Sweden Finds Many Green Cars Unsafe

The National Society for Road Safety says many environmentally-friendly cars that qualify for Swedish government subsidies, are unsafe.

Of the 37 ’green’ car types the society crash-tested, 18 failed to meet recommended safety standards.

The president of the society, Björn Eriksson, and Anders Sundström, CEO of insurance company Folksam, are calling for all new cars to be fitted with a range of safety devices, including seatbelt reminders and effective whiplash protection.

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Will_ - 6/19/2007 10:03:16 AM

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A list of the unsafe cars could be useful here...

Htay7500 - 6/19/2007 10:10:35 AM

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tht would include the smart car.

Agent009 - 6/19/2007 10:36:11 AM

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Hard to read the Swedish but the link say 18 of 37 failed. And this is a list of 18 and the next list is 19, so a logical guess would be these failed Swedish crash testing.

* Audi A3 1.9 TDI E-power
* Citroën C1 X
* Citroën C3 CNG
* Citroën C3 Hdi 110hk FAP
* Fiat Multipla
* Fiat Punto BiPower
* Ford Focus C-MAX BiFuel
* Ford Focus C-MAX Flexifuel
* KIA Picanto ECO
* Peugeot 107 1.0 man
* Renault Kangoo Bifuel
* Smart Fortwo Cabrio
* Smart Fortwo Coupé
* Smart Fortwo Coupé BR451
* Smart Fortwo Coupé Pure CDI
* Toyota Aygo
* VW Polo BlueMotion
* VW Polo Comfortline Master