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Mini Cooper vs Ford F150

Crash test. Erin and I got a chance to ride in a black Mini Cooper last sunday. Great fun, but I remember thinking “gee, it’s so small I’d hate to be in a wreck. I’d rather have an SUV around me if I ever hit anything head-on.
Well, the Lawrence Berkely National Lab did a crash test (?!?) of a Mini and a Ford F150 full-sized pickup. They both hit the same barrier at 40mph with the resulting mayhem filmed with high-speed cameras.
I was surprised who came out looking safer.

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One Response to “Mini Cooper vs Ford F150”

  1. Patrick Says:
    May 27th, 2004 at 9:25 am

    I saw the Dateline NBC about the Ford F150 crash tests. Chances are, the test you saw was the F150 Heritage, the pre-redesign “trucks we got left over and gotta sell” version. The New F150 did considerably better… and looks a lot nicer too.

    I’d get a MINI anyway. :-D

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