2009 Chevy Malibu vs. a 1956 Chevy Bel Air crash test

dogfriend · 09-18-2009, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by patsparks

I think you would, unless you buried the person still in the car.

I think you could just pull the door off its hinges, therefore no need to cut it off. You might have to dismantle the interior though to get all the extra (human) body parts.

Rybold · 11-02-2009, 03:11 AM

Wow! This is incredible.

2009 Chevy vs. 1959 Chevy: Which is more crash-worthy? - Auto Motion : The Orange County Register

hyo silver · 11-02-2009, 09:11 PM

Did you read the part in that article about how the Malibu did a good job at "keeping the occupant compartment in tact"? (italics mine)

Depends on the occupants, I'd say.

fuzzy1 · 11-02-2009, 09:51 PM

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Sadly, according to the other thread here, you'll have to take your Malibu with just ICE propulsion ... as GM pulled production of the hybrid version.

I had understood that they stopped hybrid production because they had enough unsold inventory to carry them through much of the next model year. So you should still be able to get a brand new Malibu Hybrid. Maybe even with a very steep discount, especially if you do the scrubbing to get all the grime, tree sap, and bird dropping off one of these lot queens.

F8L · 11-02-2009, 10:06 PM

God that was straight ugly.

**Tideland Prius** · 11-02-2009, 10:19 PM

<shudder>. Thank goodness for modern crash structures.

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11-02-2009, 09:11 PM	#13
hyo silver awaaay Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 10,724 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: Base Thanks: 47 Thanked 152 Times in 107 Posts Friends: 63	Did you read the part in that article about how the Malibu did a good job at "keeping the occupant compartment in tact"? (italics mine) Depends on the occupants, I'd say.