1959 Chevy vs. 2009 Chevy-Head On Crash Test (1 Viewer)

[DCThunder]

They don't build cars like they used to...

http://www.iihs.org/iihs/about-us/milestones/50th-anniversary

 

[TheIronSheik]

I love that they have dice hanging from the mirror of the 1959 Bel Air.

Pretty amazing how far we've come.

 

[DCThunder]

I love that they have dice hanging from the mirror of the 1959 Bel Air.

Pretty amazing how far we've come.

Yeah, I noticed that too. Hope the AM-radio was playing something by Buddy Holly or Elvis during the crash test too.

 

[Parrothead]

don't F with Christine

 

[Brony]

I love that they have dice hanging from the mirror of the 1959 Bel Air.

Pretty amazing how far we've come.

Great to live in these dice free times.

 

[eoMMan]

As should be the case.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I love that they have dice hanging from the mirror of the 1959 Bel Air.

Pretty amazing how far we've come.

Great to live in these dice free times.

Cars with dice hanging from their mirrors have killed more humans than cars without dice hanging from their mirror. That, my friend, is a FACT.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

That's not how I thought that would turn out.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Today's cars are safer? Get out.

 

[rockaction]

That's not how I thought that would turn out.

Kind of exactly how I'd thought it would turn out, bud. The crumple zones and impact engineering has nothing on nostalgia.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Today's cars are safer? Get out.

I don't think it was supposed to be a surprise. More of a comparison of how far we've come.

 

[jon_mx]

Today's cars are safer? Get out.

A lot safer even with the disadvantage of being lighter.

 

[The General]

Yeah, but who looked cooler getting in that wreck?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Yeah, but who looked cooler getting in that wreck?

The guy in the Malibu. The dude in the '59 probably slapped his wife around and used words like "jig" and "*****".

 

[NCCommish]

Really amazing the survivability of the passenger cabin in today's cars. Science does work after all.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Science does work after all.

Of course you mean except in the case of climate change or evolution.

 

[NCCommish]

Science does work after all.

Of course you mean except in the case of climate change or evolution.

Well duh

 

[Ketamine Dreams]

Amazing to see that old steering wheel coming up like a spear towards the neck of that dummy.

 

[NutterButter]

Amazing to see that old steering wheel coming up like a spear towards the neck of that dummy.

we should use death row inmates in those crash tests

 

[tri-man 47]

Amazing to see that old steering wheel coming up like a spear towards the neck of that dummy.

and the windshield go flying.

 

[MC Gas Money]

Results

2009=live

1959=FUBAR

 

[Mr. Retukes]

Marty: There he is, Doc! Let's land on him and cripple his car!

Doc: Marty -- he's in a '46 Ford, we're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tinfoil.

 

[cstu]

I love that they have dice hanging from the mirror of the 1959 Bel Air.

Pretty amazing how far we've come.

Yeah, I noticed that too. Hope the AM-radio was playing something by Buddy Holly or Elvis during the crash test too.

That'll be the day...

 

[Limp Ditka]

Yeah, but who looked cooler getting in that wreck?

The guy in the Malibu. The dude in the '59 probably slapped his wife around and used words like "jig" and "*****".

He was a real dummy

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Really amazing the survivability of the passenger cabin in today's cars. Science does work after all.

If someone had prayed for that '59 chevy it would have come out completely undamaged.

 

[Mario Kart]

Marty: There he is, Doc! Let's land on him and cripple his car!

Doc: Marty -- he's in a '46 Ford, we're in a DeLorean. He'd rip through us like we were tinfoil.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mjd2NTJU9g

 

[squidrope]

I believe that the data on the dummies showed that the 2009 driver escaped with a possible broken ankle. The 1959 driver died. (could be cause he was 50 years older)

 

[MC Gas Money]

Lol

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

That's not how I thought that would turn out.

Kind of exactly how I'd thought it would turn out, bud. The crumple zones and impact engineering has nothing on nostalgia.

I believe that the data on the dummies showed that the 2009 driver escaped with a possible broken ankle. The 1959 driver died. (could be cause he was 50 years older)

Right, that's what I was talking about. Watching the video it looked like the 59 crushed the newer car, but actually after looking at it after a bit it turns out the newer car was the "safer" one.