This slang describes a car that has been struck heavily from behind by another vehicle. Body shop technicians use the label when assessing structural damage to the rear bumper, trunk floor, and frame rails. It indicates that the impact was hard enough to require significant pulling on a frame table or complete rear panel replacement.
That sedan got a-holed at the intersection and needs a complete trunk floor pull before we can align the new panels.
Estimators usually look for hidden unibody buckling down the quarter panels when a car takes a hit this hard.
Related terms
Rear-end
To crash the front of your vehicle into the back of the vehicle ahead of you.
Frame rail
One of the main longitudinal steel beams that form the foundation of a body-on-frame vehicle.
Body shop
A specialized repair facility focused on fixing exterior panels, paint, and structural damage.
Frame table
A heavy, perfectly flat metal platform used to build or straighten vehicle chassis.