"The Tango's race car style roll cage design, its 4-point harnesses, its low center of gravity, and a weight comparable to a midsize seden combine to make the Tango extremely safe."
"Side protection is more than 4 times that of a typical SUV."
"...Because safety is such a concern for small cars in particular, we have designed the Tango around a roll cage that meets or exceeds both SCCA and NHRA regulations. These are racing organizations that specify cage design to protect the occupants of cars crashing at over 200 mph. In addition, the extremely high strength-to-surface area ratio of a steel roll cage allows superb visibility from within the Tango. Rollover too is a great danger for many vehicles. The Tango, being so narrow, would look to the layman's eye to be unstable. But in fact, the Tango has stability that exceeds that of most sport cars."
"With 2,000 lbs (mostly batteries) under the floor, the Tango's static rollover threshold is equivilent to a 5-star NHTSA rating placing it in company with the lowest slung sports cars."
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"Side protection is more than 4 times that of a typical SUV."
"...Because safety is such a concern for small cars in particular, we have designed the Tango around a roll cage that meets or exceeds both SCCA and NHRA regulations. These are racing organizations that specify cage design to protect the occupants of cars crashing at over 200 mph. In addition, the extremely high strength-to-surface area ratio of a steel roll cage allows superb visibility from within the Tango. Rollover too is a great danger for many vehicles. The Tango, being so narrow, would look to the layman's eye to be unstable. But in fact, the Tango has stability that exceeds that of most sport cars."
"With 2,000 lbs (mostly batteries) under the floor, the Tango's static rollover threshold is equivilent to a 5-star NHTSA rating placing it in company with the lowest slung sports cars."
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