1995-1997 Chevrolet Lumina Sedan NHTSA Full-Overlap Frontal Crash Test

[@ouch1011]

The difference between this (which is an old car in terms of crash safety) and the other ones you’ve recently posted from the early-mid 1980s is astonishing. The 1980s cars looked like you would be dead or seriously/permanently injured by those crashes from head trauma alone. In all the 80s crashes, the chassis folded so much that the doors wouldn’t open, some of them even had folding all the way back to the rear bumper. I can’t really see very well how much floor intrusion there was in these crashes, but the doors opened, there wasn’t obvious collapsing of the passenger compartment, nobody smashed their head into the dash or steering wheel so hard that it deformed it. Huge difference in just 10-15 years

[@whattheheck1000]

In the early-mid 1980s, they were just starting to refine crumple zone technology on some of the new designs, many vehicles still had poorly designed body structures. By the 1990s, as we see here, crumple zones were much more efficient and occupant compartments much more robust, plus airbags were widely introduced. We live in an era where 30-year-old cars are far safer than 40-year-old cars. November 17, 2024 2:43 am

[@SAMCAMJAIK1]

This is one of the only cars GM built in 1995 that got an all-Good rating from the IIHS Moderate Overlap crash test.

[@Benjamin06267485]

I miss my mom’s bright red 1995 Montecarlo. It was sent to the junker in 2023 with only 60,6000 miles. 😢😢😢😢😢 It sat for 10+ years… last time it drove the road was in 2013.

[@kz1000ps]

Gotta love it when the frontal view of a car looks the most explodey mcsplode face 😆

[@iamblepg]

I checked the description and I saw the word "non-depowered airbags" Can you tell me whats the difference between that and with the depowered ones?

[@TheAlexisReign]

The first generation airbags, like what this Lumina has, in some cases deployed with such force that it ended up sometimes hurting, if not killing the occupant it was trying to protect. Starting in the late 90s, automakers began rolling out what was referred to as "next generation airbags" that deployed with less force.

[@tristankelly4059]

2/9/1995