This would be a very poor performance by modern standards - but back in the day, this car was typical (if unexceptional) for its class, earning an "Acceptable" rating in the moderate-overlap test. Even though there are several manufacturers that historically have done better than Chrysler in IIHS tests, this result is more a testament to the improvements in car safety in the last 20 years than to any particular weakness with Chrysler.

I inherited a 2001 concorde from my granddad, hope i neverget in an accident after seeing this my confidence is pretty low! 😁

@inaz1963

3 жыл бұрын

In an accident, the Concorde will demolish most cars on the road. I've crashed a couple of them, and I am still here.

@lesmawson7298

3 жыл бұрын

Just make sure you see what’s coming and crank the steering wheel hard right at the last minute and miss whatever you’re going to hit🤣🤣🤣

@redneon06

3 жыл бұрын

Do you still have it?

@unreal3010

Жыл бұрын

@@inaz1963 I had a dodge intrepid and went through a concrete wall in it. Not a scratch on me. Car even started ran and moved on its own afterwards.

@95blahblahhaha

Жыл бұрын

It's 2023 and I BET ANY MONEY that car isn't still running lmfao😂😂😂. Probably engine slug

1998 - I'm driving a safe, solid and well put together Concorde. 2018 - I was actually seating in a death trap...

@midwestfarm757

6 жыл бұрын

Acting in good faith, and with what they knew back in 1998, you couldn't be blamed for thinking you had a safe car.

@ramrunner3199

4 жыл бұрын

All in all it is a safe car. Small overlap test where not even a thing back in 1998 and hitting another vehicle and not a stationary pole I’m sure it would do pretty well

@xq39

4 жыл бұрын

It is safe. Just not when running into an extremely narrow pole that has no give whatsoever, which is a ridiculous scenario that would never happen in real life.

@Kaputnik11

4 жыл бұрын

@@xq39 Well crashes like this can simulate a number of things. Hitting trees barrier edges and even clipping buildings.

@infiniteblaz3416

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kaputnik11 Not to mention another vehicle. Seeing the cabin crumple like that though makes me question that person’s survival rate.

I wanna see how some of the old poor rated cars would do in the small overlap test, it would be disastrous.

@00crashtest

6 жыл бұрын

Xaerot Especially the Pontiac Trans Sport or Chevrolet Cavalier.

@GreenJeep1998

6 жыл бұрын

Just imagine one of those X-Framed GM cars like the '59 Chevy 4dr post they ran into the '09 Malibu doing one of these tests.

@terrablume

6 жыл бұрын

00crashtest that's one I've always wanted to see go through all of the new tests. Especially the small overlap and roof strength. Also don't forget about the Ford F-150. That did horrible.

@terrablume

6 жыл бұрын

GreenJeep1998 I can't imagine how bad that crash test would be

@101Volts

6 жыл бұрын

Steel dashboard, solid steering column, wraparound windshield, X frame, no seat belts, seat *bolts* that shear off in collisions... Yeah there's reason why the "good old cars" aren't made like that anymore. Don't get me wrong because they still LOOK nice outside of that.

I wrecked the absolute fuck out of a 300m and me and the passenger Walked away without a scratch. This test doesn’t make up the majority of crashes

@MrFrankenass

9 ай бұрын

I rolled a 2002 Intrepid 16 times and lived, was pretty banged up but survived

I used to own a 1999 Concorde. Had an oncoming car veer over the centerline once. I swerved to get out of the way. Seeing this I am especially glad I got out of the way.

@Thanson199415

3 жыл бұрын

Holy shhhhh you're blessed

@wetamup2009

3 жыл бұрын

Well, cars deform and absorb energy, that pole was unmovable and had zero give. In the real world, car to car or car to small tree or car to small pole, I’d imagine the car would fare much better.

Crash test dummy's dying last words: "Tell my dummy wife and my dummy babies I love them".

This car would pass all safety checks in China with flying colours!.....love the sparking cables at 2:33 :-D

@ryanpham3308

4 жыл бұрын

C-IASI would beg to differ.

