Outside of America, the car industry has ofuccsed on absorbing impact through planned deformation of the bodywork and chassis.
America cars had approached the safety angle like a tank designer. More steel is stronger and better.
The planned absorption of energy is better and safer for everyoine involved !
European cars now have star-ratings for crashes.
I remember when the Espace was (I think) a 4 and a Ford Aero/Windstar managed 1 !
Most new Euroepan manufactured cars are now aiming for 5 - the maximum.
This is safer for us all as it focusses on survivability of the passengers, not of the vehicle.
( There is another argument that they are NOW designing to pass the test rathe than be safer - don't know how true that is )
So you arel guaranteed to see European and Japanese cars which end up destroyed front and/or back. BUT, limited intrusion into the "passenger safety cell".
Well on 'ricers', a lot of them talk b***sh*t
However, you should remember that a classic muscle car has more weight in the engine ithan in the whole car of the best and fastest sportscars ! ( another over-exageration
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Weight is king in overal performance. In straight line that weight CAN be overcome with MORE power - an easy commodity for a V8 tuner - but cannot be overcome in cornering, braking and 'chuckability'.
So no car or format is 'king'.
Some are better for acceleration and some people like that.
Some make greata noise and some people like THAT.
Some handle the best and ....
etc
etc
Takes all kinds.