1999 Lincoln Navigator Into 1996 Dodge Neon Full Overlap Frontal Crash Test

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  • @ml9867
    @ml9867 8 місяців тому +68

    When Ford made the EXCURSION, they used a "blocker beam" in the front end to prevent it from riding over smaller vehicles in crashes.

    • @throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992
      @throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992 8 місяців тому +14

      They also have the back bumper set just a tad too high for highway standards, so they made a 2 inch trailer hitch standard equipment to give them the required underride protection. Better than going back to the drawing board

    • @ml9867
      @ml9867 8 місяців тому +8

      @@throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992 yeah, I remember they did something back there too, but wasn't sure exactly what. People criticized the EXCURSION for being "way too big for an SUV" but it was the exact same length & width as a regular cab long box F250.

    • @throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992
      @throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992 8 місяців тому +3

      @@ml9867 shewt, even a 7.3 excursion is a sports car compared to my F350🤣

    • @ronswanson8563
      @ronswanson8563 8 місяців тому +1

      When everyone raises their truck about 1 foot, it probably won't matter much.

    • @dudebud72
      @dudebud72 8 місяців тому +2

      The Ford Excursion with thr HD and power stroke is one of the all time greats!

  • @billiebobbienorton2556
    @billiebobbienorton2556 8 місяців тому +32

    I just KNEW those dummies were gonna have an accident. I told them to be careful when they left the shed......I JUST KNEW IT ! ! !

  • @fangorn40
    @fangorn40 8 місяців тому +28

    It's kinda potatocam footage, but it's more like 1950's potatocam footage...

    • @CarPro1993
      @CarPro1993  8 місяців тому +13

      Looks better here than the original footage.

    • @RussellStovetop386
      @RussellStovetop386 7 місяців тому

      Might be because of high frames per second? Price goes way up when trying to get resolution with high FPS.

  • @mikaelsimble382
    @mikaelsimble382 8 місяців тому +24

    I recently bought a '95 Dodge/Chrysler Neon. It's got two big airbags up front and steel beams in the doors. I feel safe, but I know I'm screwed if I meet a Hummer or Ford Excursion head on 😬

    • @Vex-zz7br
      @Vex-zz7br 8 місяців тому +5

      yeah, neons are probably fine against any other small car, but if you hit something like whats in this video its not going to be too well. I went from a large Intrepid to an Ion and I feel like prey on the road with all these large SUVs that dominate the american market.

    • @hypergolic8468
      @hypergolic8468 8 місяців тому +2

      On the other side, if you have a blow out, or a flip over type accident, the outcome could be very different in vehicles with a high centre of gravity / or roof structure that can't carry the car weight.

    • @carzak
      @carzak 8 місяців тому +1

      To be honest, you shouldn't feel safe. It only has a 3-star NHTSA frontal rating. So, in other words if you only hit another car the size of a Neon it does pretty poorly. I guess it's better than something from the '80s though... Drive safely!

    • @AlienLivesMatter
      @AlienLivesMatter 8 місяців тому +2

      My 89 Benz has structural occupant safety far superior to the neon ​@@carzak newer isn't necessarily better

    • @bluecar5556
      @bluecar5556 8 місяців тому

      @@AlienLivesMatterSome Mercedes Benz are the safest vehicles on the road.

