Crash Test 2000 - Discontinued Buick Le Sabre / Aurora IIHS

[Annihilator1111]

the 2000-2005 Buick LeSabre was assembled in

Lake Orion, Michigan, United States

Hamtramck, Michigan, United States

[BrunostNOR]

@Annihilator1111 care

[boostjunkie231]

This test, and the actual episode of dateline where they explain the results, is the reason I have a 2004 LeSabre. I've always had bigger cars or trucks. Its good to come on here and see how cars fair before you actually buy one. I have the side seat airbags in mine. Its a very well built car. I've even modified mine quite a bit with better suspension, and upgraded brakes. I plan on an L67 (supercharged) swap next year. And I hate seeing them ghetto'd out, too.

[metalomat087]

These are GREAT cars. I've owned one now for 6 yrs and put countless miles on it traveling state to state. It is unfortunate to see that people have to put 20-24" rims on them and speakers that shake bolt loose, it tends to give these cars the "ghetto cruiser" appeal. But hey, they are good at taking potholes and not spilling your homies 40oz. LOL

[FordV8Guy]

Looks bad. At least its only dope dealers in the hood who still have these.

[TheRotaryman]

@FordV8Guy im a white guy in nice suburbs, and i have a buick lesabre

[FordV8Guy]

@TheRotaryman Are you a kid? Is it your Dad's house? LOL!!! Otherwise, somebody's not keeking up with the Jones'!

[TheRotaryman]

@FordV8Guy haha good guess, i am 18. but its at my moms though

[whattheheck1000]

This car gets an A minus on safety in my opinion.

[Izoto593]

The lesabre is fucking fast or an automatic car. To all you lesabre haters drive one. At every single stop light I pull up to, when I take off I'm at least two car lengths ahead of someone before they really even get over the white lines. It's good car especially when you like to fuck with people on the road. Like others say, it's pretty deceiving. Grandma looks yes, but that V6 ain't losing anything power

[residentfan2]

Smash Lesabre Smash! I like seeing Lesabre being destroyed!

[residentfan2]

Lesabre. Being destroyed. Lesabre. Being crumpled. Lesabre. Being smashed.

Me like Lesabre being smashed.

Smash Lesabre Smash!

[gmman010983]

IF THE lesabre was the best selling big car y in the world did GM replace it with the lucerne??? i mean its nice but neaver really did it for me with its style and the cabin is quite boreing compared to the lesabre and park avenue.....just my thoughts...

[robf93]

They replaced it with the Lucerne because they felt the LeSabre appealed only to older customers, and they wanted to shift Buick to a more "youthful" image. According to Bob Lutz, the Lucerne was "on life support" - meaning it more or less failed to win over customers.

As a former LeSabre owner, that Nissan Altima-lookalike was unacceptable. I bought a Grand Marquis, never looked back. I miss my '93 LeSabre though, back when Buick built Buicks instead of this import ripoff rubbish.

[FordV8Guy]

@robf93 I had a 99 Grand Marquis, Now an 02 Crown Victoria, (about same car) They're awesome! Great cars.

[JoeyJr702]

@FordV8Guy I agree, owned the same cars. very reliable, tough cars, built to last that's for sure.

[iGaRaai90]

agreed I and it's stupid they named after a God damn milk brand haha

[lemonloverx7]

got a good for a rating, but it looks like if you when any faster the passenger compartment would cave in.

[hiho2121]

Grandma's brittle bones will break on impact :(

[rushrocks125678]

@hiho2121 very funny. my mother has an '03 and its really decieving. It has a 3.8 v6, and we were riding and smoked some riced out pontiac sunfire. and if you take the traction control off, it does pretty nice burnouts too

[robf93]

Ha, back when I had my '93 LeSabre I blew the doors off some hotshot in a Lexus trying to impress his girlfriend. I'll never forget the look on his face, it was priceless. That 3800 was a beast, 225 ft-lbs under the pedal in a car that's actually quite light for it's size made for a lot of fun. Granny car my ass.

[Izoto593]

@robf93

*high fives*

[cbburtraw]

why would this apply to the oldsmobile? I thought the Aurora was the only car to be built on the G-body chassis?

