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"...Japan was beginning to impose its own stringent pollution and safety standards, but Nissan still kept American requirements in mind. Part of the work was done through a research operation called Calspan, formerly Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories, in the form of 50-mile-per-hour front-end crash tests with a modified Datsun 510. The conclusions were: The results of the tests come the closest of any work so far to reaching the desired curves for deceleration postulated by the NHTSA. The front bumper assembly was successful with both flat and pole barriers at speeds up to 10 mph. Except for slight deformation of right mounting brackets, there was no damage and the passenger compartment decelerations were nominally within the 10 G requirement. Their efforts brought Nissan a unique distinction for an automobile manufacturer- praise from Ralph Nader." -excerpted from "Nissan/Datsun: A history of Nissan Motor Corporation in U.S.A., 1960-1980", by John B. Rae, pg 113.

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