Crash test 2009 versus 1959

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1959 Chevrolet Bel Air vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu in a IIHS crash test. I remember my parents saying "I would feel better with you in a larger car with all that sheet metal around you." Ya, I guess there is more to it than that.



Watch the dummy eat the steering wheel. yikes.

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[Gav'sPurpleZ]

old

 

[Pressure Ratio]

repost? If so mook can kill the thread.

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

not a repost, but i have seen it before.

it is quite eye opening... "they dont make em like they used to "

obviously a good thing

 

[03GTGreen]

Damn that is not how i expected it to go

 

[Vogz]

Damn that is not how i expected it to go

Really??? lol

 

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GreenGuy isn't very bright. lol

 

[VenomousDSG]

Well, that's turned me off of my dream of owning a 59 Bel Air...

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Related video to that.

As much as I hate agreeing with federal regulations and all. I can't help but get behind this.

Hitting the back of a semi trailer is almost certain death by head trauma.

 

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Ya, that is brutal. I think there was a push to upgrade the bars that hang down from the back of the trailers.

 

[Yaj Yak]

now do the same crash with a full-size suv or pickemup...

 

[YoushallgoFo]

those gaurds used to be a lot smaller. I remember long ago they had to change them to what they have in that video. Looks like they still fail.

 

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Remember, these cars weigh more and more and the speeds of these roads seem to be getting higher. They hang down and have no support to help them. A car hits them and they fold up/forward. They need a structure that would support an impact and absorb energy. A cost the industry doesn't want to spend I am sure.

 

[greasy]

Cool videos, I have not seen these before. Good thread

 

[03GTGreen]

Really??? lol

GreenGuy isn't very bright. lol

All steel bel air i figured itd tear through the malibu

Ihu michael

 

[guspech750]

That is an intriguing video. Amazing how fast an airbag deploys. It truly is.

 

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All steel bel air i figured itd tear through the malibu

Ihu michael

If you ever put together a car from the 50's, 60's or 70's you would understand. They had very little structure and were weak. Most of those cars weighed a lot because of the steel frame the suspension and body were bolted to. The sheet metal was not going to absorb any impact, nor was the frame. New cars are much stronger due to their design, have safety zones where the passengers sit and many areas around it designed to absorb energy from another car, truck, tree and so on. New cars are leaps and bounds better than even cars made just 10-15 years ago. The designers and engineers coming up with new cars do a lot that the average joe knows nothing about and takes for granted. But we all should be thankful for their work.

 

[blck10th]

Seen it a few times in the past and always watch it because it shreds that bel air

 

[Vogz]

If you ever put together a car from the 50's, 60's or 70's you would understand. They had very little structure and were weak. Most of those cars weighed a lot because of the steel frame the suspension and body were bolted to. The sheet metal was not going to absorb any impact, nor was the frame. New cars are much stronger due to their design, have safety zones where the passengers sit and many areas around it designed to absorb energy from another car, truck, tree and so on. New cars are leaps and bounds better than even cars made just 10-15 years ago. The designers and engineers coming up with new cars do a lot that the average joe knows nothing about and takes for granted. But we all should be thankful for their work.

All of this. People like to think of big old cars as "tanks" but it simply isn't true. They are big tin cans.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

Remember, these cars weigh more and more and the speeds of these roads seem to be getting higher. They hang down and have no support to help them. A car hits them and they fold up/forward. They need a structure that would support an impact and absorb energy. A cost the industry doesn't want to spend I am sure.

I do think its needed though. I'd be fine with them basically making it so strong as to never bend. Let the car's frame absorb the crash energy. At least then you wouldn't look like a sardine can.

 

[Euro]

Was an eye opener the first time I saw this video, for sure. But don't care, would still own a 59 Impala...or any other car from 1950 on