Chevrolet touted its 1959 models of the Bel Air and Biscayne as being “all new all over again.” And, in their own 1959 way, they were all new all over again. They were restyled, showed off horizontal fins and had new 119-inch wheelbases – the longest in their price point.

About 447,000 Bel Airs were made and sold at dealerships for between $2,386 and $2,674. It had no seatbelts or airbags, but certainly the big, heavy (about 3,500 lbs) steel body would fare well in a collision.

Right? Well, compared to today’s vehicles, no way.

To mark 50 years of car safety, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety released a video of a crash test between a 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air and a 2009 Malibu to see how far car safety has come.

Check out the video below.