Crash Test Month: Stretch Limousine Crash 

For more from the Fifth Gear gang, sign up to our membership page to watch over 200 FULL Fifth Gear Episodes and much more! ru-vid.com/show-UCa6xsp7d4s-NgpPUGc57ZGAjoin

I drive a 30 ft long Chrysler 300. even though the car has steel reinforcement everywhere, it's a bit disconcerting to see that the only part crumpled like a ball of paper is where the driver is.

I actually was a Limo driver in LA, you wouldn't believe how people act while in one of these cars. If ask them to use the seat belt they get pissed and look at you like your nuts. I drove. 9 passenger stretched Lincoln newer than the one in this video. Dealing with 9 drunk passengers is a nightmare. The other thing is that because they are paying you they think they can treat you like dirt. So if you are in a limo. Please use the seat belt. Don't look at the driver like he's nuts if he asks you to do so. And please try to treat the driver with some respect. We're just trying to make a living doing our job. Also if you are kind to us driver's you'll be surprised at what we will go out of our way to do for you. And $2.00 isn't a tip. In that case keep it, you need it more than I do.

I am sure that ass caused at least one crash...

1:21 .. Totally

News: Limousine crashes in New York killing 20. Came trying to understand. RIP.

I remember watching this episode with my parents when it first aired on Channel 5 in 2008 or 2009. I remember having to reach for a cushion and firmly place it over my groin after the delightful young woman in the purple dress flashed her arse out the window.

the driver is a dead man , lol

these guys are always so shocked when the cars hit the wall.. like wtf do they think will happen???

Dat ass pat

I have to constantly pause this video for some enjoyment

After how many occasions of replaying the footage at 1 minute and 21 seconds, would I be considered a pervert???

The seatbelts wouldn't have done much because the seats weren't even anchored to the floor

Being your chances of surviving a 60mph impact into a wall are slim to none no matter what you are driving, belted in or not, I would say that the limo is pretty damn safe for the passengers. Keep in mind that that is a "worst case scenario"... The extreme mass of that limo pretty much guarantees that any other car hitting this thing will lose horribly.

can crash test a armored cash transport car .. please

After driving stretched Towncars 1M+ miles, it's precisely what I expected. Laws of physics in this type of crash doom the driver, especially as the steering column pushes through his chest.

1:21 what the hell

Don’t need to imagine what would happen, limo crash last week killed all 18 inside.

but you can't do the naughty with seat belts on.

What I learned from this video, Don't crash your limo, and you'll be just fine.

Perfectly good 4.6 gone to shit right there😩

Watching this after the limo crash in New York that claimed 18 lives in a limo and 2 pedestrians.

17 people sadly ingnored this advice.

Tests like this are more cautionary than truly enlightening. Because the outcome is just pure physics at play, and would be the same no matter what the vehicle is. If you run anything into a concrete wall, loose contents inside will continue forward motion into the nearest hard surface until energy is dissipated. Be it unbelted occupants, or a belted occupants internal organs. Impact equals splat, so it's best to avoid high speed wrecks all together. On a side note, the limo's mid-section held together very well. Downright tank-like,

It would be interesting to see a crash test of an unconverted Lincoln to compare the deformation of the front section.

Heard about this video from listening to SYSK limo episode.

0:17 - Is that "Ringo Starr" ????

1:20

1:22 yeah you like that spanking

yes, but then again not many people hire an old LINCOLN nowadays people hire newer limos which must be safer.....

What about when the sunroof is open with a passenger standing up during a crash. Why not a Princess Di with a drunk driver, a woman screaming at the driver and plenty of pillars?

1:20 good point

“But somehow, seatbelts don’t seem like a part of stretch limo culture” And That’s Why You Should Drive Limos Instead Of Stretch Limos

Me checking RU-vid: Hmm, I haven't seen a crash test on a Limo yet. I got one (click) Watching the video till I reach moment 1:21. Ok I had enough of this video. Who cares, I won't ride a Limo anyways lol

Video starts at 3:40

5th gear has done a lot of crashing........ just saying.

Should do some rear end collision tests on these vehicles. Duplicate what happens if you are hit in the rear while stopped. (like at a stop sign)

Ouch... these series of videos really make you look at cars and their passengers in a very different way...

Everyone complaining about the butt... pause at 2:16 for the real treat.

1:22 for you perverts

evrybody dead and flyng

don't care about driver????

The age of the limousine could effect the crashworthiness.

When he hit that bump on the roof I laughed

1:22 why did your arous me?

How senseless is that? These are beautiful cars and you crash all these dream cars only just for fun … the Lincoln Town Car is a classic collectors car 🚘 here in Germany and incredible expensive here 😡😡😡

MUY BUENA DEMOSTRACIÓN. .EXCELENTE. OK.🌏🌍🌐🌎

At 1:22 a girl shows his butt 😂😂

Do one with a lamborghini or something similar

I am paused at 1:22. Can someone tell me what happens later?

