I would guess the Sienna vastly outsells every other minivan model in Alaska, as it's the only one available with all-wheel-drive.

For anyone wondering...

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I know Mr. Bear, Minivans make me feel the same way.

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I want to know what they are smoking if they think that ~9g of acceleration is going to be tolerable or safe for the general public.

Trying to imagine a mom and three kids strapped into one of these pods in the family minivan as it suddenly accelerates at 9g. Of the sweet lawsuits.

From the comments in 2009 when this crash test was first released, they won't believe it. People said that it was "obvious" that they had removed bolts and the engine from the Bel Air and that a real crash wouldn't go that way.

Even faced with evidence that modern cars are stronger, they will still say things like:

Engineering improvements or not, the sheer weight and gauge of metals used in the 50's is far superior to the aluminum foil they make cars out of now.

Ya, that's way easier than jumpstarting from the minivan's battery.

This is the longest version I have seen of it that doesn't cut off part of the picture or the beginning. My best assumption is that it was from the passing minivan, as it is too small to be a semi tire.

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I call shenanigans!


That was obviously a minivan, not an SUV.

Structural failure isn't the only risk. The point of modern safety features is to reduce the impact of the crash on the occupants. If you crash an army tank into a large tree at high speed, the tank itself is likely to be fine but the occupants probably won't. In your case, whether your car is better or worse than the average modern car in a crash is probably "it depends".

How does your car compare to the Discovery in http://videosift.com/video/Crash-tests-SUV-vs-Minivan-Which-one-does-better ?

Minivan says "Whee! Come play with me! Hey, where you goin?"

Sorry, drug paraphernalia. Which is the same exact results--lose kids etc. So yes, I stand by my statement because they did find it http://abcnews.go.com/US/minivan-stop-ends-shoots-fired-high-speed-chase/story?id=20912206

Lacking an engine makes a huge difference.

I heard it scored 5.4 stars out of 5 and it rates better than other types of vehicles, even minivans and SUVs.

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Whoa, that first slow-mo of the side impact is incredible the way the windows hover shattered in place as the car flies back away from them. Thanks for embedding, @eric3579.