1959 impala vs 2009 impala crash test video

[Egon]

The 1960-1963 Imperial Crowns were the last Exner-styled Imperials. All shared a new 1960 bodyshell and retained separate frames, even though other Chrysler products switched to "Unibody" construction after '59.

Maybe this had something to do with it.

 

[Renze]

I was gonna post a similar response
I don't know exacly why imerials are so indestructable, but around here they are either outlawed in the local demo derbys or people won't run against them!

Here in Holland, Volvo 240 and 740 series are the most notorious derby cars... Once i saw someone with a boot poured 1/4 full of concrete, for extra hitting power

 

[Wayne County Hose]

I did view at 1:38 and can plainly see the 09's centerline at the edge of the 59's fender while the 59's centerline is a good 6" away from the 09's fender. I have worked on both cars and I know where the frame rails are. Crashing these 2 cars is like comparing apples to oranges. The argument that this is the way most crashes occur and not head on doesn't hold water anyway. Picture 2 cars going at each other head on, now your driver flinch or whatever you want to call it, they don't hit as in this video. They will be going at each other a little more sideways, not straight on. Driver flinch would make the car start into a sideways skid. If they wanted to make it realistic, they should have also applied the brakes on both cars. Maybe it's not a conspiracy, maybe, but if it's not, it's as close to a real world crash test as flatulence is to an atomic fallout test.

 

[MossRoad]

A 1959 car is a piece of unsafe junk compared to a 2009 car. Period. You are not going to convince anyone otherwise.

 

[Egon]

Isn't the whole idea to increase the negative acceleration of the vehicle and decrease the negative acceleration of the occupant?

Or is it vice versa??

 

[MossRoad]

Its kind of tricky. You don't want the passenger compartment to be compromised, yet you don't want to drop an egg in a solid box. So, yeah, you want the car to slow quickly but not so quickly that is scrambles the drivers eggs!

 

[Ryan03]

So, yeah, you want the car to slow quickly but not so quickly that is scrambles the drivers eggs!

I like my eggs over easy, but that would be a different crash test.

 

[Ron D.]

I'd rather drive my 55 anyday than an 09, regardless of safety. Cruising in style is crusing in a classic.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

A 1959 car is a piece of unsafe junk compared to a 2009 car. Period. You are not going to convince anyone otherwise.

Never said that the '59 was a safer car. Just pointing out that it's not a realistic test and it's my belief that it was skewed to favor the '09.

 

[MossRoad]

Never said that the '59 was a safer car. Just pointing out that it's not a realistic test and it's my belief that it was skewed to favor the '09.

So you think they sat down and conspired to make a phoney test to favor the '09?