Which 2008 pickups and vans are the safest? According to the federal government, all of them fared well in most test crashes. That’s perhaps no surprise, since most pickups these days are brawny enough to pull a Steel Electric ferry into dry-dock.
The 15-passenger Ford E-350 van was deemed a tad tippy in rollover tests. Remember to yell at your vanpool driver to slow down on curves.
For folks whose jobs or hang-ups don’t require them to own a pickup, there’s the Smart car. More than 30,000 folks have paid deposits to buy the 8-foot-8-inch minicar when it goes on sale in January.
Those who have seen a Smart buzzing down I-5 from Canada have one thing to say: I wouldn’t want to crash in one of those things.
Smart car maker Daimler AG says the Smart is designed for safety, and there are videos on the Internet (such as this one) that seem to show the cars faring well in crash tests.
Those who have watched video of a crash test for a Chinese car called the Brilliance BS6 have one thing to say: I wouldn’t want to crash one of those things.
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