Betcha’ the quality of all the coke, crank, booze and hookers used to build these is a lot better now since the new GM and the UAW became an agency of the USDOT!!!
@mechimike: The '66 Imperials were the ultimate luxury cars ever made in the finest Duesy-Rolls-Packard tradition. If you add a dual chamber master cylinder, they are AUTOMOTIVE PERFECTION.
IIHS tests seem more reliable, more "real world" than NHTSA’s stuff, since the Feds will typically repeat specific crash tests many times in order to get the "desired" data set that "pleases" the SES.