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- From: jmh@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Jeffrey M. Hoffmeister)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos
- Subject: Re: best car ads
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.183305.7427@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 18:33:05 GMT
- References: <91377@bcsaic.boeing.com> <1993Jan26.202333.2895@osf.org> <ILH.93Jan27123904@chicago.lcs.mit.edu>
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- In article <ILH.93Jan27123904@chicago.lcs.mit.edu> ilh@lcs.mit.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan26.202333.2895@osf.org>
- >kenny@osf.org (Kenneth Crudup) writes:
- > One of the most interesting ads I've seen was the Volvo commercial
- > for what I guess was the (just introduced?) 7X0-series, where they
- > drive a Volvo off the end of a raised road, and it lands on it's
- > nose, turning it into an accordion (but only for about a foot),
- > slides about 10 feet, and comes to rest on it's (intact!) wheels.
- > It looks like you could have re-started it and driven away.
- >
- >Or how about that Volvo ad after that where they drove a monster truck
- >over one with no apparent damage. Too bad that they were later sued
- >(and lost) for having beefed up the interior with wood beams and
- >braces before the stunt. I'll never trust another Volvo add again.
- >--
- >
- > Lee Hetherington
- > ilh@lcs.mit.edu
-
-
- I've actually heard alot of reports about people being injured in
- Volvos because the body is too rigid. Most new cars are designed
- to crumple in a crash, thus absorbing the impact, Volvos are built
- like a tank, therefore the body is left to absorb the impact
- of the crash.
-
- Can anyone provide iany information to support/negate these reports?
-
- Jeff
- jmh@gnu.ai.mit.edu
-