Volkswagen - Volkswagen Safety - Forward Control - Japanese Crash Tests (1984) 

"The steering wheel rim impacted the chest very unfavourably" otherwise known as "Aaaargh!"

My heart is now beating as per soundtrack..

@ 4:20 i love how the Vanette automatically opens the rear sliding door, because the front door is jammed as fuck

I used to own a Hiace. Loved that van. So much fun to drive, very reliable, but scary.

AND IT WAS ONLY AT 36 KM/HR!!! I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT COULD HAPPENED AT 60 OR 100 KM/HR 😱

Luckely no parcels were harmed during the tests.

None of the dummies where holding onto the steering wheel..., It's no wonder they crash.

I used to be adventurer like you untill master break cylinder hit on my knee.

I like their four-striped knock-off Adidas suits

VW's van here shows basically no deformation . I was an investigating officer at a crash of this van into the side of a city bus where the driver died. The van showed very little deformation and stood up very well except..... the door came open and the stupid driver wasn't using the seatbelt. He fell outside and the bus ran over his head. These Germans don't lie. I've done many collision investigations and german cars come out on top. Mercedes-Benz cars crash like Tiger tanks.

These VWs really proved their worth in Lebanon during the '80s conflicts, as well as Palestinian territories. Always interesting to watch them at work as ambulances, heaving over debris in the street, independent rear axle articulating every which way. Would be fun to have one of these with an EJ22 swap.

1:03 smiley face!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's even more disturbing is of the Japanese vans, the Mitsubishi was one of the oldest models tested and was even then thought to be not as safe as it's Japanese rivals. It's also interesting to see how many vans did not have laminated windscreens, apart from the VW I don't think any of the others did.

Back in the bad old days when Japanese cars crumpled up like Coke cans.

Vw t3 vs all 1980s japan cargo van, very interesting!

Good and interesting video, thanks for posting.

Very thanks for upload

Hear The Crushing Steel Feel The Steering Wheel Hear The Crushing Steel Feel The Steering Wheel

Excelente informe. Un gran hallazgo. Felicitaciones. Un abrazo grande desde Argentina

Green Nissan, the door opened cause you arrived at your destination

I wonder if VW were gaming the tests back then as well?

Great ominous tune during crash slow mo

Good job they didn’t test a Bedford Rascal.

I like the heartbeat during slow motion.

No wonder why everyone stopped making this kind of vans

To this day people still getting killed by those minivans everyday in my country.besides they drive them suicide mode.

A Volkswagen that can be fixed for a reasonable cost? Where?

These are accidents averaging about 23mph.... terrifying

The VW definitely did the best here, but it had one major flaw: it had a windshield designed to fly out. No cars on the market in 1984 still had this feature; yes it happened from time to time in crash tests where the occupant compartment was severely compromised, but not where it had no or minor damage. In the USA, Federal standard required windshields to stay in place on passenger cars starting on January 1, 1970. Vans got an exemption to about 1991 I think. In Europe, pop-out windshields generally disappeared before 1980. Other than that, it would have performed about like an average 1980s car in a frontal crash, while the rest of the vans would have done far worse. VW definitely did a great job on the structural design for a van with very little front crush space. However, the next generation Japanese vans that started coming out around 1986 beat even the VW T3 on safety. The T3 failed a NHTSA full-front crash test (other full-size van designs from its era did much worse, though). The Mitsubishi Van and Nissan Vanette passed this test in 1988-1989. June 18, 2023 12:52 am

Tests only done at 22mph? Seems like VW cherry-picked the speed to maximize the Vanagon's "better" performance. I wonder what a crash test of the VW at the more realistic 40mph commonly used for crash tests would look like.

Loved my Mitsubishi L300 express 8 seater van back in those days. Never thought of accidents then but that little van did 80k in the first year with no issues.

Let's face it; this is simply poor vehicle design. There is no crumple zone or added protection for the unfortunate persons occupying the front seats. That's a fail.

The L300 is still alive here in the Philippines

Why does every crash sound the same?

Very interesting... I wonder how results are 30 years later.

Now try the same test with a Transit.

How awful. Crashes a little above 25 MPH could not possibly be so bad, but these vans prove that anything is possible.

Nice Trackie's

Those VWs were tough little vans in their day, if you were going to drive a van they were one of the best ones but time has moved on and I suspect the same test on a modern van would make the T3 look somewhat weak.

This video is from the 1984. As for VW. They have to deal with all issues of the first Beatles so they try to make a safe products.

I like this style of van. I just wish they were safer

In VW the rear view mirror falls down under impact??

Boris - gopnik crash test

I would love to see the transporter against today's safety standards and tests.

