At TTAC, we typically don't run whatever video is making its way around the Internet during whatever particular day. Today, well, we have a reason to break with that tradition.
The clip above, shot this past weekend, features a stretched Chrysler 300 beached on a railway crossing and unable to move as a train barrels down the tracks in its direction.
Instead of saying "You won't believe what happens next!!!" like BuzzFeed Autos, I'd like to congratulate the builder of that stretched gangster mobile.
Why?
For starters, when you stretch a vehicle, you typically do it at the expense of its structural integrity. Secondly, if that train's weight is likely measured in millions of pounds. While the train might not be moving incredibly fast, that's a lot of force going into the side of a limo, a vehicle that should have less structural integrity than on the car it's based.
Yet, this limo, against all odds, still looks like a limo at the end of its long trip down the tracks in front of the train's cow catcher.
For comparison, here's a Top Gear clip where the show ran a train into a much smaller car at a much higher speed, but you get the idea.
The coachbuilder responsible for this particular limousine should get a medal in doing it right.
[Source: CarScoops]
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