Big vs. Small

I love little cars like the MG Copper, MB Smart Car or the Honda Fit. They are great cars with a lot to offer. They are well designed and have great fuel consumption considering the amenities that each vehicle offers.

These cars do have a few problems with them that you just can ‘t engineer out. You just can’t fight equations like F = ma … This is really exemplified in a head on collision where the equation is F1 / m1a1 = F2 / m2a2. If the speed of each vehicle is the same then you will get a higher force on the vehicle that has smaller mass.

This has been clearly exemplified on the video below….



So, as you can see if you're going to get into a crash and it involves another car head on the bigger car will almost always perform better then a smaller one... so size does matter.