of my daily travels I make them alone, 15% I travel with my girlfriend and maybe 5% I need to carry another person (and my girlfriend has a normal sized car for those times). It's more silly to buy a 4x4 or huge SUV when you will NEVER go off road and you use it only in the city. I spend 5 or 10 minutes max looking for a parking spot, with a Nissan Primera sometimes I wasted 40 minutes of my life looking for a spot. Yeah, be my guest and make fun of me...
Thanks for making the video. I've been wondering about this.
@AndreTwin I agree. I've never tried to claim that the size of a car is irrelevant to its safety, only that size is one of many different factors. For a car of its size, the Smart car is safe.
Will definitely buy one in the future.
I would be interesting to see Don Adams and Barbra Feldon getting into one of those :-)
@10p6 well the MSart is actually as safe as many bigger cars, family cars and small SUVs. The Smart has a a very short crumple zone around the tridon cell; the safety belts got emergency tensioning devices and belt force limiter to decelerate the passenger gradually; And the collapsing suspension also reduces the force on the passenger compartment. In todays cars bigger isn't automaticly safer, and smaller not unsafer
My dad just hit a deer with his smart car this morning then swerved it off an embankment. The only broken thing on it was a piece of plastic off the front, it still works. My dad is completely fine
@shoppersmarketplace The Volt is not completely electric, it has a small gas engine that charges the battery and sometimes kicks in to power the car down the road.
70mph ????? Well, waiting??? Can i get my meal through a straw, please? No no no, don't pull the plug!! I am still breathing
@youspic it is safer than many cars from bigger classes. When you see how many old cars are driving around, the Smart is safer than they are
I would like to see the smart take on the new small overlap crash test
Cameron Avery It did very well you idiot lmao
@shoottokill7433 you are so right: it actually is also as safe, sometimes even safer, than many bigger US and European cars
@mhtube01 in fact the Smart is often as safe, sometimes even safer (!) than cars from higher classes. Sounds stupid but it really is like that. A lot of active and passive safety systems. Friend of mine had an Chevrolet HHR - and sold it after 2 months cause he didn't feel safe at all in it. Instead he bought a Smart forfour.
Wow I am astonished how strong the body is
One of the most funny and safety cars ever made. Those of you who never drove one, give it a chance. It will change your mind for ever.
Yes, i've got a Smart car. Wouldn'd exchange for any other. ;)
I wouldn't be worried about the initial impact, but possibly being bounced into a busy intersection if you were rear ended could be a problem.
@Gerbilinator no not really. The tridon safety cell makes it as safe and sometimes safer than many (by far not all) bigger cars, family vans and so on
This will be good for Europe more than the US.
If you want a small car in the US,
I recommend a Compact car or a Compact sedan.
I was amazed when I realized how tough the itty bitty Smart Car is by putting the passengers in a hard "shell". That said, if you don't have enough "car" out in front of the passenger compartment there is no way to absorb the horrendous G-Forces of a collision. Kind of like riding a Moped on the Freeway while wearing a suit of armor.
i mean, the video shows a larger car with more... uh... "car" at the front than the smart, and the damage was about the same. it actually looks like the smart "bounced off" the obstacle - maybe that's why it didn't get crushed more?
@bradkrit Actually is isn't slowing in 6 inches and the G-force required to kill you will require the car to be moving in excess of 70mph.
Excellent! If I gotta Go.. I wanna Go in my 2008 Smart Fortwo Passion!
@Killer390 Probably safer than many older mid sized cars.
@HMCS1997 That's why SUVs were still THE NUMBER ONE selling vehicles in 2010, despite high gas prices and the recession. Buyers drive the market.
there is a inconsistency compared to other tests this company does. the difference with this car is they are using a protector in front rather than the solid and immovable barrier for the frontal small overlap crash test. If you look at other tests, it is the metal of the barrier that tears up the car and this has a liner or cushion, not the straight metal.
I’m literally only buying this car to go for my drivers test cause I can’t park properly and this thing should be easy to park LMAO
@DreadlockDrummer
Lol! Funny stuff, but erm.. still it performs really well.
I'm impressed with how much energy is dissapated from the car itself and how well it maintains rigidness.
@ProphetChaser I didn't say that it is as safe as an Expedition?! Just that it is as safe than many normal sized cars. And the Smart is amazingly safe, not just for it's size. And I'd prefer anytime in heavy city traffic, finding parking spaces and so on - I don't need an SUV to get to the university or to work
I appreciate his advice. Bigger cars protect you more.
It faired well, but it is so light it bounced far away from the crash zone (potentially across 2 or more lanes of traffic).