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Ghia351
19-09-2009, 09:19 AM
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/09/17/video-iihs-celebrates-50th-anniversary-by-crashing-modern-malib/

Video is lower down.
dmenace
19-09-2009, 09:51 AM
Did they really need to wreck an Impala?
Carby
19-09-2009, 10:00 AM
Thats a great pick up GHIA!

I winced at first as the 1959 Bel Air looks to be in pristine condition prior to the crash.

The closing speed of 80 mph is quite high and by god we really do need to be thankful that we have all this testing for safety in cars.

Just shows that the old cars are nostalgic - but they are not really appropriate everyday transport these days.
dmenace
19-09-2009, 10:02 AM
Some people commented that the impala was missing it engine/driveline?

What you guys think?
Carby
19-09-2009, 10:11 AM
Some people commented that the impala was missing it engine/driveline?

What you guys think?

If you read the text before the test it specifically states that the car is COMPLETE.
mustanger
19-09-2009, 10:18 AM
Was just checking out a few of the other videos there and I think I like this one with the independent suspension.

YouTube - Nissan commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKO-tZGuFDg&feature=related)
Road Warrior
19-09-2009, 11:38 AM
What a waste of a classic old car! The point of the vid is taken however.

I'd like to know how much rust may have been in the Bel Air and whether it would have affected it's crash-ness.
nikola
19-09-2009, 12:29 PM
They don't build them like they used to anymore.

...thank god.
WOMBIE
19-09-2009, 01:08 PM
They don't build them like they used to anymore.

...thank god.


Thank evolution and the car manufacturers more like it......