  • @KRich408
    @KRich408 8 місяців тому +19

    This is what it looked like when My jacked up 1970 Dodge Coronet 500 was rear-ended by a 1979 Buick Regal. I was minding my own business at a Red light late at night, when out of nowhere some guy from NYC plowed into my car at about 50 mph!! Seatbelts were for babies back then! I wasn't hurt at all, I Had 50s on the back of the car so I needed to lift the rear a little with air shocks so they would clear the fenders. My back bumper was in perfect alignment with the Buicks grill! When I got out to see what happened I saw red at first because the first thing I saw was his hood peeled back to his windshield his motor was standing almost vertical, his grill, headlights and radiator were destroyed!!!! So my reaction was that he destroyed the car I was building for racing. 😢😢 when I made it to the back of my car the bumper was ok? Just a little dent, heavy chrome back then 😊He broke one exhaust hanger and put a small hole in my gas tank? The police didn't believe I took the entire impact! But I had witnesses that were sitting on their porch who saw everything. Mopar knew how to build a car back then especially since it was a Unibody (split frame) yes in the 70s they had Unibody cars. Anyway I drove home after plugging the little gas leak. His car was destroyed he was drunk and probably felt it in the morning. DUI wasn't a thing back then. He did have the nerve to say I backed into him lol .

    • @BRAINFxck10
      @BRAINFxck10 8 місяців тому

      Badass...back when Chrysler was ran by engineers not bean counters

    • @DizzyMan24
      @DizzyMan24 8 місяців тому

      Lol, this is a bunch of BS. You ain't driving home no matter what hits you at 50MPH, lol.

    • @SUPRAMIKE18
      @SUPRAMIKE18 7 місяців тому

      When I was a kid I was riding with my grand parents when we got rear-ended, my grandparents had a 1979 Chrysler Newport and we got rear-ended at about 30mph by a brand new at the time 1999 Mercedes SLK, little SLK was totaled, and when the insurance adjuster first looked at the Chrysler he had a hard time finding the damage, after closer inspection the rear bumper was just bend a few inches in, no dents, hardly even a scuff on the bumper just slightly bent the whole mount.

  • @ILOVEBACONBOY2018
    @ILOVEBACONBOY2018 8 місяців тому +11

    I miss those navis.

  • @smakfu1375
    @smakfu1375 8 місяців тому +1

    I’m shocked the passenger cell of the Neon held up as well as it did. For a 30yo, very cheap econobox, I’d have expected a lot more cabin intrusion, given it was up against a 3-ton, full-frame Expedition.

  • @dodgeguyz
    @dodgeguyz 8 місяців тому +3

    And that is why you don’t bring a cheese knife to an armored combat tank fight!

  • @destruct61
    @destruct61 8 місяців тому +14

    This was an unfair fight lol

    • @eptdy
      @eptdy 8 місяців тому

      Especially since the front end or the navigator was lifted

  • @xxxpensive1415
    @xxxpensive1415 8 місяців тому +2

    I imagine the bruises on that drivers chest of that neon , certainly it was a almost certain death suddenly or slow

  • @danielestrada1850
    @danielestrada1850 8 місяців тому +20

    Now make that Neon's destruction -and that of the people in it- twice as serious if you make that an EV SUV due to them being much heavier.

    • @ronaldmcdonald5292
      @ronaldmcdonald5292 8 місяців тому +5

      I’m pretty sure any modern suv would obliterate a 1996 dodge neon in a crash test, EV or not.

    • @_IMNNO
      @_IMNNO 8 місяців тому

      I mean this test is from 2002. It’s pretty hard to find a modern day equivalent to a 96 Neon.

  • @MarkB.-mo3lz
    @MarkB.-mo3lz 2 місяці тому

    That Navigator had a huge passenger air bag. Looked like a tent coming out of the dash. 😂

  • @samsnead2947
    @samsnead2947 8 місяців тому +4

    Considering the severity of the crash the dodge held up pretty well

  • @sdrape4964
    @sdrape4964 8 місяців тому +7

    I mean, you can't expect a different outcome, realistically. There are economic tradeoffs between the two types of vehicles. One is small, lightweight and gets decent gas mileage but is less safe. The other is large and sturdy, but gets horrendous gas mileage.
    No matter how many airbags, crumple zones, reinforced beams, etc you try to put in the small car, physics is still physics. And the bigger guy always wins.
    Put that Navigator up against a semi. See what happens.

