Here’s a crash test video of a 2001 Ford F-150:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB0araA0T_k
By your standards, that vehicle should be pretty safe in a crash, but it’s actually a death trap.
Because of this, Ford redesigned the F-150 to modern standards, and they are now much, much better.
Oh, and the “tiny death box” that I drive is only a couple of hundred pounds lighter than the ‘59 Chevy that folded up like an aluminum beer can.
I go by facts, not mythology.
This one’s painful to watch for several reasons, not the least of which is a nice looking ‘59 Chevy Bel Aire being demolished. It does demonstrate, however, the advances in vehicle crashworthiness from then until now. It’s crashed into a 2009 Chevy Malibu, which fares well by comparison.