Saving people's lives - The best thing a car company ever did.

[tyr0n3]

Saving people's lives, is one of the best moves a car company has every done.
Let me explain.

Back in the day, when a car crashed, there was fairly minimal damage done to it.
This, is because they were very solid. There is A lot of physics involved with that part, but there's a shorter more understandable version.

Top put it short, The much older cars from the 70's and 80's, when in a crash sustained minimal damage compared to what cars do now. Cars now, have all these "crumple" zones, where the car is able to be smashed up and there person inside is able to walk away with minimal damage done, but a destroyed car.
Betting that that person pays 50c-$5 a week for car insurance, or they dont have insurance and have to buy a new car, crashing makes the car company's millions. (Even Though GM is now bankrupt )

Give me some input and discuss away!
Personally, i think it is very interesting, and an excellent marketing move.

 

[The_Ace]

Well back in the 70s and 80s, a car was built to take the full force of the crash. The bad thing about this is that in a crash, all the force gets put onto the passengers, therefore you get more hurt. Now, the car crumbles, meaning that car takes more impact and you get less hurt.

It's about safety, not money. Also, hopefully you or anybody else wont ever get into a crash so it wont matter.

 

[FreedomFight]

Any car that is too fragile probably won't sell well.

But if you've ever been in a serious accident before, you'll understand. You don't look around to see if your car's ok, you look around to make sure the people are ok.

If you're one of the few morons who thinks otherwise, just get off the road.

 

[tyr0n3]

You two just proved my point, having a car that gets more damaged in a crash to provide "safety for the passenger" is making them money.

The car sustains more damage, so they have to SPEND more on repairs and stuff.

 

[FreedomFight]

Proved what point. You'd believe lawsuits to be free? And just to let you know, dead people won't be spending any more money anyhow. I'm confused what you are trying to say here. This switch from bricks to cushions was a smart move, for both the car company and the passengers.

You seem to believe that people would be stupid to buy these "newer" cars. There's nothing special here.

People will buy the best product they can. Companies will try to sell the best product they can. In this case, it's mutually beneficial. In the case of an Ipod battery that will die in 2 years, it isn't.

 

[dam prayer noobs]

Only a small percentage of car crashes are destructive enough to mash up the car beyond repair. I highly doubt car companies would largely profit from this.

 

[DropKick Murphys]

He's saying that because cars crumple more easily now than they did 20+ years ago people have to spend more on repairs - which are largely provided by the same people you bought the car from.

Example: I have an 87 bmw which seems like one of the last cars built with a real solid steel bumper.

 

[tyr0n3]

He's saying that because cars crumple more easily now than they did 20+ years ago people have to spend more on repairs - which are largely provided by the same people you bought the car from.

Example: I have an 87 bmw which seems like one of the last cars built with a real solid steel bumper.

Thank you, you are the first to fully understand what i was trying to say!
yes, thats exactly what i meant.

 

[dam prayer noobs]

He's saying that because cars crumple more easily now than they did 20+ years ago people have to spend more on repairs - which are largely provided by the same people you bought the car from.

Example: I have an 87 bmw which seems like one of the last cars built with a real solid steel bumper.

Yeah but they still have to pay the mechanic and for the parts, how large can the profits really be?

 

[draco14]

Yeah but they still have to pay the mechanic and for the parts, how large can the profits really be?

actually the mechanic will buy the parts from the manufacturer but sell them at around double the price, just like manufacturers sell it for a much higher price then it was to build

 

[TJ]

actually the mechanic will buy the parts from the manufacturer but sell them at around double the price, just like manufacturers sell it for a much higher price then it was to build

Who the hell buys parts from the manufacturer? Its all about junk yard parts nowadays.

Actually, ill take that back since the government is blowing up/crushing all the damn cars -,-

 

[1encore1]

In a way it's bad that you have to get a new car but if you crashed in the old cars you would get serious damage. Plus cars go much faster nowadays so i don't thinks it's more of a maketing move as it is a safety move.

 

[Cjmt905]

The way cars are nwo is more safe for driver and passangers because, once you crash your car takes more damage and the people don't

but when we had old cars, the car didnt take much damage, but the people in the car did.

It's is mostly for safety reasons they did this

 

[Grave]

If cars were to be made like a long time ago they would be more durable but they would cost a lot more, and it would be less safe for pedestrians who get hit by cars. It could also be possible that the cars nowadays get more miles per gallon due to their lower weighs. (I'm not sure about this)

 

[DropKick Murphys]

it would be less safe for pedestrians who get hit by cars.

I feel like you'd be fucked regardless of whether you got hit by a new car or a car from the 60s.

 

[jaysco17]

I feel like you'd be fucked regardless of whether you got hit by a new car or a car from the 60s.

lmao.

 

[w3st side]

the best thing they have done is volvo releasing seat belts for everybody to use, seat belts save so many lives.

 

[Zak_rs2]

I value my life alot more then a car, i'd happily buy 100000 new cars [if i crashed that many times ] then lose my life, i doubt car companies build cars like they do today thinking of making money from crashes, im pretty sure its more about safety lol, if it worked out to their advantage good for them lol.

 

[SoccerG]

Cars built today are for safety, gas (hence the plastic) and keeping things cheap and profit margins high, while making the car look attractive as possible.. Cars from the 60s, 70s, and 80s are usually made with all metal, which leads to terrible gas mileage, but if you get hit in the front/back, minimal damage. If you get hit from the side, on any car, you're just about fucked, but you have more of a chance if the side of your car is more metal then plastic. My grandfather owns an 80's pontiac parisienne (which is the size of a sailboat) and there is plenty of room to get hit.. however if you try to crash an 80's car with a honda civic head on, the civic is going to get destroyed, and both people should walk out just fine (except for the civic, if the airbag has kicked in)

 

[xwinx]

GM is bankrupt? Hmm dont look like it (here in Canada at least... all those guys thinking their badass driving those new cardillacs)