1:13 Mitsubishi L300 2:52 Isuzu Cargo Van 4:20 Nissan Vanette 5:47 Nissan Urvan 7:13 Toyota Hiace 8:33 Toyota Liteace 9:55 Volkswagen Transporter

Dans le cas de l'étude de l'accidentologie des véhicules à cabine avancé tel le Volkswagen Transporter 3 ça nous donne une vue des recherches de la part des ingénieurs de l'époque. C'est tellement intéressant 😄😃😃😃🤙🤙

Crazy how the Mitsubishi L300 is still being produced in some third world countries even today.

Has the "collision" sound already been "identified" during installation?

No doubts the transporter is the best of all. Love VW. Vans.

I didn't know old vans were safe!

Yes, yes, i have a VWINNER! :-)

Strangely No Mercedes TN in the tests? That would be the transporters main competitor

they used the same audio clip for every crash

I wonder how much did that heartbeat soundtrack help lure customers into buying the VW. Also my dad was in a l300 crash, narrowly escaped losing his dick, of course I wouldn't be here otherwise.

1 Vw 2 Isuzu 3 Nissan 4 Mitsubishi 5 toyota

Mesmo sendo um perigo esses carros vendem muito .

What do you expect from a vehicle with ZERO front end protection.

Test of the Transporter against MB T1, Transit and other european Vans of this time would be more comparable..

I would like to see what they said about the deceleration force on the internal organs.

So good I didn't live in those years and didn't drive those deadly vehicles.

يعني احين سويتوا شي ما اشوف باساتكم بس اشوف باصات تويوتا في الشوارع

Did they miss all the other Vans at that time? Mercedes? Ford Transit? Bedford? US Vans? and so on...

The blow to the body is high because there is no crumple zone... In fact, the VW gives the driver the fastest deceleration what could result in more internal damage to vital parts...

デリカとファーゴはそこそこ丈夫だな。

3:00 3D Glasses on :)

12:47 - Who are they kidding - anything with strut tower deformation is an INSTANT write-off.

After an offset frontal crash test the VW wasn't even totaled

No crash test dummies were harmed in making this video.

Thanks! I was confused for a moment (Mitsubishi in a VW video?), but forgot about brand rebadging.

Αυτό ήταν απλά εκείνη την εποχή για να κατηγορηθούν ως επικυνδινα τα ιαπωνικά αυτοκίνητα θυμάμαι με το nissan vanette που είχε ο πατέρας μου μας τράκαραν μετωπική και δεν πάθαμε μικροτραυματισμούς

I want to know who the narrator is

These old Vw vans are very unsafe compared to the much newer one. Search from youtube: Camper im Crashtest: VW Transporter T3 gegen VW T6

"crashing into a barrier at 35 km/h is equivalent of a collision at 55 km/h" no it's not. the barrier does not impart any force into the vehicle beyond it's equal and opposite reaction.

0:22 Mitsubishi Delica (L300)

A Bukhanka would be interesting, in comparison.

This is 36km/h ... how will be the 64 km/h ? Sorry, my English is the worst )))

3:05 projectile chops civilian head off

Je l'aime mon t3 :))

Austrian Olympic jumpsuits. Or Swiss.

Those older cars look stronger then modern cars

4:17 Ironhide's death wasn't this gruesome in the 1986 movie!

At 0:19, could anyone tell me which model VW that is?

Then why was the Eurovan banned from USA in 90s?

I like the dummy red outfit...

didn't even realised that van so strong

the van is crashed like a beer can falling slowly i mean slow motion lol

Oh yeah they totally didn't reinforce that one specific transporter.

Allianz is a french company.

8:32 sounded like a cartoon.

When exported Japanese cars were the era's boogeyman from Asia.

All of these tests happened in a second, or two, or two, or two, boom boom, boom boom, boom boom.😅

VOLKSWAGEN 👍😍

The narrator said the statistic ass backwards. He said hitting the stationary object at 35kph was tha same as a head on collision at 55kph. WRONG AS YOU CAN GET! Hitting the stationary object at 35kph is the same as 2 vehicles hitting head on at 17.5kph. You add the two speeds together not subtract them.

VW Crash Tests, excellent. Diesel Emissions, not so excellent..

Result is that today are no more vans with your feet in front of wheels and engine. I haven been in a 50km head on crash in a mercedes sprinter and walked away without a scratch. engine infront, legs and feet above the wheels engine seatbelt.

3:42 human face on the right lamp.

Am I the only one who felt the t3 was run slower than the other cars? Which would result in less collision impact. Btw, i own a t3.

8:38 ow

There crash site is so small

"repair at reasonable cost".... how