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Old Jun 23, 2013 | 06:58 PM
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Car design has changed in 50 + years. When the 59 was made there wasn't any crash testing. To make it interesting they should test it against an Aveo to see who wins.
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True, or a smart car!
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Why would they crash that car into that beautiful Classic car?
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Analysis of the "X-Frame" cars

To prove a point probably
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Man I was blown away at how badly that Bel Air got decimated.
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yeah apparently those X frame cars were not very good in accidents
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