Chevy Impala (2006) side crash test

[jaffacake1578]

i just cant understand why you would want one, it's bad in every way.

[Aelleor]

But if you get in a bad crash in a Volvo, your friends might find out...

I'd rather be caught dead in a Chevy

[JDankens]

Uh, ANY car that gets in a solid collision at over 30mph is going to have totaled car. Once the frame's bent the car is fucked.

[mordici123]

not really. i have an impala and i had a bent frame from a frontal collision... car looks brand new now.. it really isnt bout the frame of a vehical being bent because there are tools/ machines that you can use to straighten out a frame

[ChevRcr454]

IISH or whatever rates the impala as one of the top preformers in it's class. so the roof bends a bit atleast the B piller isn't snapping in 2.

[styleguru2010]

i got hit from the side in mine and the man was going about 30-40 and it totaled my car.

[japnikki]

Ouch! bad test rating...Accord and Camry still out does the Impala.

[shizzTITSHIT123]

then again if the door doesnt absorb the impact and stays rigid you have to...which is not a good thing lol

[ThunderAppeal]

This just proves that all new passenger cars are garbage. No manufacturer can engineer enough strength into those side pillars and make it as safe as a wider bodied older car. Like say a 1992-1996 Chevy Caprice.

[dreamlinerguy]

duudee ur like so right man!! i mean i have a 95 caprice, and its been hit in the back 2 times, once it was a civic which was completely totaled and we got like a little scratch, and the second was a 02 nissan frontier pickup, the front was bent up and was almost totaled and we just got a scratched bumper lol.

[prestb]

@dreamlinerguy That's exactly what happened to our 06' Impala SS. A Mazda came and rammed in back of it....his front bumper was literally bent forward and screwed up bad, while our back bumper....well it just bent out near the top of the bumper, and not even a scratch. But it was more damage than we thought near the inside I guess be hind the bumper so we had to rent a car a little longer than what we though. XD

[chevy2007ss]

baaaaaaaaaaaaaaad car , i dont think that we have a strong car after caprice & impala1996

[erik1980]

Yes but the Chevy applied less G-forces to the dummy than did the Hyundai. Crumpling is a good thing. Volvo proved that years ago.

[JDankens]

really, volvo crashes are models for the industry.

[alexkvaskov]

For a side impact, it did rather well.

[campaug]

tell you what, id rather get in a wreck with an impala than a hyundai. id rather have the car ABSORB the impact than ME absorbing it.

[Ryantravisaol]

Too much roof flex in the impala, and did this model have side impact airbags? if not driver had many issues and would not just "walk away". Hyundai sonota crash test, go watch. Very good car. You cant judge a car anymore based on where its from or its past history, you have to judge it as what it is today. Like what GM and Hyundai are proving to us.

[TornadoWarrior1]

the hummer h2 only got a scratch!

[juanpablofx]

Now you're comparing sedans with SUVs

[choidj]

HA! The hyundai Only got a dent!!!

[choidj]

This car is crappy, the hyundai only got a dent but this got a while buch of bends!!!

[chevyimpala7]

hey guess what u said that already.

[choidj]

I also added the car was crappy. It is called EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATORS!!!

[Sephirius]

Yeah, I'm sure you'll think the car is crappy when instead of the bodywork absorbing the impact, you will.