    • @trashboat2000-tj3sd
      @trashboat2000-tj3sd 8 місяців тому +2

      My wife drives a 2005 Chevy 6.0 2500HD work truck that I bought new. They are the best trucks ever made. They are easy to repair. Mine has 205k miles and never been to a mechanic. It will go another 100k to 150k. Neons and the like are disposable junk, meant to be junked, and sold to fools. You only get one life, so gotta use your brain and make smart decisions. Economic tradeoffs Lol. Reinforced beams ? Have you ever taken the door panel off of a lightweight car like a Neon or even a Camry? Not much there. Watch some collision aftermath videos, where the cars they make today disintegrate on impact even when they hit another lightweight pos. Crumple zones..yeah it was engineered to do that. Lol
      10.5 mpg is worth every penny for safety considering all the texting driving, low iq, bad decision making, Neon type buyers/ drivers out there. Semi drivers are professionals and not as likely to cause a wreck.

    • @almighty1158
      @almighty1158 8 місяців тому +3

      @@trashboat2000-tj3sddo you think driving a truck makes you more “manlier”?😂

    • @trashboat2000-tj3sd
      @trashboat2000-tj3sd 8 місяців тому +3

      @@almighty1158 I didn't buy it to feel more manly. I bought it to do manly work. My wife drives it now. She's not manly. I do feel more manly knowing my wife and kids are safer in that big ol truck though...dork

    • @michaelleonard4452
      @michaelleonard4452 8 місяців тому

      @trashboat2000-tj3sd semi trucks aren't the professionals of the 80s no more. Most are swift grade and can't back a trailer up, or at least the ones I see.

    • @trashboat2000-tj3sd
      @trashboat2000-tj3sd 8 місяців тому

      At least the ones you see?... do we even notice all the good ones? or is just the bad ones that stand out? Kind of like when people get bad service at a restaurant, they'll take time to write a bad review, but when it's satisfactory there is no need to write a review.
      Semi drivers have to put up money to go to school to get their CDL. Then, they come under strict scrutiny by the DOT, vehicle inspections, logs, weigh stations, company policies, GPS speed monitoring, in cab cameras, drug tests, etc etc. They are professionals who are on the road all day and their goal is to survive another day.
      The regular civilian driver, at 16 years old, has to memorize a pamphlet, pass a multiple choice test, and demonstrate that they can parallel park.
      Many drivers are high, drunk, texting, road raging, in a hurry, late for work, etc, etc
      Maybe I should have said that you are much more likely to be hit by a 4 wheeler than a semi.
      Ask yourself how many 4 wheeler vs 4 wheeler wrecks have you seen in your lifetime, compared to 4 wheeler vs semi wrecks that you've seen.
      How many of those involving a semi might have been caused by the 4 wheeler?
      How many wrecks have you, or someone that you know had with another 4 wheeler, compared to how many times that you, or someone you know were involved in a wreck with a semi?

  • @redneon06
    @redneon06 8 місяців тому +1

    That neon was my first car in red. I hate that I didn’t know how unsafe in was, but it was a fun car.

    • @booberfeldt5566
      @booberfeldt5566 8 місяців тому +1

      In the neons defense, it hit an excursion head on.Most people would be fucked up in one of those wrecks

    • @Trance88
      @Trance88 8 місяців тому

      Gotta consider it was still MUCH safer than the cars that came before it! Progress!

    • @redneon06
      @redneon06 8 місяців тому

      @@booberfeldt5566 I was almost hit by a semi in it. I’d surely not be here had I .

  • @Tmax-ub5br
    @Tmax-ub5br 8 місяців тому +1

    Back in the early 70s my father and grandfather along with me and my two brothers we're in a car accident my dads 66 Ford station wagon hit another one just like ours but white ours was blue. It was our fault we didn't see the car stopped in the right curb lane. When we hit it, at about 35.mph it did quiet a bit of damage to our car it didn't look like the other car was damaged that much but underneath the tailgate was where most of the damage was. My dad kissed the steering wheel and knocked some teeth out and grandpa hit the windshield with his head. Of course nobody was wearing seatbelts.