@cristophermg5643

2 жыл бұрын

Logico tiene conexiones electricas pues ya no usa el motor a gasolina

@derbigpr500

2 жыл бұрын

We don't know that, but we know that it passed them in USA since it went into production and was sold.

@garyzhang5099

Жыл бұрын

Why China, it’s a 2004 car and it’s been in production for many year, you racist

2004Chrysler Concorde .. not running.. selling for parts .. HMU -IIHS

Happy new year 🥳

Hey I’m a big fan where do you find these videos I’ve always wanted to know 😉

@HondaAccordguy05

6 жыл бұрын

AC milan Eterno Amore thank you

@dereck17100

6 жыл бұрын

Honda Accord guy 05

@wrecksandtech

6 жыл бұрын

Adrian after seeing this I’d advise selling it.

@dereck17100

6 жыл бұрын

Wrecks and Tech I was talking about the Honda but I think that would have a similar outcome to the Chrysler .

@wrecksandtech

6 жыл бұрын

Adrian I can assure you that the outcome would be worse

Not gonna lie, this is a tough test, even harder than a small overlap I think, because the pole is so narrow, but the car is absolutely a piece of shit design. Completely missed all front structural elements, and cut right through into the driver's compartment like it was cheese cake. Quite a disastrous fail!

@MrCarGuy

6 жыл бұрын

Leuel48Fan This is not harder than a small overlap test. Not at all.

@PanameraTurboSEHybrid

6 жыл бұрын

Imagine a drunk driver hitting a pole in that same way.

@jackpez

6 жыл бұрын

Literally all old cars just weren’t safe... except Saab’s and Volvo’s

@MoneyManHolmes

6 жыл бұрын

Terrible results. American car manufacturers didn’t really get the front crumple zones down until the mid 00’s.

@101Volts

6 жыл бұрын

My Dad hit a pole in an 84 Caprice Sedan at maybe 45 MPH, the pole hit in the middle of the car and then the pole fell on the car's roof. The pole only went through the bumper and radiator and stopped at the engine block. He survived (he had the seat belt on) although it may have helped cause an ulcer a month later (then again, that wouldn't have been the only contributing factor to the ulcer.)

Insta kill.. Driver eating dashboard and airbag

@MoneyManHolmes

6 жыл бұрын

You would probably lose your left leg if you had this crash at 20 mph

@kirkenstang

6 жыл бұрын

It states head G’s 154...max 80. I’d say he’s dead along with upper leg injuries. That’s the least of ones worries tho.

@Peach-ok9zl

6 жыл бұрын

lukalukic1 I wonder if it tastes good

@chrisallgood6903

5 жыл бұрын

Yea that’s definitely a serious injury if not death from the force of it on impact shits brutal

@TrickyTrixks

4 жыл бұрын

@@MoneyManHolmes someone pulled out in front of me when I was doing 60mph, I hit them head on, my lung collapsed and broke my pelvis in multiple places. That was 3 months ago, today was my first day walking without a walker :)

I went to the IIHS on July 28, 2009, four months after this was crash tested, and saw this wrecked Concorde on display. This was a research crash test used to develop the small overlap crash test protocol. February 23, 2019 6:35 am

@akj2387

4 жыл бұрын

Oh hi

@akj2387

4 жыл бұрын

Dude u are everywhere, just saw u on the IIHS stream, Neilogical's video... etc.

@beamboi2775

2 жыл бұрын

Any more information on the time you went to iihs?

@whattheheck1000

Жыл бұрын

@@beamboi2775 That time I saw a Dodge Journey front offset crash test. It was my 2nd of 2 trips, first being a year earlier on August 5, 2008 when I saw a 2009 Hyundai Genesis in the same type of offset test. These were moderate overlap, small overlap was in the research phase and wouldn’t be used to rate cars until 2012. December 10, 2022 7:32 am

@beamboi2775

Жыл бұрын

@@whattheheck1000 oh that’s cool

Glad to see they make poles great again.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 laughing in the background of this utter failure is priceless.

it completely missed the chassis

@kz1000ps

6 жыл бұрын

25% narrow overlap tests are designed to miss the frame rail

@onyourface207

6 жыл бұрын

so 50% of the car is void of safety?

