Is it more likely that the other car to be totaled in a collision with the ford escape?

Question

I own a Ford Escape 2006 and I was wondering if they were built tough to support a collision. Is the ford escape one of those type of vehicles that is easy to smash because it is made mostly of plastic. Some people are telling me that the older vehicles are better because they are made mostly of metal

Answer 1

You also use the term, "totaled." Insurance companies may consider a car totaled when they think the repairs required to bring the car back to "like new" condition are not worth the cost. In some cases, a car labled as totaled can be repaired and have a useful life.

For example: If a Mini Cooper ran into your left, front corner at, say 30 mph. Very likely the Mini would be totaled, with severe damage to the front suspension, radiator, electonics, cooling systems, engine, framework, etc. Meanwhile, your Explorer may have lost it's front axle, differential (transfer box), exhaust manifold and a few pieces of sheet metal and plastic. Depending on how old your car is, the insurance company may consider it totaled, and offer you a limited amount to buy it baack from you. There may be a competent mechanic, with a well equipped shop or an enthusiastic hobbiest who could "fix" the car and drive it around just fine for many years. The car might not be pretty, but it's still a car.

Answer 2

Why did you buy a car before looking into what you were getting I don't know. In any case you made a good buy in the safety aspect, but in the fuel aspect I don't know. Every new vehicle is design to help you survive and depending on the collision type and the vehicle you colide with will determine how much damage your vehicle will withstand. About older cars, when it comes to steel and nowdays allows there is no comparison, the material used in vehicles nowdays are at least 10times more strong and durable than the old steel cars. The bodies are made of composites to save on weight but those composites are much more durable and stronger than your old steel bodies. That is so more steel could be used on the motor because no matter what materials they use for constructing engines Steel is much more durable and withtands changes in temperature much more effectevely than alloys, or aluminum. Hope i answered your question.

Answer 3

Newer cars are designed with crumple zones, which is supposed to cause you less harm. But it doesn't help the car in the least. Front in collision on my 05 Scion XB. I had it parked in a parking lot and some lady hit it head-on at about 35/40 mph. Did more than $15,986 dollars damage. totaled it. The engine did what it was supposed to do, broke away and fell downward instead of coming into the drivers compartment. But in doing so it fell on the axle busting it in half.

Answer 4

Modern cars are made with crumple zones (whether metal or plastic) to help absorb the shock of an impact. Older cars did not have this feature. Better is a relative term here since the crash would either affect you or the car more depending on what you're driving.

Answer 5

They are safer for you then they were when they were made of metal. The new crumpling feature allows you to stay alive and purchase the new car you now need. It was a double whammy for car sales. As far as compared to other new cars, the escape will fair pretty well with anything that is smaller than it.

Answer 6

all new car or trucks are made the same for a collision so it safe for you and it costs to use plastic less and liter then metal cheeper on gas cars of to day have smaller eng so less metal faster you will go down the road

Answer 7

Your car is designed to crush in an accident and absorb the shock of the collision instead of transferring that energy to you. SO your car may not come out as well but you should come out better.

Answer 8

It's Likely, that your FORD will break down before you have a chance to wreck it. Drive safely!

Answer 9

depends what you hit