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See Your Car in a Crash and then again in Slow Motion - Over 150 Models

consumerreports.org — Ever wanted to see what your car would look like if a dummy drove it into a wall? Admit it, you think about it when you get a lousy trade-in price. Thankfully, there's the Consumer Reports Crash Test videos, where you can see how your car will hold up against things like short concrete walls and other typical objects found along a highway.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jun 11, 2007

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  • ChromaVita, on 10/11/2007, -4/+494My car is too old to be on that list...

    ...That mean's it's safe right?
  • ivanisavich, on 10/22/2007, -9/+282I am sorry. But this website will not be satisfactory until they have an Oscar-Meyer-Weinermobile crash.
  • dgcrazykid, on 10/11/2007, -9/+164*starts to look for a new car....*
  • noogiewoo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+88http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4291830697517725289

    This is perhaps one of the most shocking crash tests I've seen. It's a chinese knock-off of some 4x4.

    Look how the entire dashboard and steering wheel flys towards the drivers face.
  • Hooloovoo, on 10/11/2007, -4/+86Well, it turns out my head will be putting dents in my door, excellent!
  • amg503, on 10/11/2007, -4/+80Hey, my Ford Pinto isn't listed on there...

    ...maybe there was nothing left?
  • hotsake, on 10/11/2007, -1/+65More like VW Bus, WTF

    http://www.youtube.com/?v=TPpU5azjCB8
  • kjk437, on 10/11/2007, -4/+62Yep, there's a few of us too. 35 MPG boxes with legroom for my 6' 4" 315 fatass in the back seat are great...

    Well, as long as I don't get hit in the side... Then I'm *****...
  • gordonp, on 10/11/2007, -6/+61@kjk437

    You drive from the backseat?
  • kavery, on 10/11/2007, -0/+53Rather than tell me how my Mercedes did, Jeff Bartlett popped up and called me a "materialistic, self-centered prick". Anybody else get that?
  • joeconway, on 10/11/2007, -17/+64...you drive that thing?
  • HHP2K, on 10/11/2007, -1/+47@aussiebuddha (#7122812)
    remember that that's only at 40 mph..
  • meatmcguffin, on 10/11/2007, -3/+46It's like a reading at a hippie poetry bash
  • Wisgary, on 10/11/2007, -0/+43http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RszRFAbfF04

    Holy sweet crap of the gods
  • osbjmg, on 10/11/2007, -11/+51Pretty nice car (for a girl) ;)
  • lmushl, on 10/11/2007, -4/+41...welcome to the internet? Is this your first non-blog?
  • ricksite, on 10/11/2007, -2/+39Being that a test dummy is a "tool", I am surprised to not see one in a Camero.
  • Nougat, on 10/11/2007, -1/+38@amg503 (#7122469)

    Backstory about why Pintos would explode in a rear impact, and what Ford did to remediate it:

    When struck hard enough from the rear, the gas tank would be driven into the rear differential. The diff would crack the gas tank open, there would likely be a spark as this happened, and boom.

    Ford's fix was to take two pieces of thick plastic, about a foot square, and zip tie them to the differential. This way, the risk of spark would be reduced, and no explosion.
  • bunnybash, on 10/11/2007, -3/+393 Years ago i organised a party for high schoolers out here, anyways we had 800 high schoolers show up, one of the fun things to do was to take your choice of about 5 different sledge hammers to a 1977 Volvo 240 GL... after 4 hours of constant pounding and then another 1 hour from a rugby team pounding it, we even had 400kg (800 pounds) hanging from open doors, trying to rip them off... anyways long story short we drove the Volvo away from there, the only reason that it wasnt road worthy was the fact that we had removed all the glass/mirrors for safetys sake.

