It’s always interesting that the only test they show is the offset frontal crash. Obviously cars in the 50’s weren’t design around crash testing hardly at all. But even in the 90’s, offset frontal crash testing was not a routine thing. I’m not saying the older cars are safer than this video shows, but it is highlighting one of the worst case scenarios as well.
My first car was a 96 Chevy Cavalier coupe. The side impact survival rate was right about 50%. But I’m gonna be honest and say that I still love coupes, even if the side impact is horrible and getting out of them in tight spaces is a pain. (Obviously a 2 seater coupe would survive better than anything with a rear seat - since the distance between the A and B pillar is much shorter. The doors on a Cavalier coupe where like a mile long compared to anything modern and cheap.)
B pillar is behind the drivers seat. The nice part was with the windows down the air didn’t blow right in on the side of your head, it was all behind you. The bad part was the tiny chance of dying in a crash? (and depending on how you look at it driving a Chevy and or Cavalier.)
