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Yes and no. I understand the reason behind having a crumple zone on a car but I would expect a bit more rigidity in a situation like I'm describing. I'm sure if it was a person I hit at the speed I was going the most damage I would have done to them would have been some bruising, certainly...

True. It was the front corner of the Corolla that hit my car. Had it been a direct perpendicular hit I'm sure the Corolla would not have been a write off, just would have needed panels replaced. I was still surprised that what was a relatively low impact hit still did the damage it did.

A couple of years ago I was driving my '85 Camry and a lady in a new model Corolla driving in the opposite direction decided to turn into the shopping centre on my side of the road and cut me off. The collision was low impact (by the time we hit I was going maybe 10kmh) and the Camry ended up...