Crash Test 59 Chevy vs New Malibu

[CC Rider]

I hate Surf Control at work!

[Dog427435]

[b]Yikes!

[markinnaples]

At least it's a 4 door....man, that got tore up, which surprised me a lot.

[jtower1969]

Wow...we've come a long way. I guess crumple zones are for real.

[Mr. Chevy]

I'm not buying any of it!! Looks like 100% staged to me. There is no way that a "Sherman Tank" like that 59 is going to crumble like that by being hit by that new Chevy.. I see lots of accidents in my job and this is just not going to happen!! Somebody "made up" this video....

Rich

[olredalert]

------I can see two sides to this wreck. 1st. How rusty and degraded was the frame and entire structure of the 59??? Then, on the other side of the coin, The 59 is an X-frame and I would think that the driver to driver hit would be the worst hit a 59 could take. Theres no outer perimeter to keep the Malibu out of the drivers compartment.......Bill S

[Kim_Howie]

Did you see the rust & dust flying from the 59. The whole thing was staged.

[njsteve]

[ QUOTE ]
I'm not buying any of it!! Looks like 100% staged to me. There is no way that a "Sherman Tank" like that 59 is going to crumble like that by being hit by that new Chevy.. I see lots of accidents in my job and this is just not going to happen!! Somebody "made up" this video....

Rich

[/ QUOTE ]

And by the way, the M4 Sherman tank wasn't such a great design for its day. It was known by those that crewed them, as "The Ronson" after the famous Ronson cigarette lighter who's advertising motto was "Lights the first time, every time." That was because the ammunition was stored in the hull section right up against the thin vertical slab-sided armor, right underneath the giant white star painted on the side of the hull, which made for a great aiming point. One hit and they blew up, killing the entire crew. Compare that to 50 years later, and the M1 Abrams which was designed for crew survivability with its extremely sloped active armor that deflects and destroys incoming rounds.

Fifty years of "crew survivability" design refinement makes a whole lot of difference in both tanks and cars.

-Cliff Calvin

[The Dude]

The 59 Impala was built with tank like materials, but not like a tank. Like I said before that front end is held on with maybe 10 bolts, thats the hood/core support/fenders. 10 bolts! Four for the bumper. You doubters think 14 bolts are going to stop that Malibu? That Malibu has welds for days on that front end, crumple zones, side impact bars in the doors, etc.