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DeLorean DMC-12 Crash Test Videos

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  • #2
    Abelloid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,495 ✭✭✭Abelloid


    Did they do a test at 88 MPH?


  • #3
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    JustinOval wrote: »
    Did they do a test at 88 MPH?
    :D:D:D
    It just drives back into the past where there were only fields.....:P


  • #4
    Max_Damage
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,461 ✭✭✭Max_Damage


    JustinOval wrote: »
    Did they do a test at 88 MPH?

    I think disintegration will be the only result!


  • #5
    mustang68
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,119 ✭✭✭mustang68


    The DeLorean has particularly good crumple zones, its an extremely safe car to drive as there was no engine in the front in a head on collision you won't find a n engine coming in though the firewall.


  • #6
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,564 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    mustang68 wrote: »
    its an extremely safe car to drive as there was no engine in the front in a head on collision you won't find a n engine coming in though the firewall.
    You definitely won't get a set of golf clubs coming at you, either!


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  • #7
    alias no.9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,378 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    Handy the way the doors popped open on impact so people aren't trapped in the wreckage;)


  • #8
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    ALthough its not a video here are some pics of what happens when a Renault 4 meets a Mercedes W116 S Class :eek:
    R4contraMB350SE.jpg
    R4contraMB350SE_2.jpg
    R4contraMB350SE-imagensinteriores.jpg


  • #9
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    it doesnt look like they were going that fast either,or the R4 would be mashed!!!


  • #10
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    To be fair to the Delorean, 40mph into a solid barrier would test any car. AFAIK, all tests these days use deformable barriers (although they do use offset).


  • #11
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,183 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    The DMC-12 was seen as a 'safety car' of its time, too!


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