  • @doncnunez6231
    @doncnunez6231 8 місяців тому +2

    Whoever be the driver in the Neon would've had the Lincoln emblem tattooed on their forehead!🤣💯

  • @jonibravo9004
    @jonibravo9004 8 місяців тому +4

    Not only are SUVs useless, expensive, heavy, uneconomical, not fun to drive and boring, they also represent danger for everyone on the road.

    • @부먹찍먹-q3o
      @부먹찍먹-q3o 8 місяців тому

      미국의 법이 suv를 선호하게끔 되어있습니다. 연비조항때문에...작은차는 연비가 잘나오게끔 해야하지만 차체를 키운 suv는 그 조항을 피해가기때문입니다.

    • @MikeL-FL
      @MikeL-FL 8 місяців тому +1

      Try carrying a 75" TV in your car. I was able to do it in my SUV. It also cost no more than the equivalent sedan, only weighs a couple hundred pounds more, I average 27mpg with a 382hp turbo 6, and its plenty of fun to drive. You tried to make a point and were wrong with every single one of them. Great job!

  • @Blu.86-te1pr
    @Blu.86-te1pr 8 місяців тому

    TRC is an amazing place

  • @trashboat2000-tj3sd
    @trashboat2000-tj3sd 8 місяців тому +2

    My wife drives a 2005 Chevy 6.0 2500HD work truck that I bought new. Best trucks ever made. They are easy to repair. Mine has 205k miles and never been to a mechanic. 10.5 mpg is worth every penny.

  • @princessjezimine
    @princessjezimine 8 місяців тому +5

    I wonder if there was an offset test between the neon and navigator, because that Lea tomphson did say ‘just imagine if these small cars hit a larger car, SUV or pickup truck’

    • @CarPro1993
      @CarPro1993  8 місяців тому +2

      NHTSA did not test these two vehicles in an offset scenario.

  • @dav8388
    @dav8388 Місяць тому

    Anyone else notice that the rear air bags on the navigator were not inflated?

  • @ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow
    @ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow 8 місяців тому +5

    0:29 -- WHAT happened to this Neon - did they take it out for a joy ride? It looks THRASHED. Look at all the misaligned panels, parking lights, headlights, etc. It looks like one of those 30 year old cars homeless people sleep in at the freeway rest area - and it's supposed to be brand new?

    • @eptdy
      @eptdy 8 місяців тому +3

      That's how American cars looked from the factory in the 90s

    • @90boiler
      @90boiler 8 місяців тому +1

      Just a usual condition of Neon

    • @mattiasjohansson1727
      @mattiasjohansson1727 8 місяців тому +1

      The video says 1996 Neon against 1999 Navigator so it must have been at least three years old.

    • @RockyFoxxowo
      @RockyFoxxowo 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@mattiasjohansson1727the test was performed in 2002, so it had a few years on it

  • @isaiahwallace05
    @isaiahwallace05 8 місяців тому

    after watching this, i think i understand now why everyone FLOCKED to the big suvs during that era. they were carish enough that the normal person wouldn’t feel like they were driving the big truck they were based on. they were just a more viable safety choice compared to common sedans of the era.

  • @Justarandomdoor
    @Justarandomdoor 8 місяців тому +5

    Never seen this before

  • @MrDejast
    @MrDejast 8 місяців тому +1

    This is why I don’t let dummies drive my car.

  • @wilsixone
    @wilsixone 8 місяців тому

    I own a 2014 Navigator L. I'm glad to know I'll be okay. Moral of the story is don't drive a sh*tbox or if you do just make sure you know how to drive and avoid having a head on crash at all costs.

  • @Juggernaut30
    @Juggernaut30 8 місяців тому +2

    Ok, how much to fix that Lincoln?😅

    • @RockyFoxxowo
      @RockyFoxxowo 4 місяці тому

      Long crushed since irs a crash test vehicle

  • @Whipped_Creamy
    @Whipped_Creamy 8 місяців тому +3

    Why would someone do a scientific test where video footage is fairly important and use probably some of the crappiest cameras I've ever seen, my aunt had a home video recorder in 1985 and it's footage was 10x higher quality than this. No excuse for this in 2002

    • @CarPro1993
      @CarPro1993  8 місяців тому +2

      That's a question for the US government. The film camera put out high-quality footage, but the scanning capabilities of said film in the early-00's was not like it is today. I'm sure the film stored on the film reel looks good on today's technology.

