You know all those stringent small overlap tests conducted by Euro NCAP and the IIHS? They seem overly severe and have forced many automakers to go back to the drawing board, which raises development costs.
But in reality, very few people actually crash two cars head-on with each other. Just imagine two vehicles, traveling at a perfectly legal 60 km/h for a combined 120 km/h, and then colliding with each other a very small patch of metal.
This is exactly what happens in this video. An older sedan overtakes in the opposite lane on an area with road works and smashes into another car. Its passenger compartment looks heavily damaged, and we expect the driver sustained severe injuries.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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