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Title: IIHS Celebrates 50 years by destroying a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air
Post by: Chris on September 16, 2009, 12:17:58 PM

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In celebration of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's 50th anniversary, a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air was crashed into a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu.

According to safety engineers at the scene, the driver of the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu would likely have suffered slight knee injury.  The driver of the 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air would have died instantly.

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Savages. :(

Title: Re: IIHS Celebrates 50 years by destroying a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air
Post by: RightCoast on September 16, 2009, 07:40:06 PM

Holy crap.

Title: Re: IIHS Celebrates 50 years by destroying a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air
Post by: rich_t on September 16, 2009, 08:56:07 PM

It should be a crime to intentionally destroy a classic like that.

Title: Re: IIHS Celebrates 50 years by destroying a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air
Post by: Chris on September 17, 2009, 05:51:13 AM

Here is the car that was destroyed... I'm not a huge fan of 50's Chevrolets, but that's a damn shame.

(http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff68/kayaktn/1959belair1-1.jpg)
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/ask-the-best-and-brightest-is-this-the-bel-air-the-iihs-destroyed/

According to this article, (http://www.examiner.com/x-10974-Kansas-City-Automotive-Examiner~y2009m9d11-1959-Chevrolet-Bel-Air-vs-2009-Chevy-Malibu--IIHS-crash-test-as-seen-on-ABCs-Good-Morning-America) there is less than a 200-lb. weight difference between the two.