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Old 10-13-2010, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by ZOERA-SC7XX View Post
The Malibu was designed with 'texting' in mind. Seriously, though, fifty years of auto design make what you see very real. Imagine what the '59 Chevy vs. a 1909 automobile would look like in the same test.
Let's look back to 1970 & fast forward to now. The weight of a 1970 Challenger R/T with a big block was around 3800 lbs. Now, 40 years later, with all the weight reduction technology, the new Challengers weigh closer to 4,000 pounds. I mean, thinner gauge steel all over, aluminum engines, composite intakes, & on & on. What has 40 years got us besides complex electronics & air bags? You can't compare the advances made from 1909 to 1959 as the same degree of advances from '59 to now - not even close. Vehicles in 1909 were Flintstone mobiles!
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