Ferrari Mailing List: Re: GM & Corvette NFC

[Tom Reynolds (kjtar]

If anyone can do it, Penske can.  Hope he re-does the Sky and makes it a
viable sports car.  I like the looks of it better than the Solstice, but I
think maybe I've seen 1 Sky and lots more of the Pontiac version around
here.  Saturn tried to take the Sky "upmarket" from the Solstice, with less
than satisfactory results, I believe.
Tom
Tulsa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
To: <kjtar [at] cox.net>
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Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GM & Corvette NFC


> Speaking of Penske, it looks like he is buying the Saturn side of GM along
> with some friends...
>
> I hope his past successes translate to Saturn....
>
> LarryT
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ken Rentiers" <rentiers [at] mac.com>
> To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 5:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ferrari] GM & Corvette NFC
>
>
> > Never put beans in the chili if you drive a Smart.  I thought Penske
> > had the NAm franchise for those puppies wrapped up.
> >
> > As for the Corvette, this is the last year they will run LM GT1 at
> > Sarthe next weekend. Plans are for them to come back in 2010 in LM
> > GT2. That would put them up against Risi and the boys.
> >
> > Hope springs eternal :-)
> >
> > uncle ken
> > http://www.lifeitsownself.com
> >
> > On Jun 4, 2009, at 12:34 PM, Jim Conforti wrote:
> >
> >> At 10:01 AM 6/4/2009, Michael James wrote:
> >>
> >>> If you saw a 'Smart' Car on a US Highway, then
> >>> it passed the EPA/DOT minimum crash-safety
> >>> standards prior to US importation by MB.
> >>
> >>   It would be DOT/NHTSA (EPA has nothing to do w/ crash ratings)
> >>
> >>   And when you look up the Smart ForTwo at NHTSA you find that
> >>   there are (curiously unstated) "safety concerns"
> >>
> >>   To quote the IIHS at http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr041409.html
> >>
> >> Laws of physics prevail: The Honda Fit, Smart
> >> Fortwo, and Toyota Yaris are good performers in
> >> the Institute's frontal offset barrier test, but
> >> all three are poor performers in the frontal
> >> collisions with midsize cars. These results
> >> reflect the laws of the physical universe,
> >> specifically principles related to force and distance.
> >>
> >>   My comment: They were engineered to "pass the test".
> >>
> >>   So if you happen to hit a concrete offset barrier at XYZ mph, you
> >> should
> >>   be fine.  If however you get hit or hit another vehicle - you
> >> likely will
> >>   NOT be fine.
> >>
> >>   further:
> >>
> >> Crash statistics confirm this. The death rate in
> >> 1-3-year-old minicars in multiple-vehicle crashes
> >> during 2007 was almost twice as high as the rate in very large cars.
> >>
> >>   and:
> >>
> >> Mercedes C class versus Smart Fortwo: After
> >> striking the front of the C class, the Smart went
> >> airborne and turned around 450 degrees. This
> >> contributed to excessive movement of the dummy
> >> during rebound  a dramatic indication of the
> >> Smart's poor performance but not the only one.
> >> There was extensive intrusion into the space
> >> around the dummy from head to feet. The
> >> instrument panel moved up and toward the dummy.
> >> The steering wheel was displaced upward. Multiple
> >> measures of injury likelihood, including those on
> >> the dummy's head, were poor, as were measures on both legs.
> >>
> >> "The Smart is the smallest car we tested, so it's
> >> not surprising that its performance looked worse
> >> than the Fit's. Still both fall into the poor
> >> category, and it's hard to distinguish between
> >> poor and poorer," Lund says. "In both the Smart
> >> and Fit, occupants would be subject to high
> >> injury risk in crashes with heavier cars." In
> >> contrast, the C class held up well, with little
> >> to no intrusion into the occupant compartment.
> >> Nearly all measures of injury likelihood were in the good range.
> >>
> >>   Translation: Hope that hospital bed feels
> >> comfy to you... or worse that casket.
> >>
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