[jaffacake1578]

fords taurus held up better in this year! but this car is still pretty safe

[MilitantX23]

why are the tires different ?

[lucasfan18]

looks reasonably safe to me

[qernst8]

The front door area crushed quite a bit. I thought Buicks were supposed to be safe. I've seen tests of subcompact cars that didn't intrude that much into the passenger area. This is bordering on pathetic.

[zipzangzoop]

This car has a GOOD rating on it. A wall test simulates if you hit another car dead on that is the same size. The rating indicates a GOOD result. If you hit a subcompact the results would be different. In addition cars have crumple zones. This makes the car "break" in certain areas MORE than others in order to save the occupant. While this crash test visually looks horrible, the cars protection devices are working as they should. The volvos look the same after a test crash.

[randomrazr]

what woudl a crash be like onmy 1985-90 buick parkk avenue?

i understand its a "uni-body" what does that mea lol no frame or soehting?

[jgizzy]

unibody means that the body and the frame are one unit, not like older cars where the body was bolted onto a steel frame. Unibody, unit body, monocoque - same thing different names.

[randomrazr]

so theirs a frame that is "built in" into the body?

and is trhat betta?

[jgizzy]

Yes the body is the frame and the frame is the body. It is considered better because it reduces weight of the car while making the car even more structurally rigid and safer overall. Almost every single car in the world is made of a unibody design.

[palebeachbum]

Jeez, that's pretty bad for a 2005 car.

[driftnut56]

no it's not. that's really good.

[killercan10]

where is the aurora? i see a buick...

[fuzzzymaine2]

it was built off of the auroras chassis

[killercan10]

okay, but, the Aurora is a "different" car, therefore, I do only see a Buick. No Aurora.

[fuzzzymaine2]

but it is built off of the same platform,THEREFORE,its like crash testing two cars in one,most likely what you see here,you will see on the aurora

[killercan10]

Wrongo. You do know that GM does in-house crash tests correct?? Did you know that the Aurora destroyed their machine so they had to use an even more heavy duty wall to test it on? Exactly. And as much as the fact that the 2000-2005 ones shared a platform, the Buick was on a VARIATION of the Aurora cahssis, not the exact thing.

[killercan10]

I forgot to mention that they had to use a frame crusher to test the Aurora and it exceeded govt crash test stanards. So, in no way does the LeSabre test represent the Aurora. But I am sorta making a fool of myself because the 1995-1999 Aurora was the one that broke the machine.

[fuzzzymaine2]

exactly!

[Oh861]

looks like it going 25mph to 30mph

[Watcher3223]

A little comment for all.

Full-frontal tests from the NHTSA US NCAP aren't BS. These tests assess the functioning of the safety systems.

However, full-frontal tests aren't used to assess the structural stability. That's where the IIHS offset test comes in.

Not only must the safety systems function to protect the occupants, but the vehicle structure must be able to maintain the integrity of the survival space so those systems can work.

This is why you should consider data from BOTH sources!

[curancho]

at 40mph against a wall is very different than against a car ,test would've been different ,the car instead of wall absorbs more of the impact so the car gets less damage well that's what I think

[alexkvaskov]

An offset test is more demanding of a vehicle's structure. And 99% of real life accidents are offset ones, so that's why NHTSA tests are BS.

[Daemonwoman]

Really not all that bad for a twenty-two year old platform. The current H-Body Buicks do even better.

[mycarkeys]

that was a huge improvement (looks better after crash!)

[GMminivans9968]

If you think it looks better after the crash, you must see your eye doctor.

[alexkvaskov]

so, i must see my eye doctor?

[GMminivans9968]

mycarkeys must, lol.

[VinXLQ1]

I love my 89 t-type lesabre... but i wrecked it once, and I have to tell you... 20mph, missed the bumper, and peeled everything above the bumper back like 18 inches. That took over a grand to fix

[erikmcfarlane]

i love my buick lesabre! i havnt scene any 1999 models on vid yet tho. do u have any? its a 1999 buick lesabre limited edition

[lolinternets1]

ohh 2 star probably.

