# say goodbye to hummer, Saab , and Saturn

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**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [February 18, 2009, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/say-goodbye-to-hummer-saab-and-saturn/201910 "2009-02-18T09:49:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Zack01GC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a183cd/32.png) [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/say-goodbye-to-hummer-saab-and-saturn/201910/87 "2009-02-21T09:03:18Z")

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> [@A10 warthog](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/a10-warthog/39676/8):
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> i agree with you what you say. 99% of americans think bigger is better.
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> however, that is not the case. structure of a car, as well as materials used play more of a roll in saftey than size. a big rigid car–ala 60’s technology-- will pass more shock on to the driver. newer cars-- especially small cars-- are designed to crumple/fail away form the cabin and take the orce of the accident.
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> i agree that there is still a need for big cars. however, i dont think the need for that market is there. majority of people get a big car simply b/c bigger is better theory. we see how that works w/ mcdonalds and end result of being a fat ass… bigger is not always better.

Truth. Even the Smart Cars crash better than many larger cars, and they are tiny.

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