1959 Chevrolet Bel Air Vs. 2009 Chevrolet Malibu (50 Years of Auto Safety)

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[El Sordo]

I like how they labeled the cars.

Just so we don’t get them mixed up.

[Vaquero]

I’ll take the ‘59 Bel Air...anyday. Its a crime to destroy a classic to let Government Motors prove their stupid little point.

I’ll let the sissy sisters worry about crumple zones, air bags, and the like.

[screaminsunshine]

Wonder how that Malibu will be doing in 2069?

[mkjessup]

I think they should have asked the Dear Comrade to drive the ‘59 Bel Air.

[Daffynition]

I was thinking the same thing. Doubt if you’ll be seeing any at Barret Jackson.

[Mr. Mojo]

Yep. 50 (or maybe even 30) years from now there won’t be even one ‘09 Malibu in existence. But mid-late ‘50s Bel Airs will live forever.

[Bryanw92]

I wonder if the driver of the ‘59 would have just avoided the wreck because he did not have a Nav system, satellite radio, cell phone, Blackberry, or a handful of fries to distract him while driving.

Also, back when people thought a car crash would KILL them, they tried much harder to avoid them. Now, they just figure they can walk away and sue for soft tissue injuries later.

[the anti-liberal]

In a contest between the Bel Air and a Smart Car(t), which would prevail?

Remember, just recently someone died in a simple 35mph roll-over in a Ford Focus.

[frithguild]

Bel Aire driver fared far worse than the Malibu

[Reaganez]

I will take the 09 Malibu any day.

I will let nostalgic retards drive the death trap from the 50’s.

Rebuild tranny every 30k miles. Rebuild engine every 60k miles.

Planned obsolescence. No thanks.

[Publius Valerius]

Also, back when people thought a car crash would KILL them, they tried much harder to avoid them. Now, they just figure they can walk away and sue for soft tissue injuries later.

That's true. Sometimes, I don't even drive on the right hand side of the road. What's the point?

[Responsibility2nd]

 

 

My brother had a 59 Bel Air. Two tone green and white. Those fins! Oh, what a car!

 

(memories....) 

 

[Just another Joe]

What a terrible way for that Bel Air to die.

They could have given it to me and I would have given it a humane feath by mileage.

On another note, the only reason the guy in the Malibu would have survived is due to the air bag.
So in 50 years, they invented an air bag.

Hoorayyy </sarc>

[La Lydia]

Snort!

[taildragger]

Precursor for the new Apparatchiks confiscating these clunkers without safety and emissions devices not to mention the evil Capital Gains many restorers have enjoyed by not declaring the real worth of these cars

We must redistrinbute the wealth !

Sarc off....

[Fresh Wind]

It’s far more likely that the driver of the 2009 would have been able to avoid the crash because of the newer car’s far superior handling and brakes.

[Sudetenland]

Yeah but it doesn't say anything about being cool!

It's better be cool and dead than alive and uncool. :)

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

My brother had a 59 Bel Air. Two tone green and white. Those fins! Oh, what a car!

Did it have a 409?

[lack-of-trust]

Did the ‘59 have seatbelts? (57 didn’t)