[573W1E6R1FF1N]

IIHS Dont use star ratings

They use

Poor - marginal - Acceptable - Good

[lolinternets1]

so it's probably between poor and marginal.

[GMminivans9968]

No, it's not.

[alexkvaskov]

it's "good"

[sadbutbenji]

good to die, that's 30 mph, I wonder what will happen at 70?

[alexkvaskov]

That's 40mph, and the driver would survive this kind of crash

[sadbutbenji]

true, my bad, that's 40mph, but still what this test are looking for is no deformation of the inhabitated part of the vehicle, and it failed miserabily.

that is a death trap.

[alexkvaskov]

It got the highest rating, doofus

You would survive

[sadbutbenji]

no it didn't, you have 30% chance of injuring yourself or dieing at 40 mph, imagine when dirving in the highway at twice that speed..

good luck with that

[alexkvaskov]

Look here, dumbass, it got the highest IIHS rating, for 2000 that was REALLY good and not all vehicles get that now. My point is, that at city speeds, in those conditions you would survive with no major injuries

[sadbutbenji]

as you can see it did't recieve the highest ratings.

in fact if you go on safecarguide dotcom mak/buick/idx.htm you will see that you are wrong and I am right.

[alexkvaskov]

Go to IIHS . org and look up the ratings. Only the head didn't get the highest rating. ur such a dumbass

[alexkvaskov]

Are you blind, retard?

iihs (DOT) org/ratings/rating (DOT) aspx?id=127

[sadbutbenji]

ok, two things you should consider before going on an spitting shit out of your holes:

-iihs eats cocks for breakfast, the only relayable crash tests are the ones from the U.S. ncap.

-yes I have to be both blind and retarded to fuck that ugly fat ass bitch that is you mother

[alexkvaskov]

You idiot, don't you relialize that all the accidents on the roads are offset ones, not retarded tests imitating the vehicle hitting a wall smack dab head on. Oh, yeah, retards like you have accidents like that.

[sadbutbenji]

this last comment of yours shows the full lenght of your ignorance, in the us ncap, every single crash test recreats an offset scenario, 4 crashes are simulated and also it is considered the size and weight of the car.

[alexkvaskov]

NHTSA tests are when a vehicle is smashed full on into a wall. How retarded are you? Now fuck off, I have better things to do than talk to you.

[sadbutbenji]

again you are pitifully wrong.

how shamefull.

this link shows every testing made by all official crash test compaies.

safe car guide (dot) com

and than

/ exp / usncap / idx dot htm

[GMminivans9968]

You lose, sadbutbenji. He is right. IIHS is right, too, because most crashes are offset.

[sadbutbenji]

have you not been reading? where did I say that crashes are not offset in real life? have you been smoking salvia divinorum? and what's up with the personal message where you call me an idiot?

what I have been stating is that us ncap are way more reliable because more test are done and all of them in offset fashion, and the criteria to achieve full score is way more strict.

what would you rather have: a car seriously tested or one tested the sloppy way?

[GMminivans9968]

IIHS tests offset, you understand that, right?

[sadbutbenji]

thx mate, i totally needed you to tell me that.

[GMminivans9968]

You're welcome. Thanks for the compliment.

[sadbutbenji]

no problem, whenever you feel down just come to me.

[GMminivans9968]

I'd not.

[sadbutbenji]

ok, it just seemed like u don't have many friends and I felt bad 4 u

[GMminivans9968]

I have about 7,458,698 more than you do, so no thanks, I'll skip.

[sadbutbenji]

that sound very un-realistic to be quite honest

[GMminivans9968]

I'd think it's realistic enough.

[sadbutbenji]

you would? but do you actually? or you just would?

[GMminivans9968]

I would what?

[sadbutbenji]

think?

[GMminivans9968]

I will mail you.

[kamaster1011]

@573W1E6R1FF1N lol why do they have 1 star 2 star 3 star 4 star and 5 star....but they can rate the other way? i dont get it..

[BrunostNOR]

@kamaster1011 I think you mean EuroNcap... they use stars

[kamaster1011]

@BrunostNOR ohhhh.......lol ok thanks lol