Question

2.Cars were previously manufactured to be as sturdy as possible, whereas today's cars

are designed to crumple upon impact. Why?

Answer 1

Crumple zones are designed to absorb and redistribute the force of a collision. ... Also known as a crush zone, crumple zones are areas of a vehicle that are designed to deform and crumple in a collision. This absorbs some of the energy of the impact, preventing it from being transmitted to the occupants.