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| Road Test: Bristol Blenheim 3S (2001-) |
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by: Martin Buckley |
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Bristol makes fewer than 100 cars a year, so there is no crash-test requirement for the Blenheim. The company boasts that only three people have ever died driving a Bristol (and one of them drove off a cliff) but that probably says more about the rarity of the cars than their crashworthiness. With its hefty separate chassis and robust steel structure beneath the aluminium panelling, it's likely to come off best in a confrontation, but you don't get much in terms of active safety: there is no brake assist, ABS, ESP or any of the other high-tech, electronically controlled systems to be found in rival top-end saloons. There is no sign of an airbag inside either, but the Blenheim does have remote central locking and an alarm.
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