Most people envision crash protection as the resistance to protrusion, i.e. keeping the other vehicle outside your car. That's important to be sure, witness tiny Honda 500 or Smart cars vs. trucks and SUV's. Equally menacing is the sheer 'G' forces. We are reminded of the Lady Di accident, where incredible forces were at play with a large vehicle hitting a concrete pillar. So, at a certain severity of crash, it doesn't matter about the deformation of your car; the forces alone are beyond our survivability. That's why they developed 'crash zones', where the body can fold and dissipate some of the impact. Again, small vehicles have no such area to fold.

Interesting video! Newer model MKT limos are fully tested and equipped with all the seat belts though.

Hey guys Do you think it's possible to do this kind of test with a sleeperbus ( nightliner/ tourbus) ? I think it's really interesting wat happen with this people they are sleeping in the bunks Cheers

best part 1:21

3:40 what you came to see, 1:20 what you will come back to see.

Love the long hooded cars but that driver area after a head on is a bit concerning.

2:29 Not to mention having the driver on the curb-side of the car, at least where this is being recorded.

1:21, WTF, OMG!

The limo was so old likely first owned owned by Elvis.

Limo crash? Yeah baby!

A person is tempted to wonder how well the seats are attached to the frame of the vehicle so that the use of the seatbelts is actually..."useful". Do these custom car companies building these things actually pay attention to proper engineering at least equivalent to the original manufacturers?

Certain Mercedes Lange versions & Grosser versions do leave the factory that way.

Moral da história use cintos

0:31 OMG HUGE ONES

I know at one time Cadillac produced limousines where as other companies as you say cut and added. They were the only company that did in modem times.

1:21 is this a porno or not

*Chuckles* "That's not a stretch limo" *Unsheaths American stretch limo* "Now THIS is a stretch limo"

3:46 JEFFY!!!!!!!!!

The presenter be like: "A service about limo safety? That's a fantastic excuse to p*ck up some nice gals..."

Schoharie "limo crash" looked worse than this, while running into a grassy field...

5:15 min.: IT WAS AN EXPLOSION!

Even though there dummy's.......the way there layed out after the crash is fucked up realistic.

5:40 real crash sound believe it or not.

When the limo chrashed into the wall and destroyed the front the limo didn’t explode becuase when car crash tests are made they remove the gas from the vehicles so they don’t explode.

did she did it really ???????? 1:21

Driving a limo should require a CDL

Bit of a waste of a good limo and some decent champagne.

you guys used a second generation Lincoln Town Car, so...your test does not make sence.

Friend: How's your day going? Me: Good. Friend: Great. What up? Me: Nothing much. Just watching crash test videos on a Saturday. Friend: Coo.

Well,,, at least they die sudden while pretty happy. There are worse ways to go

My wife would never wear her seat belt on short trips to the shop or really pay attention to what she was doing behind the wheel, she died of head injury's in level crossing accident which she would have survived if she had been wearing her seat belt.

driver dead

My pappy said son you're gonna drive me to drikin' if you don't stop driving that hot rod Lincoln.

3:44 Thank me later.

I came for the crash and stay for 1:21

the problem is most of crash are., vehicle vs vehicle, not with heavy wall, so this is test is useless. only if you going to hit a wall, but I drought it, it would make sense if another car crash with the limon

Test a 6 door funeral coach, my 96 fleetwood seems to have reinforcements from bumper to bumper

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄👍👍👍👍

Best part @ 01:20.

this is stupid who would be doing 60 in a limo come on now

I wish EURONCAP and IIHS would have crash tests of exotic cars like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Maclaren ,Rolls Royce etc

Чё

And, we are sorry to bring to your attention that the tv show formerly know as 5th Gear will no longer be aired, due the lack of existence of the upper torso of the host and his, uh, ladies.

5:16 Cocaine's a Hell of a drug.

Like to have seen a dummy-chauffeur to see how mutilated he would've been!?! Fifth gear should also use those G-force indicators like Mythbusters use to tell how bad their internal injuries would be (even with seat-belts the deceleration would probably kill you)! &B^{O?

my Lincoln looked great,but was dangerous junk,underneath, it committed suicide ,all by itself, collapsed under its own weight

Heaps of limos are MANUFACTURED as such. All the US major manufacturers, Mercedes, and several others do Yes many too are just cut and shut standard cars and will never be as strong as the proper limos. Though generally suffice as to what their intended use is.

1:22 dat ass!!##

This video could have been 1 minute long.

Yeah, I don't like the idea of plastering my face on the windshield or other parts of the car. Thank god for seat belts.