Found these on a website about crash tests.

Pretty interesting.

This one is a 40 mph frontal.
http://a320.g.akamai.net/7/320/998/2...hiLancerCE.mpg

This one's a 5 mph rear end.
http://a312.g.akamai.net/7/312/998/2...LancerLSCT.mpg

 

actually, the lancer looks like it does pretty good in head on collisions. now if the other person was doing 40 mph into as well, thats a different story.

 

I knew our fugly rear bumper served a purpose...

 

man...look at that front end after the crash!

 

lol...no kiddin. What would be the first thing to go through your mind after you gathered yourself!

 

hmmm I have hit 2 cars while backing at about 10 mph (I always forget to look behind me.)
so far I have 1 small scratch that couldn't be buffed out.

 

Ok everyone, don't get behind ^^^ Otherwise you'll be hit.

 

I also have backed into a truck that was moving ALL I got was minor scratches and thats all.

 

I backed up into a tree when I wasn't really paying attention, a little alcohol and nugget were involved but really I just wasn't paying attention, and the bumper only has a MINOR dent and few scratches. I was impressed.

 

Heh, look at the muffler bouncin' in the rear ender.

 

That looks kinda....weird
when the lancer first came out, it was among the safest cars on the road.

 

Which strikes me as odd...what were the NIHS test scores? I don't recall Mitsu really pounding the safety issue home in the ads. I could be wrong, though.

 

I got rear ended in my OZ a week after buying it. I was at a stop light (red). We all started to go, then some guy cut infront of the front car. So he stops, next guy stops, I stop, guy behind me doesn't though (1998 Jeep Wrangler) He rear ends me doing maybe 5-10mph. Then guy behind Jeep rearends Jeep. When I was rearended, car slid forward about a half a foot or foot or so, so impact of car behind Jeep, never affected my OZ. Jeep by itself caused $3500 damage. The metal on trunk floor was rolled over about a half inch all the way across floor. The body shop had to stretch car back out. They said Jeep rear ending me made may car approximately an inch shorter. So even a little bump can do some damage.

 

ahh h those videos make me sad to watch but i do agree with the others who have said that lacner is one of the safest cars on the raod, thats a main point in why my parents went with it over a ford focus

 

do u want to DIE? or have a bad looking car after a nice 40mph crash?