out of interest

[furby]

does anyone know if theres any crash test pictures for the cinq...ive been looking for years with no luck...figured i was looking in the wrong places????

ta

 

[Scorg]

acording to euroncamp, the cinq never was tested, the sei was , which you can see here
http://www.euroncap.com/content/safety_ratings/details.php?id1=1&id2=73

 

[surfin_fella]

here's the only one i've got. There was a site last week mentioned on the Yahoo group that had some horrific pics of a Sei and a Smart smashed into each other. I think it wasn an Italian site, somebody help me out?
https://www.fiatforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=281

 

[arc]

you don't want to go reading things like that :S

 

[furby]

the cinq didn't come off too badly in the one pic i saw. The sei looked a bit of a mess though

 

[black_cinq]

Didnt they crash a smart and sei on a c5 programme not so long ago?

 

[GhostWKD]

personally i think cinqs will hold up better than sei's for the pure fact they're more boxy than sei's which makes it more rigid in theory

 

[furby]

makes me feel slightly better :-S....

my boyfriend always says to me....one day i'll come home and find out youve been killed in that car....he hates it can't you tell....

 

[GhostWKD]

check out Julio_Scorchio's post on this thread to see how resiliant cinqs actually are;
https://www.fiatforum.com/showthread.php?t=11352

oh and your bf probably doesnt hate it, hes probably just jealous

 

[pinin__prestatyn]

personally i think cinqs will hold up better than sei's for the pure fact they're more boxy than sei's which makes it more rigid in theory

That's just silly theory! You notice all modern cars are getting a bit "bubble shaped"? Okay you can say "ah but that's to cut down on pedestrian injuries" but car's are also increasingly shaped this way to offer better occupant protection. Your'e thinking volvo and that's giving you the feeling that boxy = safe!

I don't think any small car older than 3 yrs, with no airbags is going to score highly on these sort of tests. Just be greatfull your'e not driving a nova (I know you all are) must be the sh*tiest crash record ever. I have lost two friends in car crashes, both involving nova's. A third crashed at 40mph, the nova looked like a squashed tin can. He was okay, but it was close.

 

[GhostWKD]

was just thinking that (hit from behind for example) the cinq would crumple forwards if your with me, whereas a more bubbley car (such as sei) would probably crumple more outwards as well as forwards? so less is absorbed?

could also just be my sunday thinking head engaged

have heard of a 30mph crash in a nova being fatal, although to be fair the car was apparently a cut and shut which was why