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Carsafetydance: Crash Testing and Car Safety by Jimmy

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An article in D Magazine from August 1981 caught my attention. In it, a GM dealer said “If you’re really concerned about safety, you should just get a ’68 Cadillac and say to hell with the newer cars.” 

The reasoning was that a 1968 Cadillac was physically larger than a then-new 1981 model, and any defects it had would have been fixed and recalled long ago. In addi...


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