59 Bel Air vs 09 Malibu

[Al]

IIHS celebrates 50 years by crashing a classic with a modern car.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CU-k0XmLUk

They don't build them like they used to?

[Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay]

Holy Hell

[Prince Valiant]

In those days, it was not that uncommon occurrence during a collision like that to see the driver get speared by the steering column. Safety has come a LONG way even in just the last 25 years (heck, I'd argue that safety from the second 25 years has come further than safety from the first 25....)

[lilws6]

well the 5mph bumpers are only good up to 5mph Duh. Safety has come a long way. I was acually shocked to see how bad the bel air faired. You would think all that heavy steel would have crushed less easily. way to go safety!

[Car Guy]

While I do agree cars are now 10,000 times safer I'm thinking there's more than meets the eye with that test......

[Yeehaw]

made me sad to watch though that was a good lookin bel air!