Crash test: the 2009 Chevrolet Malibu vs. the 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air
"In the 50 years since US insurers organized the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, car crashworthiness has improved. Demonstrating this was a crash test conducted on Sept. 9 between a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu. In a real-world collision similar to this test, occupants of the new model would fare much better than in the vintage Chevy.
'It was night and day, the difference in occupant protection,' says Institute president Adrian Lund. 'What this test shows is that automakers don't build cars like they used to. They build them better.'"
(Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 9 September 2009)
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Instant Before Incident (Marinetti’s Drive 1908)
"Based on the car crash that inspired Marinetti's revelation of the Futurist Manifesto in 1909, Luca Buvoli has created a sculptural work that depicts the 1908 Fiat in motion, the instant before the impact. Marinetti's famous 'crash' has been the subject of various critical interpretations (some even questioning the accidental nature of the event, apparently all set up in a theatrical way)."
(Mattress Factory)
[A sculpture by Luca Buvoli (2008) referencing the nascent Futurist movement.]
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