does comingb apart in a collision help the mortality rate of the occupants though? Few weeks ago a neighboring town had a 3 car accident, 2 deaths, almost a paraplegic and the same man is flirting with keeping his arm. One death was cause a truck drove over the car (not much saving her even if she wasnt a Dead on impact....), the other car was the right spot wrong time and hit the truck, shoved the engine into the lap of the driver and the medic who worked on him wasnt sure if his legs were coming out with him, complications from the accident are making him flirt with keeping his arm. anywho, the lady who was drove over was in a newer Mazda 3, the man who almost lost his legs was in a early 2000's Dodge Neon. granted, it was vs. a truck, but I can't see how a "softer" vehicle, for lack of a better term, will help. Granted, these speeds were at ~55 MPH a piece, and it was a full size 3/4 ton truck, but te vehicles still crumpled like plastic bottles. even the truck which sat significantly higher then the cars didnt fare well, ~2004 model Ford.