@kz1000ps

6 жыл бұрын

Have you not seen modern IIHS tests? Every single one of the "narrow overlap" tests misses the frame rail, and they do that specifically to test the fenders and safety cage.

@onyourface207

6 жыл бұрын

yeah but not at 25%, that's crazy.

@rinhato8453

6 жыл бұрын

That's the point.

I'm just going out on a limb here...but I don't think they're going to walk away from that.

@ratedasmr7811

6 жыл бұрын

AversaS I see what you did there

Sick sick display.....i just Saw the 5 series Bmw tested, and Im so glad that its the car i drive on a Daily.

Everybody is saying it did terrible, but isn't this a good result considering that the car absorbed a lot of energy? The more mangled and unrecognizable the car is, the slower the deceleration on the occupants?

@jonathankleinow2073

3 жыл бұрын

Only to a point. The problem here is that the safety cage, or the parts of the car that comprise the passenger compartment, collapsed. It's fine for the front of the vehicle to crumple and absorb that energy, but you want the dashboard and the driver's footwell to pretty much stay the same shape and size as they were before the crash. In this case, the steel there collapsed to the point that the driver would have crushing leg and pelvic injuries.

I have a 99 concorde, it has been mostly trouble free-- with almost 219k miles. the engine runs flawlessly-- Bulletproof. . i did have to replace the speed sensor 8k miles ago.

@Mn09lfV6f

5 жыл бұрын

Which engine do you have? Are you original owner?

@Dontdoitguy

2 жыл бұрын

I pray you never get in a wreck

@tomase12345

6 ай бұрын

Здравствуй друг. Не знаю владеешь ли ты сейчас конкордом, но я имею LHS 1998 года уже 20 лет. И продавать его не хочу. Правда это не единственная конечно же машина в семье. У нас в стране они очень редкие и конечно же все смотрят как на супер редкий автомобиль. Езжу только по праздникам, в ресторан. в кино))

@tomase12345

6 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nISVt7abhby0dtI.html мой автомобиль

Craigslist post. One owner. Loved and non smoking. Loved and cared for. Only in one accident. Motor runs transmission solid. Needs cosmetics. Yes. I've searched.

Sparks at 2:33

6 жыл бұрын

Damien St-Amand-Meunier That's because of where the battery is placed on these Concorde/300M sedans, it's just like below the left headlight

@shadowgaming6660

6 жыл бұрын

Imagine if there was fuel around.

@alifrachmanz

6 жыл бұрын

The broken cables

I feel like this is more of a tree trunk crash test than a telephone pole crash test, since the pole is really strong and won't move. Telephone poles (at least safe ones) are designed to break away at the base and fall over if a car hits them to lower the injury to the driver. (if you look at the bottom of the telephone pole, you'll see the bolts to the ground and that is where it might break off when hit) I'm not 100% sure of this information but I recall reading about it.

Pole: How much intrusion? This car: *Y E S*

This car probably would perform well in the 50% offset the institute performs. 2020 models are struggling to perform well in this 25% offset crash. When this vehicle was manufactured a full frontal 35 mph test was government sufficient.

I've been wanting to see this test performed on an older car. The results were about what I thought, but a little worse.

That's awful. It looks like the entire front end separated from the rest of the car!

To load it up unto a flatbed, have to use a snatch. block since the left wheel won" t turn for a proper recovery.

On March 19th 2009 (3/19/09.) a 1998 Chrysler Concorde was crash tested into a pole by the iihs. This car didn’t do very well the structural performance was worse than I’d like to see. The dummy reading show a broken upper left leg

4:39 I can't tell if it's rigid or loose, but either way that steering wheel position looks... uncomfortable.

@arandomcanadian2948

3 жыл бұрын

It's loose

My two current cars kicked butt in all the crash tests (2008 Taurus and 2019 Stinger). I’m surprised this big modern era Chrysler did so poorly.

