1959 Bel Air vs. 2009 Malibu - Autoline Daily 229

Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of both Nissan and Renault, says EVs will only be viable as long as oil is over $70 a barrel. GMs high-level executives and members of the board can now fly business class anytime they travel. What happens when a 2009 Malibu smashes into a 1959 Chevy Bel Air? All that and more, plus John answers viewer questions in the You Said It! segment.

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[logik316]

@TheHeavynecker1

It's a Mercedes-Benz.

Enough said ;-)

[TheHeavynecker1]

@logik316 I have a 1961 Mercedes for all uses, travels, car rides, work, ect, and Mercedes mechanics said me I can feel safe because "modern" safety coachwork was invented by Mercedes en 1951... and very included since 1959 in all models. Some body believe more advances in steel have been made since 2000 than in the 100 years before. Experience of coachworkers and veteran mechanics say more advances on planned car obsolence have been made since 2000 than in the 100 years before, only for money.

[logik316]

@myphonyaccount

You're an ass.

How many people do you actually know of who drive around in 1950's cars because they think they're safer? Anybody I ever met who has such a car is a collector who values it for artistic or nostalgic reasons, and might drive it only once or twice a year to a local car show.

[Supergungun]

OMG Chevy getting 1,000,000 sales? It's never done that! Those idiots...

[DamnStraightM35A2]

people dies in new car

[myphonyaccount]

Glad they destroyed the 59 Bel Air. Too many idiots think smaller, newer cars are not as safe as yesterday's cars. Now they are proven wrong.

[mchlfgn17]

Damn people used to die in these cars.

[myphonyaccount]

The rust came from cosmetic panels at 0:20 and the A pillar gave way first. Besides, it's an X frame chassis which was notoriously unsafe. That's why it collapsed. The rust was only superficial. Poor design is the cause.

[andersport]

Agree. Check out the Signal 30 videos on You Tube fom 1959 and it will support what you've said. I thought the Heavy Chevy (1959) who crush the not-so-Heavy Chevy (Malibu). Iwas surprised. So if Julia Roberts (Malibu) and Eva Marie-Saint (Bel-Air) in an intersection, Juilia would walk away.

[myphonyaccount]

Go analyze all the road death statistics and photos from 50s car wrecks. These cars did fall apart like this in crashes, new or old. People died in these things not just because of lack of airbags, but because the body structures weren't designed well. On youtube search for Warm Leatherette and click the last one. It's got lots of gory, real 1950s accident scenes recorded live. You'll see how the cars were torn apart. Today's death rates are way down because of IIHS tests like this.