[olddog]

If you notice, the 09 car is impacted about 50% of the front width. The 59 car is impacted about 33% of the front width. The difference of the widths of the cars is huge.

However the point is the impact on the 09 is centered on the drivers side frame rail. On the 59 the center of the impact is outside of the drivers side frame rail. Therefore the 59 only has sheet metal in the crash.

I speculate that if the 09 were hit outside of the frame rail it would be way worse.

I further speculate that if the 09 hit dead center of the 59 driver's side frame rail it would be in much worse shape even though almost the entire front end would be involved.

Certainly the crash is a real world possibility, but they cherry picked the impact that would put the 59 at its worst disadvantage.