Tain't necessarily so.  The van's front end is hell-for-stout; much more so
than a big-assed F**d truck's.  Course, you don't have as much crush
distance as you would in a conventional layout, either.  Don't sell them
short, though; the V'gon's a pretty tough nut to crack.

Karl Wolz

----- Original Message -----
From: <JordanVw@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: Vanagon crash safety

> http://www.251.org/volvocrash.html
>
> because of the van's height it jumped the hood of the volvo. if it hit
> another van or truck or SUV , you'd probably be dead...
>
> chris
>