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Carsafetydance: Crash Testing and Car Safety by Jimmy

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We've reached the turn of the millennium, and we're once again looking for a first car for a new 16-year-old driver. The budget is still $20,000 in 2025 dollars, which gives us $10,700 to spend. Our hypothetical driver was born in 1984.

Criteria are tougher than in 1995. The 1990s saw massive gains in car safety and our new driver should benefit from this. We now...


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It's now 1995, and we're looking for a first car for a new 16-year-old driver. The requirements are going to be the same as 1985: $20,000 or less in 2025 dollars (which means our driver can spend $9,400), and our hypothetical driver was born in 1979. 

NHTSA crash testing has been out for 16 years now, so there are plentiful choices for vehicles that do ...


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The Ford Pinto was well known as being a death trap in rear-end collisions, even for its time. These things would spew gas and sometimes catch fire even when hit at speeds of less than 30 mph, leading to numerous lawsuits and a bad reputation that persists nearly a half-century after the last one rolled off the assembly line. Ask a random person on the street to name a dange...

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It's now 1990, and we're looking for a first car for a new 16-year-old driver. The requirements are going to be the same as 1985: $20,000 or less in 2025 dollars (which means an $8,100 budget this time around), and our hypothetical driver was born in 1974. 

NHTSA crash testing has been out for 11 years now, so there are plentiful choices for vehicles that do...


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