FifthGear is following on ‘eye opening’ destructive research path that aims to show what 120 mph will do to a car if that car hits a concrete wall.
For this test they have chosen an old Ford Focus, in which they have not fitted traditional slash expensive test crash dummies, but shop front mannequins, which are still enough to demonstrate what it might be like for humans to experience a head-on 120 mph incident.
The machinery propelling the old ford Focus towards the wall is a winch that produces 15,000 lb-ft of torque (the equivalent of 16 Bugatti Veyrons) and if you are curious to see how the Focus looks like after it has been exposed to such enormous forces then go further down this page and press play.
Video: 120 mph Ford Focus vs Concrete Wall
21 Oct 2011
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