@jaydenbrockington4525

Жыл бұрын

Cars weren’t tested for this style of crash untill the 2000s. Most cars didn’t do “well” by modern standards untill around 2012-14

@nolimitsnuttbusts4u

11 ай бұрын

This big Chrysler only weighs 3500lbs. Your Taurus weighs 4000lbs. Why? It has extra heavy metal it doesn't need just to pass this stupid test so people like you can't call it a death trap.

so it was a leg cutter since the early 2000s

We've come a long way. Sheesh.

Wow I owned this exact year and color … never knew I was driving a death trap 🪤

@nolimitsnuttbusts4u

11 ай бұрын

You weren't. They're safe cars. This test is hitting a pole with one tire. Tires are not a structural element. Nothing can pass this test not even a Peterbilt.

Folks it’s a 2004. This car was never designed with this test in mind

@kz1000ps

6 жыл бұрын

Seriously. Most commenters don't know what they're talking about

@josephv4794

6 жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter. Safety was never a priority to them. Look at the Neon.

@kz1000ps

6 жыл бұрын

Someone has an axe to grind. You could say the same of GM... every offset crashtest with 90s-early 2000s GMs was horrendous.

@crashtestcrashtest6341

6 жыл бұрын

I would have never guessed

@lucasjohnstone101

6 жыл бұрын

F M safety still isn’t a priority to Chrysler/Fiat Products.

En la madre!!! Pero bueno es la primera vez que veo una prueba contra ese poste

I can only imaging what the convertible version would be like. Those things used to be everywhere back then and now they are nowhere to be found.

@hanyoukimura

3 жыл бұрын

You're thinking of the Sebring. Different platform from the LH platform that underpins the Concorde. It probably wouldn't do well regardless.

The beginning of the small overlap

Gotta love the uninformed comments, that decide that a car that passed all the standards for "The Time When It Was Made",.. is suddenly a 'crap car' because it doesn't pass the more rigorous Standards of Twenty Years Later. Engineering, like Testing, Evolves. What is considered amazing crash performance today, will look ridiculously bad in another twenty years time.

@PrettyGoodLookin

2 жыл бұрын

So they never thought of running into a telephone Pole 20 years ago ?

@PiDsPagePrototypes

2 жыл бұрын

@@PrettyGoodLookin Actually, No, they didn't. This test didn't exist when those cars were manufactured, it has been adopted since as the crash protection standards have evolved, with more common incident conditions being tested for before hand, such as the side on impact from some dick running the lights, or the front on impact from some dick crossing lanes in to on-coming traffic - the ones caused by operator stupidity have been done first, with the ones that represent the incident that happens after one dodges the idiot and is forced off the road in the process, hitting the tree if they've avoided the idiot. No word on if there's a test for evaluating which dick's don't stop after running others off the road.

It's a good thing pre-recession era dodges spent more time being fixed than driven with their abysmal safety record.

@whattheheck1000

4 жыл бұрын

@Derick Smith This Concorde is a death trap compared to a 2016 A4. It only got an Acceptable in the front MODERATE overlap crash test that the 2016 A4, and most vehicle designs from 2003 and up pass with a Good rating. (Although this Concorde is a 2004, its design dates back to 1998) July 31, 2019 9:14 pm

Why did the dummy had to spend its last seconds in that

Fun fact, I have one , it did fail because the bumper bar is not wide enough to absorb an impact, so if I am heading to a light post I have to make sure to hit right on the middle 😂

At 1:42, you can see the major problem. The front crumple zone (the grayish blue piece of metal completely untouched in the middle of the car and the glossy black bar that runs across it) is completely bypassed by the pole. Normally, those crash members would stop something intruding. The pole instead goes right around it, smashes through the softest parts of the car, and cuts right into the passenger compartment. I gotta say- the same thing has happened to other cars in this test, but the A-pillar and rocker panels at least stopped the pole from intruding into the cabin. The Concorde's A-pillar just gave up right away. This is terrifying to watch a car with such weak structure collapse like this.

