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Well, if you don’t care about comfort or safety go with the one on the right. I’d be curious to see how that KEI Truck holds up in a major collision with the average American SUV.
That’s the arms race
In normal countries being able to crush smaller cars during a collision isnt usually a selling point :/
In the US that's actually a sport!
This is so TRUE! My next car is gonna be a M4 Sherman, I’m afraid of how my average American SUV holds up to the Silverado 2500 HD on the left.
I'm more of a Leopard 2 guy, but get whatever keeps you safe out there.
I was thinking the opposite. I met with the business end of one of those little trucks while riding a tiny 50cc Honda scooter back in the nineties. We both walked away unscathed. When all the vehicles are small, catastrophic results seem to decline.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-06/what-drove-japan-s-remarkable-traffic-safety-turnaround
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries-with-the-most-car-accidents
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24499113/
Long story short, you're completely incorrect. Driving Japan is scientifically proven to be significantly safer than the US, and one of the reasons for that is the smaller size of car. To quote one of those articles:
Americans need to stop with the arms race of "bigger is safer", it's all bullshit.
So you agree that American cars are built with only the passengers safety in mind and people don’t give a shit what happens to the other party?
While true, that's not a point for the American car. That one won't stand a chance against a train, but nobody would come to the conclusion that everybody should buy a personal train to haul their lawnmower.