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I agree. Those small cars build in Europe miraculously survive very dense traffic and higher speed just fine.
One explanation is crumple zones -portions of the car designed to break or fold in a crash. While most automakers used to believe that a larger car is safer, that's no longer the case with crumple zones. Although crumple zones can lead to costly repair bills, they also minimize force and keep the worst parts of a crash away from the passenger compartment.
Small vehicles also hold another advantage over larger ones: they have a much lower rollover risk than the risk in a SUV or pickup.
Also if you learn how to drive defensively, you'll probably never need to worry about protection in a collision... http://www.carbuyer.co.uk/reviews/re...afest-new-cars
Renault made a try in the USA in the 1970s and 80s. Unfortunately they're best remembered for Le Car, which made a Dodge Omni seem posh in comparison.
We've drawn a Peugeot as a rental car in the past. As the Scottish-Chinese rental agency clerk said with a shrug 'well, it's got four wheels and an engine'. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it, but it also didn't give you reasons why you'd buy one instead of a Honda/Ford/Kia if given the chance to do so.
Well, it's worth nothing that Mercedes is, to most of the world, a GM that makes everything from econoboxes to heavy trucks, but only sells the luxury line in the US (along with the occasional utility van and a select line of semis.) They could sell their low-end cars here. They choose not to. Not much of a stretch to see why no other econo maker (below Hyunday/Kia level) bothers.
What low end Merc cars are you referring to? in the UK the A-Class (entry level Merc) is positioned as an upmarket car. I think earlier generations of A-Class were less upmarket.
Commercial vehicles (trucks, vans, etc) have different brand positioning so I don't see it as relevant to the way the car line is positioned.
Renault made a try in the USA in the 1970s and 80s. Unfortunately they're best remembered for Le Car, which made a Dodge Omni seem posh in comparison.
We've drawn a Peugeot as a rental car in the past. As the Scottish-Chinese rental agency clerk said with a shrug 'well, it's got four wheels and an engine'. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it, but it also didn't give you reasons why you'd buy one instead of a Honda/Ford/Kia if given the chance to do so.
Renault was selling cars in the US in the early 1960s.
^^^^ This. Spot on! I would LOVE to buy a station wagon model of VW, or Toyota, but that's special order and/or $$$. Forget to get hands a on a slightly used one ( which I would prefer d/t depreciation).
Every station wagon I have seen has turned into a dumpster in the back. It's the same with most trunks except nobody sees the inside.
Smart driver walks away, while Suburban driver waits for the jaws of life to show up...if they're lucky.
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