    • @Whipped_Creamy
      @Whipped_Creamy 8 місяців тому +2

      @CarPro1993 oh gotcha, all good things are ruined by government so that makes sense

  • @flyovercounty1427
    @flyovercounty1427 8 місяців тому

    Now head on a Navigator with a texting driver with a Kenworth

  • @DeadInsideButStillSmiling
    @DeadInsideButStillSmiling 8 місяців тому

    Yeah. I'll take the Navigator.

    • @jkarra2334
      @jkarra2334 8 місяців тому

      like most muricans who are just too fat to fit any normal sized cars...
      eveywhere else in world cars got lighter and more efficient except in US of A where cars have been getting bigger and bigger...and way heavier.
      yeah, sure that average 300pnd + redneck needs extra steel just for protecting his fat titties and arse😂

  • @BretButlerSr
    @BretButlerSr 8 місяців тому +2

    The equipment in the back of the Navigator caused it squat . Making the nose of the Navigator to go over the front of the Neon.

    • @TimeCapsuleClips530
      @TimeCapsuleClips530 8 місяців тому

      Yeah, rear air suspension

    • @eptdy
      @eptdy 8 місяців тому

      The rear actually looks regular height for a navigator of that vintage. I think they lifted the front.

    • @eptdy
      @eptdy 8 місяців тому

      ​@@TimeCapsuleClips530rear air would have made it self levek

  • @ProjectFairmont
    @ProjectFairmont 8 місяців тому +1

    Neon; Hi.

  • @joe6096
    @joe6096 8 місяців тому +1

    Moral of this story: it’s safer to buy a huge used SUV than even a brand new small car. You think a 2024 Civic or Kia would fare any better than this against an old Navigator? Ha!

    • @eptdy
      @eptdy 8 місяців тому +3

      Yes bc if an old Navigator flips the roof will collapse completely. The new navigators don't.

    • @ouch1011
      @ouch1011 8 місяців тому

      @@eptdynot if it flips, *when* it flips

  • @KRich408
    @KRich408 8 місяців тому +1

    Unfortunately today SUVs and Trucks have gotten bigger and heavier.! I'm not a Mopar fan I prefer GMC but neither GMC or forbid Ford had a truck I would tow a large Fifth Wheel camper with, so found a low mileage 12 Ram 2500 with the 6.7 Cummins. I hate. To see what would happen if even a Ford Exploded would come at me Head on. The Cummins is a Massive engine! It would be like running into a boulder. 😮😮😮 Today's trucks weight is deceiving. They don't look like they weigh 8000+lbs!!

  • @thepilotmaster777
    @thepilotmaster777 8 місяців тому

    Imagine if it was a lifted truck

  • @DesertStateInEU
    @DesertStateInEU 8 місяців тому +2

    "oh no physics hurr durr we should all be driving golf karts and gokarts because hurr durr me no like cars" - The average cycling page comments section on fb

  • @eptdy
    @eptdy 8 місяців тому

    Test is flawed. Navigator is slightly lifted in the front. If you go look at any navigator from that era the front sat lower than the rear. This one is the opposite. The rear looks factory and the front is at least 2 inches taller. This dramatically changed the results. Either way dont buy a Neon.

  • @MarkB.-mo3lz
    @MarkB.-mo3lz 2 місяці тому

    Wow, that Neon had a gold engine! What a waste. 😂

  • @satsumagt5284
    @satsumagt5284 8 місяців тому

    I wish someone did a Durango against a Caprice. But with no dummies in the Durango.

