>I did a little more searching and found a site with crash tests of
>different flat front vans (Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, Isuzu, and VW).  The
>test was conducted by Germany's ADAC (the organization that invented the
>offset frontal impact).  The conclusion was that all the other vans either
>cause their drivers to be dead or heavily injured, only the driver of the
>VW would have escaped with only very minor injuries.  I have to apologize
>for the fact that the site is in German only, but I think that the pictures
>say it all!
>
>http://www.vw-bus-land.de/   go to   VW-Bus Berichte    and then to

The Hiace shown is the old model (1980-1988), as are the Liteace
Mitsubishi Delica (=L300), Nissan Urvan/Caravan/Homy and Sunny
Vanette. The Isuzu Fargo (small change to Cargo in Germany) went
unchanged from say 1980 to present, as has the Mazda Bongo (abeit
with facelifts).
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut