[jlongr]

20+ year old cars are much less safe than modern ones. I would strongly consider a newer car if I were you.

[SoftTalker]

A 2006 car is pretty safe. It won't have gizmos like lane departure warnings or automatic braking but crash safety will be about as good as a new car, especially if you buy one that had good crash safety ratings at the time, such as Mercedes or Volvo.

[hedora]

Fords too. By 2006, they'd pulled all the Volvo intellectual property they could out of the acquisition and ported it to their flagship vehicles.

[cardinalfang]

The T4 is better than the T3 where you are the crumple zone.