@ColinChambers44

6 жыл бұрын

Woah there! Back up bud. Lemme simplify this down to something you can comprehend a little easier. Both the navy blue and beige Concordes are put through the same tests- mild overlap into a pole- difference is, this navy blue Concorde ran the crash at a speed more comparable to the standards of the tests conducted every day by the IIHS. The other Concorde, beige, was tested at around half that speed, which is why you THINK it passed. Reality is, the beige Concorde fared better in the test run at that slow speed, yes, but that isn't a realistic comparison to all the other cars that have passed this test run at nearly twice the speed of the beige. Either you're a Concorde owner (unfortunately for you, because that must be a pretty rough life to HAVE to drive a Concorde for whatever reason lol) or you just can't read what the side of the cars say. Or, for some reason you're just defending a garbage mid-2000s Chrysler product. All possibilities of why you snapped at me (a stranger, someone you literally don't know) are equally scary.

@ColinChambers44

6 жыл бұрын

hahahahahah

My first car was a Concorde, I was injured by hitting a blue Infiniti when the driver ran a red light and I went at the time he smashed into the driver door.

Even the crash test car is leaking lol

When I was 10, in 2003, I wanted a Chrysler Concorde as my first car. When I was 19 I got my first car, a 2008 Honda Accord. I was a lot smarter at 19 than at 10. April 25, 2019 8:36 am

@brandon18054

4 жыл бұрын

You’re a douche. August 25, 2019 12:16 pm

@akj2387

4 жыл бұрын

No words...

Hey no frame damage!

I own one of these exact same cars. How did they ever get it up to speed without it throwing a code and going into limp mode?

@crazeguy26

3 жыл бұрын

nah how did it start up without issues?

To the people saying FCA sucks.this is a pre FCA vehicle.daimler chrysler was the designer.

@whattheheck1000

5 жыл бұрын

Brandi youravish Actually it would have been Chrysler Corporation, though most Concordes of this generation were built under Daimler Chrysler ownership. This was the second generation Concorde, made from 1997-2004 (model years 1998-2004). As such it would have been designed in the mid 1990s. Daimler Chrysler was formed in Nov 1998. I believe the Concorde was facelifted for 2002, so some minor things may have been designed by Daimler Chrysler. But the basic safety design came out in 1997, so almost all of the safety design for this vehicle was done by then. February 23, 2019 6:45 am

Serious head, neck, wrist injuries.

Narrow overlap in these old cars is ridiculous

if you own one,hire a driver& use the back seat& fasten your seatbelts on the back.you gonna be OK.

Да хорошо сложилась

My grandmother had a 1997 LHS, owned it until two years ago when she passed away. An absolute mechanical nightmare. I was always worried about her in this thing ever since I saw these videos back in the day.

Now in 2020 this will a 5 star rating

This car was designed before the small overlap was a test.

Would you rather? This car OR The nissan Quest?

@hanger2633

3 жыл бұрын

Doesn't matter you will be dead anyway

3:06 - Wow, that's horrific!

@gabesmath105

3 жыл бұрын

only cuz it's an extreme unrealistic test. it is fairly safe for a more normal head on hit with another car.

Damn with that Chrysler that’s instant death

I dont know whats the point of small overlap test? Simulating cars going off road and hit poles?

*InTeNsE oOoOoF*

I had a 1993 Intrepid (Not all that much difference to this design) Loved that car, but daaaaamn I’m glad I never wrecked it!! Was rear ended in it and it fared well in that, but seeing this... holy shit if you watch the top view the car nearly split in half! Maybe that is why they gave these shitty transmissions, so they wouldn’t last long enough to be wrecked 😂 Seriously though, even for the age of the car this is pretty poor

@Lincolnator721

6 жыл бұрын

my family had a chrysler town and country, 2003 and dodge grand caravan, 2004. both with failing transmission. i wasn't sure if transmission issues were a common issue or just bad maintenance. many people tell me chrysler's build poor quality parts, some parts even from india. yuck.

@inaz1963

3 жыл бұрын

I wrecked a 99 LHS, and it destroyed the Altima that hit me. Knocked the Altima into the opposite lane of traffic. The transmission from that car ended up in a 2001 Concorde I picked up at the junk yard. Great car.

