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Fans of Classic Golfs Should Look Away for A Moment: Dekra Has Scrapped A ‘Technicalally Solid’ Volkswagen Golf II. Of course, the safety Institute Doesn’tn’t Do That For Just Any Reason.
The Volkswagen Golf II Has Largely Disappeared from the Streets at a Rapid Pace, So We Should Cherish the Remoining Models, Right? Well, Dekra Thinks Differently About That. At Least, it has rammed a golf II that was in good Technical Condition Against the Wall. Hopefully it was a model that was still visually pristine, we have a suspicion that this golf was necessarily snatched away for an enthusiast. Be that as it may: This golf II is no longer participating, and Dekra has a good reason for that.
The Germans Wanted to Demonstrate How Quickly Car Safety Has Progressed over the years. This golf was subjected to the exact same test that euro ncap performs with new cars. Just like the Volkswagen Golf VIII A Few Years ago, The Golf II was Rammed Against A Barrier at 64 km/H with 40 percent overlap of the front. Accordance to Dekra, This Test Corresponds to a Frontal Collision Between Two Cars at a speed (or Both cars) or 50 to 55 km/h. The Consequence is obvious: Accordance to Dekra, The Occupants of the Golf II would Barely Survive the Collision.
As you can see above, you are in a Completely Different Situation in The Golf VIII in Such A Collision. DEKRA SAYS THAT THE Occupants in the Current Golf would only Sustain Minor Injuries in This Collision. Dekra Emphasizes That the Chance of An Accident is also a lot narrower, not only because of the active safety systems. At the lausitzring, the two generations of the golf were subjected to varous driving tests and it turned out, among other things, that the braking distance of the golf VIII is no less than 30 percent shorter than of its distant ancestor. The Difference was also clear in an evasive maneuver test: with the golf II, evading was Possible up to 65 km/h, with the golf VIII up to 75 km/h. Not Everything was Better in the Past.