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Old Apr 24th, 2007, 12:00 AM
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Quote: Originally Posted by Root Ginger (original)
Here's a couple of vids of the 1st Gen MINI in crash tests

YouTube - BMW- Mini Crash Test

YouTube - Crash test Mini Cooper

You can see the roof rebound back into shape in the video - my guess is the buckling roof is part of the impact energy absorbtion and not the start of the cabin collapsing

Anyway hope I don't test it first hand - just glad I have a safe car and not a Fiat Seicento!

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