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Date: 26 Jun 2004 20:07:06 -0700
From: hollywood_onealnospamo.com (The Diesel)
Subject: Re: Do the Volvo S80 and Saab 9-5 have center fuel tanks or rear fuel tanks?


The later 2003 and later model Town Cars do have 5 star ratings in the NHTSA front crash test, side crash test, and rollover resistance, and good ratings in the IIHS front offset crash test. That's not the problem with the town car. The problem is in high speed rear accidents. Nothing will happen if the Town Car, Crown Victoria, or Grand Marquis gets hit from behind at 30mph. However if it gets hit from behind at 50mph, 60mph, or 70 mph, then the fuel tank location behind the rear axle doesn't seem like a very good idea. Check out these 3 rear crash tests done by the Police on the Crown Victoria. It's a shame that the Government doesn't do these kid of 50mph+ rear crash tests because they're very important in finding out how fire resistant a car's design is in rear crashes. I heard that the Government will start doing such tests in 2006 though, so I guess it's better late than never. Anyway, here are the crash test videos. http://www.crownvictoriasafetyalert.com/new_crash_tests.html I've read that installing a fuel bladder inside the gas tank as well as installing a fireshield of fire retardant material around the gas tank will make Town Cars, Crown Victorias, and Grand Marquis able to withstand rear impacts of over 80 mph without any fuel leaking. "Michael Hobbs" <Xmdhobbsnospamt.net> wrote in message news:<N8iDc.9$Xn4.41335nospam.uswest.net>... > Off topic: I agree that the Town car is a pig of a vehicle, but I would > have thought that the mass of the thing would have made it safer. > Personally, I drive an '04 and love it, safety issues aside. It's a > beautiful car. > > "The Diesel" <hollywood_onealnospamo.com> wrote in message > news:e1df7c64.0406251901.359a608bnospaming.google.com... > > Right now the car I drive most is my dad's 2000 Lincoln Town car, and > > I just don't feel like it's a very safe car. > > For one thing it only has a 4 star rating in the EASY NHTSA front > > crash test and only a 4 star rating in the side crash test, and it > > NEVER was tested in the front offset test, but if it ever was I'm sure > > it would have gotten a marginal or poor rating. > > The Lincoln Town car also just feels like it would be very bad at > > accident avoidance because of its poor acceleration, poor braking, > > poor cornering, etc, etc. > > If that wasn't bad enough, the Lincoln Town Car has a HORRIBLE > > HORRIBLE fuel tank position in the opinion of most experts, the fuel > > tank is located BEHIND the rear axle, the same is true for the > > Mustang, Crown Victoria, and Grand Marquis(has Ford learned NOTHING > > from the Pinto?). > > I was just wondering if the Volvo S80 and the Saab 9-5(2002-2005) have > > center fuel tanks(a tank located between the rear axle and front axle) > > or if they have a rear fuel tank(a tank located behind the rear axle). > > I'm going to be getting my first car eventually and I want to make > > sure that it has a center fuel tank, and not a rear fuel tank.

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