914 crash compartment strength, Small but mighty Options

[Gunn1]

After picking up this latest wrecked 914 (the one started the GEX thread)

I was looking at the car and how it handled the impact.
The car was nailed really good in the front end collapsing the headlight buckets, pinching the tire and the Fuch in the spare tire carrier area.

It appears that the car was designed to use these areas including the spare tire ahead of the frunk firewall as crumple zones while the fuel tank area between the cabin firewall and frunk firewall Remained untouched. Also wonder how things may have been different if the spare was not in the car to help absorb and redirect the energy of the impact.

The passenger long (the crash was off centered to the right) was still straight directly under the door hinge pillar, but then moving back it begins to bow. The bow continues to become greater until the area of the long where it disappears under the rear quarter panel.

I would say they really did their homework when they designed the car. It seems like the car transferred the energy around the passenger compartment rather than through it.

Was really impressed.

Has anyone been in a collision with their 914 and how did the car handle it?

Just curious as to how safe the car is for being so small in stature,

Thanks