    Anyways I own a Volvo that i hit a kangaroo in (which usually totals a car) i killed the roo, and the only damage to my car was the license plate cover was cracked. It was truly truly shocking that i hit a 6 foot roo and didnt do any damage to my car whatsoever!! Old school Volvo's for life!
  • Davekcon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+34"I own a Volvo that i hit a kangaroo in"

    dug up
  • SteveA, on 10/11/2007, -1/+31I can't wait to drive my car today, it achieved the ranking of poor
  • kjk437, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27@hotsake

    WTF indeed. Holy mother of god.
  • phantom_mullet, on 10/11/2007, -10/+35@surrealdream

    You know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France? A Royale with Cheese. Do you know why they call it a Royale with Cheese?
  • SamKellett, on 10/11/2007, -6/+29Crash dummy: best job ever.
  • lovecups, on 10/11/2007, -1/+23This is really informative....I now know that my car is a giant death trap...actually...no I think that maybe ignorance was bliss on this one. Now I'm afraid to drive.
  • ShooterMcGavin, on 10/11/2007, -2/+24Check out the Mazda 3... I think that dummy was smoking a cigarette during the crash...
  • lmushl, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23Watch out for the Cooper's Flying Gas Cap of Inertia-Induced Doom
  • Yamoth, on 10/11/2007, -5/+26I rather not get hit at all...
  • inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+23Have you ever seen the results for pre-2004 F150s?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfQuNsgT46s

    Now, compare that to the newer models:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LkAzt_0qIg
  • Tippis, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21...of course. The impact energy is wasted on turning the *car* into junk, rather than the driver's neck.
  • Teaboy, on 10/11/2007, -6/+26I thought American cars could only go in a straight line?
  • osbjmg, on 10/11/2007, -1/+21Blue Nissan Versa? Hiro?
  • ours, on 10/11/2007, -2/+21This guy is right, most cars have the dummy hitting the back of his head against the door frame! Yikes!
    Go for the BMW with side-airbags.
    Anyways, still happy taking the train to work.
  • GawtMilk, on 10/11/2007, -2/+20Dude, to be honest I think if you get hit from any angle you'll get completely ***** over.
  • asauterChicago, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17^^^ With those models they found during a frontal impact, that the force of it will completely shave off your mullet. Way to graphic to display on CR.
  • kjk437, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16@dhvyse

    I have no problem with people calling it ugly, because once they sit in it and stretch out, they don't care.

    Guess it would be a bad idea to play "OH ***** WE'RE GOING TO CRASH" jokes on passed out passengers once they see this report, though...
  • kjk437, on 10/11/2007, -4/+19@coasters2k

    Ah, yes, 12 MPG vs. 35... 12 vs 35... Hmmm... Let me ponder that for a second and picture who the bigger loser would be if I were using an SUV to drive 5 miles to school every day...

    @Al3x

    Relevance?

    Male.
  • TheOneWhoIsMany, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17No Peugeots...
  • sishgupta, on 10/11/2007, -5/+19@surreal

    According to wikipedia the "Ford Contour" is the US equivalent of the Ford Mondeo.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mondeo
  • lukehh, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15Yikes. check out the chevy cavalier; they don't even bother with a side impact
  • frozenwookie, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12wow, im gonna be in pain if i get hit on the side
  • retral, on 10/11/2007, -2/+13Aww, no hummer test.
  • dhVyse, on 10/11/2007, -4/+15I'll admit that it is a good car for cheap now that i've been driving around in my friends, but sweet looking? THE THING IS FUGLY!
  • Makubex, on 10/11/2007, -3/+132006 Civic, fully loaded with anti-grav side mirrors. (Watch the video.)
  • DerekMurray, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11http://www.euroncap.com/carsearch.aspx

    all the european ones, for the people that dont live in the USA.
  • HHP2K, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Jesus, the Crown Vics are horrible with side impact. Not good for cops.

    And Jeff Barlow needs to go shoot himself. :)
  • Davekcon, on 10/11/2007, -0/+8the pinto was originally designed with dual front airbags and an internal fuel bladder. Unfortunately these two items were cut from the final design to save money.
  • ThrobbingBrain, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9No need to be confused. The Alero and Grand Am are the same car with (slighty) different body styles and interiors.
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