Enthusiasm and journalists often complain about the height of the car. Today’s vehicles are larger and significantly heavier than those that a few decades ago, with a lot of this greater part of safety regulations. However, you would likely survive a face collision of a face in a modern car more than an equivalent model that was built 20-30 years ago. The new collision test for the old Volkswagen is a blatant reminder of the safety of the cars that have advanced.
Dekra, an independent car safety organization that was established in Berlin in 1925, was placed from the second generation Golf Through the accuracy of the modern collision test. The goal was to show the safety of safety by comparing the 1989 hatchback with its current successor, an example of the eighth generation that was built in 2024. For this extraordinary test, German tests, inspection and certificates were able to secure a 36 -year -old car in an excellent technology.
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At the Neumünster collision test center, Dekra Golf II was launched at a barrier at about 40 miles per hour (60 km/h), simulating the front collision test used by Euro NCAP Until 2020, the barrier was equipped with a deformation component to imitate energy absorption of the opposition car. Under these circumstances, the test reproduced a face-to-face collision between two identical cars traveling at 31-34 miles per hour (50-55 km/h).
As if the pictures of the frightening effects were not convincing enough, a Dekra expert summarized the dark results: “In the second golf game, the population had no little opportunity to survive this collision face to face due to the collapse of the passenger cabin, the deep penetration of the components of the vehicles in the passengers, the elimination of collision and the influence on the wheel.”
The result was completely different from the eighth golf that was tested exactly in the same circumstances. If it was occupied, it is likely that the passengers would have moved away from slight injuries only: “The entire passenger compartment remained completely intact, and the passengers were very well protected by the front and sideback bags with seat belts, belt determinants, and the belt limited.”
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Dryhra did not stop breaking the Golf game in 1989 in the name of safety. The braking tests revealed that the eighth generation car needed about 30 percent less to stop completely. The stability of the turns in the maneuver test, with the modern VW Complete it safely at a speed of 47 miles per hour (75 km/h) compared to 40 miles per hour (65 km/h) for its predecessor.
The differences extended to vision as well. The standard headlights of the new car have proven to be “in a completely different league” from the halogen lamps of its ancestors. In the back, LED rear lights improved the vision to follow the drivers, which were more reinforced by the third brake light that is absent from the 1989.
While the simplicity of the old car is definitely its magic, there is no denial that the second golf game resembles the trap of death compared to its modern counterpart.
