That combination of safety, control, and performance didn’t happen by accident. It’s the result of decades of unsexy, incremental engineering:

• Metallurgy that lets steel bend the way we want it to
• Crash structures that absorb energy on purpose
• Control theory baked into stability and braking systems
• Tire chemistry that makes a contact patch grip like crazy
• Software that watches and corrects literally thousands of things per second

And a frankly absurd amount of testing — simulated, physical, repeated.

We didn’t just make heavier cars. We made heavier cars that behave better, stop shorter, and protect people far more effectively than anything in the past.

None of these changes are flashy, and most drivers never notice them working. Which might explain why so many people think nothing meaningful has changed at all. But if that’s true, why do modern crashes look so different from the old ones?