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Originally Posted by Nebraska330xi
I would like to know how they got around the crumple zone thing, carbon fiber loophole? Eco loophole?
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Higher hoodlines on 'normal' cars are required for the EU pedestrian protection rules than with something like the i8 because of engine placement and size. The rule is to allow enough crumple height of the hood so a pedestrian hitting it is unlikely to come to an abrupt stop by hitting the top of the engine...if the engine isn't there, or is smaller, depending on design, it could be much lower, thus allowing lots of vertical crumple and thus pass the regs.
Since the engine on this is in the rear, the hood only has to be high enough to clear any hard, immovable object below it.