Holden Commodore versus Concrete Wall

Here's a fairly graphic looking 'crash test' of a 1978-79 model Holden Commodore conducted in 1992. It looks pretty ugly but it's also not a traditional crash test.

According to the wonders of the internet and the Google machince, this test was conducted to test the limits of a new crash test facility, rather than the car itself. The car was loaded with around 400kg of extra ballast (sand) in the footwells and was travelling at around 100km/h when it hit the concrete wall. Not sure that many, or any, cars could stand up to that sort of punishment, even today. That said though, I wouldn't like to be behind the wheel in this example.

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