A head-on collision between a two-seat Smart ForTwo and the larger Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan shows how the passenger compartment can get squeezed in a severe crash.

The IIHS has put the 2008 smart fortwo through its frontal offset crash test, and the video is on YouTube even though the IIHS hasn't released its results yet. For everyone who points out the ...

Of course, Smart can make all the claims that it wants about the cars' safety, but actually showing it to people is much more convincing. At 5,088 pounds, the S-Class dominates the 2,478-pound ...