The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration stunned safety advocates by proposing new vehicle design rules that it says will help reduce pedestrian deaths. The rules will likely change vehicle design permanently.
    • TownhouseGloryHole@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Astounding. Hummer H2 beating the Sierra by 3m is incredible. A truck designed almost exclusively to express how selfish you are and it has better viability.

        • pemptago@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          2 months ago

          GM marketing. They purchased the hummer brand from AM General. OG Hummer (later renamed H1) was based on AM General’s military Humvee design, but released to the civilian market. H2 and H3 were designed by GM for mass marketing. Can be seen in the price. H1 nearly 10x more than H2 and H3.

          • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Also, the H1 was 10x better for what it was designed for than the H2 and H3.

            The H1 was not designed for commuting to work.

            • frezik@midwest.social
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              2 months ago

              I’m not sure what it was designed for. It doesn’t have a lot of space for hauling compared to its size. It’s not great for offroading. It’s a plastic money extraction machine.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I’d be curious to see that chart for a Toyota Yaris. I drove one for a few years and it was almost unnerving how little hood it had.