Classic car show - gone wrong.

Tazio

This would have to be an enthusiasts worst nightmare:

** WARNING disturbing images **


What is interesting is the crash performance differential between modern and classic cars.

Alanstrainor

ARGINITE

Looks like it will buff out.

EPM

Contrary to rumours that wasn't Padraig Mor at a boards meet.

delly

Wow, 'tis like a can opener and I presume it was a relatively low speed. I would hate to see the result of a motorway RTA involving a car of a similar era.

kiddums

Thats unsettling.:(:(
The phrase tin opener came to mind when I saw the pontiac after the lexus was moved.

I'm gona guess that the pontiac, at least, is a gonner?:(

Mr Benevolent

delly wrote: »

Wow, 'tis like a can opener and I presume it was a relatively low speed. I would hate to see the result of a motorway RTA involving a car of a similar era.

50's car manufacturers never considered quite a lot of factors. You'd swear they thought their cars would never crash. Nowadays evn a 2000 Fiesta would plough straight through a car like that. The lack of damage on the GS300 (?) is amazing. What a tribute to NCAP/IIHS.

BrianD3

What is interesting is the crash performance differential between modern and classic cars.

It is interesting but not all old cars would fare that badly. In a side impact like this, a heavy car with a long wheelbase can be more vulnerable to intrusion than a lighter, smaller car. In this case not only is the Pontiac long and heavy but its movement is further restricted by the car next to it. And it lacks a full B pillar and seems relatively low slung. IMO these are all factors that contributed to the dramatic intrusion into the Pontiac by the Lexus which itself only sustained cosmetic damage

Big Nasty

:(:(

phill106

Ouch, thats nasty!


Still, couldn't have been too bad, the airbags didn't go off in the pontiac...





/gets coat

Still though, surely the Pontiac was shunted sideways by at least two feet though, so it was still a fairly appreciable slap, it's weird how the airbags in the Lexus didn't go off really.

phill106

Found some more info about it, here. There is also a few more pics there. Woman sitting in drivers seat here Wonder was she the driver.


NIGHTMARE PHOTOS: LADY CRASHES LEXUS INTO CAR SHOW - WRECKS SHOW CARS
BY BRIAN LOHNES POSTED 06/26/11

Our pal Berserko Bob sent us an e-mail laden with a collection of horrifying photos from a California car show/cruise night gone very wrong. When the first one we saw was a late model Lexus virtually inside a Pontiac LeMans we knew we were in for it.

We don't know who, we don't know how, we do know when (the recently passed Wednesday) and where (California). We sure as hell don't know why.

The photos below tell the sad tale of two cars that were simply minding their own business, enjoying a beautiful California day, when all hell broke loose. From what we have read, no one was hurt, and in the pile of photos we got from Bob, there were shots of the woman driving the Lexus. We ommitted them from the blog item here because we thought they were unnecessary. The real story here are the two mangled cars and the Lexus which had an air bag that did not deploy, even after caving in the side of a Pontiac.

Padraig Mor

EPM wrote: »

Contrary to rumours that wasn't Padraig Mor at a boards meet.

Knew I shouldn't have left the wife drive.......:pac:

Nissan doctor

Nothing unusual about the Lexus airbags not going off. The impact, despite the damage to the Pontiac, simply wasn't sever enough.


Its sad to see such cars destroyed by a complete cabbage though, Its likely another case of pressed the accelerator instead of the brake!
People who do that should have their driving privileges removed for life.