Scariest crash test ever
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Yep. They scraped him out of the glovebox.
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Not a Chinese truck, but an old VW transporter. From what I understand that is not a crash test of the old VW transport that had been used for 20 years in the German department of transportation, but a test of the newly installed crash testing facilities. Notice the lack of any dummies or markings on the truck. They crashed it going just north of 60mph(100kph) with 2,200lbs(1000kg) loaded in the back into a concrete barrier to show how well the catapult and wall worked.
Dang.
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The reason why Chinese cars will never and should never be sold in the American market.
Probably coated in lead too.
Probably coated in lead too.
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Seems a lot of the newer Econo-boxes are built a hell of a lot better then in years past.
They have gotten better at using those crumple zones and such.
Cars in the last 3-4 years especially have all gotten better in crash test ratings.
That is one of my requirements anymore is how well a vehicle handles a wreck.
They have gotten better at using those crumple zones and such.
Cars in the last 3-4 years especially have all gotten better in crash test ratings.
That is one of my requirements anymore is how well a vehicle handles a wreck.
Yeah, reminds me of when Dateline did a special on offset-frontal crash tests. They had a Cadillac STS. Like a 96' or 97'. It did HORRIBLE in the crash test. The entire passenger cabin was compromised. Then they showed the redesigned (at the time) STS. Was like a 99' I think. It did awesome in the crash test. from windshield back, it looked like the car was not even in a wreck. They way they did that particular piece, they did the 96' STS episode a few years earlier.
I guess GM didn't like the negative light, as they said that GM specifically asked IIHS/Dateline to test the redesigned STS, which is why they did another episode on IIHS crash testing.
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It's not a Chinese truck, people.
vsd had it right.
And let's not forget that the T3 VW Transporter began development in 1973, and was nothing more than an update of a 1948 design, which itself a development of the Beetle, which first saw light in, oh, about 1932.
1948 safety standards weren't exactly what we're used to today! You might as well have shown a crash test of a Morris Minor...
vsd had it right.
And let's not forget that the T3 VW Transporter began development in 1973, and was nothing more than an update of a 1948 design, which itself a development of the Beetle, which first saw light in, oh, about 1932.
1948 safety standards weren't exactly what we're used to today! You might as well have shown a crash test of a Morris Minor...
The T3 was actually rather safe for what it was. Here's an old comparo:
http://www.t3-infos.de/images/Crashtest_T3.pdf
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Hehe...That is how you make a long wheelbase Astro into a short wheelbase Astro.
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Well this IS a Volkswagen not a Chinese car.
Apparently it was a German Highway Department car used for salt and such, and was terribly rusty, and they had just made a new crashtest rig, so they decided to give the truck a good "send off" and sent the speed to like 100 km/h
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