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Originally Posted by SirBrass
Well, it is a lightweight vehicle, right? If so, it'll be easier to destroy at lower speeds given the right impact angles.
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The Carrera GT's weight almost 150kg more than the twins, so it's not a "light" car in a sense when you compare it to a Lotus or Fiat 500.. Second the GT has a CF Monocoque so it's stronger than your average aluminum tube that your daily Ford Focus or GTi has in it so it can handle low impact speed significantly well, the problem lies in high speed impacts as Gen1 CF shatters under extreme loads rather than bends like traditional metals. It's why the current generation of hyper cars us Carbo-Titanium tubes or Aluminum threaded Carbon Carbon, which off the best of both worlds
Essentially for the car to be have hit the pole dead on in the middle of the passenger cell and tear the rear almost clean off
and still knock down a light pole..... before skidding 100ft, points to every indication they were moving at some
serious speeds