  • @mr.iforgot3062
    @mr.iforgot3062 8 місяців тому

    Did the dummies survive?

  • @EVRLYNMedia
    @EVRLYNMedia 8 місяців тому

    Yeah a big ass SUV will be safe in a crash from your end, but youd end up killing someone else in a process. I dont get it

  • @ThatRam1500
    @ThatRam1500 8 місяців тому +4

    Bro, those airbags didn't do anything in that neon😂😂😂

    • @glanzera
      @glanzera 8 місяців тому +10

      That's for sure how it looks but they actually did. Surprisingly the head injury measures were below the max threshold. 100% would have been fatal without them.

    • @joec1774
      @joec1774 8 місяців тому +8

      Passenger would have survived this impact, and the driver would have had a *chance* since the chest measure was a bit over the line but HIC was OK. TL;DR - the bags did a lot in this crash.

    • @ThatRam1500
      @ThatRam1500 8 місяців тому

      @glanzera damn fr? I guess it just looks like that then.

    • @Vex-zz7br
      @Vex-zz7br 8 місяців тому +3

      @@ThatRam1500 their legs however would NOT be ok

    • @GP1138
      @GP1138 8 місяців тому

      One of those wrecks where you'll survive but for awhile you might wish you didn't.

  • @TheLegendaryt2
    @TheLegendaryt2 8 місяців тому +2

    I need to get rid of my neon and it's an 05

  • @christopherstory2136
    @christopherstory2136 8 місяців тому

    Obviously......

  • @westhavenor9513
    @westhavenor9513 8 місяців тому

    Size matters

  • @danielleclare2938
    @danielleclare2938 8 місяців тому

    I drive an 06 Durango full frame... this is a lot of the reason why. Getting great gas mileage is all well and good but not worth the risk to me.

    • @eptdy
      @eptdy 8 місяців тому

      What happens if it flips? The roofs collapse completely on those old durangos.

    • @danielleclare2938
      @danielleclare2938 8 місяців тому

      That is your head that collapses whenver you open your mouth. @@eptdy

  • @barrykehoe996
    @barrykehoe996 8 місяців тому

    As someone who worked on probably thousands of this generation navigators in the early 2000’s I can’t wrap my mind around why anyone bought them for the price tag. They were hideously ugly, underpowered, cheap and also hideously ugly interiors, the drivetrain seemed to hold up pretty well with minimal maintenance though.

    • @cjolney
      @cjolney 8 місяців тому +1

      Name 1 comparable suv from the Era that made more power. The 6.0L suburban 2500 only made 15hp more, and that was instantly negated by the exponentially heavier vehicle. The first gen escalade was an overpriced piece of shit too. The interior was cheap sure, but again so was fucking everything else. Just say you don't like them, thats fine. Don't try to construde it as an issue with the entire vehicle itself.

  • @rbrauto1
    @rbrauto1 8 місяців тому +1

    bigger is BETTER

    • @supergeekjay
      @supergeekjay 8 місяців тому

      It's not the size, it's what you do with it that counts 😂

  • @Maybe1Someday
    @Maybe1Someday 8 місяців тому

    Basically you hit anything in a dodge neon at only 30 mph and you're dead

  • @area51audio
    @area51audio 8 місяців тому

    Ahhhh yes...back when the US govt actually tried to SAVE lives.

  • @MrFrog_
    @MrFrog_ 7 місяців тому

    F=MA

  • @KevinM23
    @KevinM23 8 місяців тому

    "WhY y'ALL dRiVe BiG SH-u-VeEs?" Because we got tired of freaking death trap shitboxes held together by duct tape on top of being uncomfortable.

  • @hopisanka4430
    @hopisanka4430 8 місяців тому

    To be honest, I drive a Nissan Micra of 860kg and last month there was an idiot in a 2 lane tunnel driving against traffic on a highway and I was high as fuck so I rode the loser lane, thank God for the loser lane and God bless giant ass cars

  • @crossroads5771
    @crossroads5771 8 місяців тому

    Size matters