I tested the S80 in Sweden several months ago. I particularly liked the collision avoidance system because the moron in a Ford Expedition who drove into the back of our Boxster a year ago at 50 mph (while fussing with the kids in the back seat) might have been alerted a millisecond sooner and maybe even slowed to 40 or even 30…
I don't know how solid all those other "safe" cars are, but Volvo crashed an S80 into a 700-ton concrete block at 40 mph while I watched. Went up to it a moment afterward and was able to open all four doors quite normally and the Volvo cargo liner was okay. As an EMS volunteer who gets to go to car crashes on a weekly basis, I can tell you we normally need hydraulic rams to open anything from the hood to the trunk.
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