Battery Vehicle Society

Oh dear

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/arti ... article.do

Dosnt look good for G-wiz or their owners

ChrisB

Here's the video. It looks horrific

http://www.topgear.com/content/timetobu ... ction.html

Floydster

Cant see the vid currently as this machine hasnt got real player , but I'll have a look later.

But then if you think about it what about a motor bike .............there not exactly going to do well in a crash test are they

ChrisB

ChrisB wrote:But then if you think about it what about a motor bike .............there not exactly going to do well in a crash test are they

ChrisB

True but the G-Whiz totally disintegrates. I'm sure a moped with side bars would provide about the same protection

Floydster

I think the crucks of it is that people buying the vehicle have to be made aware that its a quadra cycle or what ever they call it and NOT a car

ChrisB

ChrisB wrote:I think the crucks of it is that people buying the vehicle have to be made aware that its a quadra cycle or what ever they call it and NOT a car

ChrisB

Agreed. As longs as folk are aware then that's OK. I'm sure that if I ever buy an Enfield that the outcome of a crash would be similar or worse.

I'd still expect a modern vehile to be a little bit better though.

Floydster

The new G-Wiz - the G-Wiz i - has got a new front crash safety cell, built in conjunction with Lotus.

This has been independently crash tested at 25mph with significantly improved results compared to the old G-Wiz.

It is a shame they didn't try crashing it at 35mph though - whilst I accept that the G-Wiz is a slower vehicle than most others on the road, the new version of the car will top 50mph and will end up being used on faster roads. Crashing the car safely at 35mph would have silenced all the critics, and I'm not sure a 25mph crash test is going to achieve that.

MikeBoxwell wrote:"Crashing the car safely"

errrrr..............