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A Short Series of Interesting Car Crashes We Didn't Expect to See on a Friday #1: 2009 Chevy Malibu versus 1959 Chevy Bel Air.
Allow us to explain. To celebrate its 50th birthday, the American Insurance Institute for Highway Safety decided to stage the crash to show how far car safety has come since the Fifties. How thoughtful. 'Happy Birthday! Have a car crash!'
Most people would simply have bought a cake.
Still, the results are quite literally smashing. You'd think a lump of old Yanky iron would stand up well against a hunk of 21st Century plastic and poncy aluminium. But then you'd be wrong...
Malibu slammer
Car safety group turns 50, celebrates by crashing new Chevy into 1959 Bel Air
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3.0csi commented on this article
at 01:44 pm on 18 September 2009
Fantastic film! Hopefully shows all the old fogeys who say "they don't make them like they used to" that it's good they don't! It's like Fifth Gear's (yes I know it's not as good as TG) Volvo 940 versus Renault Modus crash test a while back. The same result- modern engineering beats old school brute strength anytime!
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Tpott commented on this article
at 02:32 pm on 18 September 2009
Why would you crash a Chevy Bel Air, just a complete and utter waste, why not smash an Austin Allegro or Dolomite Sprint?
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Tpott commented on this article
at 02:34 pm on 18 September 2009
And another thing, why are the names of the cars written on the side of them, i thought it would be fairly self explanatory which was the 2009 car and which was the 1959 car. Are Americans that stupid?
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Afaque commented on this article
at 02:58 pm on 18 September 2009
@Tpott, maybe they are!!! TBH though I didn't exactly know which models the cars were either if it wasn't written on the side of them...
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Ferko commented on this article
at 03:05 pm on 18 September 2009
Jeremy with Renault Espace and train was more fun
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