Anyone who believes the old cars were safer or more survivable in a hard crash has either been living in a cave, or is just stuck in the 60's so bad they couldn't see the truth if it ran 'em over @ 70MPH. New cars have those crush zones, air bags, soft dashboards, colapsable steering columns, improved seats, seatbelts, and even more shatter resistant glass to account for the difference.
I liked the old cars too. I don't care much for the styling or the cost of newer cars, but they are FAR safer in a hard wreck. In just about all cases, old or new, the car isn't drivable (or even repairable) after that sort of hit, but the driver has a MUCH improved chance of walking away.
NO, you won't find a brand new '59 anything to use in the test, so they had no alternative but to use a 50 year old car. Had they had access to a new '59 Chevy, the results wouldn't have varied much, if at all. Any opinions to the contrary are NOT based on reality, just on nostalgia. And nostalgia doesn't keep you alive in a violent car crash.
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Today's Featured Article - The Niagra View Mobile - Powered by a 1959 Ford Tractor - by Mark Massey. In 1959 the Niagara Frontier Transit Inc. of Buffalo, New York designed and built six Viewmobiles for the Niagara Frontier Sightseeing Inc. for use as a sightseeing ride at the Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Falls, New York, powered by a 1959 Ford 611 Tractor.
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