Only the fuzzy dice survived: 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air massacred by 2009 Chevrolet Malibu in head-on carnage
http://content.usatoday.com/communit.../09/68499283/1

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xwYBBpHg1I

This really shows how far car safety has come
Gotta love the fuzzy dice, although its a shame to see a Bel Air in such good condition get demolished.

 

I was gonna saw... WTF with the BEL AIR? I'd easily traded them straight up for a 2000 Cavalier... I am sure the crash safety of the malibu is lightyears ahead of that too...


FWIW, another selling point on my car. I've never been in a serious wreck figure I am do for one sometime, and my G6 has a pretty good crash safety record

 

Most people around here would say that real men don't need all this new fangled safety crap......

 

"They just dont make'em like the used to"! - Thank God ;P

 

Wow, the guy in the Malibu would have broken their left foot while the guy in the Bel Air would have been killed.

Most would rather save a 1/10th off their quarter mile.

 

Amazing.

I thought modern cars were actually more prone to crumple. Obviously not, if that article is fact.

 

That's such a huge difference. Dang.

 

Under that shiny paint, I wonder what the '59's condition was. Anyone notice all that rust dust flying off the frame on impact?

 

That's a valid point.

 

Yep, the 59 frame rails were probably 90% rust, judging from the fountain of brown-orange crap pouring out the opposite side on impact.

Don't trust every bit of propaganda you see.

 

Waste of a 59 Bel Air.

 

Someone made the point in the comments that it looks like the Bel Air has no engine. Looking at it a few more times I would have to agree.

 

I want my tenth of a second back, please.

 

Why would the Institute for Highway Safety make a bogus video?

 

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Everyone's looking for a conspiracy.