@gabesmath105

3 жыл бұрын

this car is fairly safe. this is an extreme unrealistic test. it's fairly safe for hitting another car.

😮 tore through it like a tin can.

Y'all must love your jobs (IIHS)... it looks very exciting, I want to work with y'all now... what a joy it is to destroy old and new vehicles 😂👍

I think might be injured call 119, I'm going to call 119

Every one of these should’ve been crash tested this way :D

Well, that was catafuckingstrophic LOL!

Scary

i feel bad for the dummies knees

Как наша гранта!

I don't believe the car is rated for a thin pole to slice throught the front. I mean you might as well put a tree through the side while you're at it

Good old “cap forward” design

@hakeemsd70m

5 жыл бұрын

Keep in mind that this car's design dates back to 1997, meaning of this car was never designed for this type of test.

The last comfortable car. 😢

wow..scary.

My neighbor is gonna die in one of these....

basically don't partially drive into steel poles people and you'll all be safe.

I’m just going to back my 99 LHS up on out of here

Even though everyone will agree that this was a very crappy car, in more ways than one, this test would be hard to pass even for today's safest cars. Let's see how a comparable size and weight 2015 Mercedes-Benz S-Class would fare ?

@whattheheck1000

5 жыл бұрын

Probably pretty well, many cars from the mid 2010s and later do well in this test. April 1, 2019 12:26 am

@nolimitsnuttbusts4u

11 ай бұрын

These are not crappy cars people like you who drove them were just crappy drivers. A car lasts only as long as it's driver allows it.

LH A pillar trim right in the jugular... LoL

The energy of impact was absorbet by car...This all we have to have...in a crash test..Dummy had got no injury at all..!! ...

How many cars did they pole test?

@adamchandley2968

6 жыл бұрын

The IIHS? pretty much all of them. This kind of study lead to the "small overlap" test. NHTSA has also followed suit.

@terrablume

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Chandley I need to find more pole tests by them, especially for the Pontiac Trans Sport. Also I have yet to see the NHTSA do even a moderate overlap test. I temember Dateline NBC asked one of the head people at NHTSA and they said they didn't have the money. It's been over 15 years and they still don't do even a moderate overlap test. It's sad.

Thank god it has an airbag oh wait

I call that a fail.

Jajaja esa prueba no la pasa ni un Volvo 😉

Not safe and you would think you are safe knowing this is a full size car

Lots of damage especially when hit on the outside of the framing members. Glad that none of us were in that...

3:55 let me just take one final nap

If the passenger side was the side being wrecked then there would be battery acid everywhere

Not even a "small overlap", it's basically a can opener!

And now, there's no light cars because even small cars were over 3000 lbs before the economics of it caught up. You can't make a tiny tank for yesterday's money

Thank god i drive volvo s60

O kurwa. Miałem 300m i nie wiedziałem że to trumna

U know it's bad when the dummy doesn't survive!

This is old and now just being posted wow

@josephv4794

6 жыл бұрын

The car is old, the test is new.

@mazda9624

6 жыл бұрын

F M The test is from March 19, 2009

Safety rating: POOR. Another driver bites the dust of heaven if they crash this car

@randomperson4318

6 жыл бұрын

ALL cars get poor on this test because it basically slices ALL cars in half.

HIC of 424 means you gonna be fucked up bad. And head Gs acceleration of 154, thats like being hit by a hammer thrown off a 10 story building. So the head hit the pillar probably at 40mph. Which is yes, very deadly. Compare this to say top safety pi ck + Subaru legacy, which got a HIC of 69, bruises basically and HEad Gs of 0 because the head was not hit by anything. They say you would walk away after hitting a pole at 40mph. But for a 2004, this vehicle looks safe to me. It is a $500 car now. Your 2018 Subaru will cost $700 a month for 6 years. Depends on your lifestyle.

Надо в огромную циркулярку или в лазерный луч, херачить современные тачки))))

Just because a car is bigger does not mean it’s safer. It’s just a false sense of security.

I think you'd have to be hosed off the road after that one...