Show Car Repairs s The automobile industry charged in recent years by byboth byboth byboth both private investigators and government regulators with producing something less than what is desirable in sensible and safe transportation has come under new criticism by private agencies testing 1971 models IT HAS BEEN found that today's cars are even flimsier than those of a year or two ago In tests which produced collisions collisions collisions col col- col- col between 1971 models it was found heavy damage occurred at speeds of five miles an hour the average repair costs averaged hundreds of dollars MODELS WITH pointed hoods did heavier damage when driven into the sides of other cars often shattering side windows almost at once on impact Bumpers supposed to absorb shock did more damage than conventional bumpers in many cases IN GENERAL all US U.S. built U.S.-built built cars tested required very expensive expensive expensive ex ex- ex- ex pensive repairs after the slightest collision Experts conducting the tests believe cars could be built which would suffer far less if only scant attention were given the problem but the suspicion has been voiced that garages make millions out of the present situation and that the industry lacks sufficient incentive to act |