Speed crash

my gt · 14-03-2009, 10:49 AM

http://www.carzi.com/2009/03/12/tapo...rash-pictures/

Guys be careful out there

Foylema · 14-03-2009, 11:26 AM

WOW that's a massive crash, cut it in half!!

Poor Ferrari :(

alecrain · 14-03-2009, 02:49 PM

Koka said on March 13th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

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Ferrari’s are fast as hell…. $120,000 down to $0 in a split second!

barbarian · 14-03-2009, 05:35 PM

I dont believe they crash test Ferrari's really.

I doubt a Ferrari could manage a four let alone a three star EuroCAP test

XR8putts · 16-03-2009, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by barbarian

I dont believe they crash test Ferrari's really.

I doubt a Ferrari could manage a four let alone a three star EuroCAP test

Off topic, but I was thinking about this same thing earlier in the day.

Are Aston Martin's, Ferrari's and Lambo's crash tested? Or to phrase it better, are there cars Euro NCAP tested?

I've always asumed that because of the low volume of production for these exotics, they arn't required to be NCAP tested. I've just quickly googled a few phrases and couldn't find any pictures or videos of a Ferrari or AM hitting a pole or solid object in a controlled test environment..

http://www.euroncap.com dosn't have any super-exotic brand to choose from either.

Fev · 14-03-2009, 05:39 PM

bloody hell, im glad the passenger is okay

you can see the blood on the pole which is wedged inside the ferrari.. Ferrari really should be more selective with people who buy ferrari's.. too many rich idiots buy them

platinumXR · 14-03-2009, 05:44 PM

So many ambitions...so few abilities...

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MITCHAY · 14-03-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Fev

bloody hell, im glad the passenger is okay

you can see the blood on the pole which is wedged inside the ferrari.. Ferrari really should be more selective with people who buy ferrari's.. too many rich idiots buy them

I don't think Ferrari gives a crap who drives their cars so long as they buy them before they bend them.

Messy crash!

XR Martin · 14-03-2009, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I don't think Ferrari gives a crap who drives their cars so long as they buy them before they bend them.

Messy crash!

Actually im pretty sure you had to be approved to buy an Enzo, and same goes it you want to re-sell it.

XR6_190 · 14-03-2009, 11:56 PM

That is just amazing, the way it has broken up like that.

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Actually im pretty sure you had to be approved to buy an Enzo, and same goes it you want to re-sell it.

Yeah same goes for most of the limited run high end supercars, including the FORD GT, and things like the Lamborghini Reventon, Alfa Romeo 8C, and Aston Martin One-77.

OZQUAD44 · 15-03-2009, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Actually im pretty sure you had to be approved to buy an Enzo, and same goes it you want to re-sell it.

The buying side of it I understand, but once you hand over the cold hard, surely all bets are off.

How would they stop someone on-selling their own car? They couldn't!

MITCHAY · 15-03-2009, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by XR6 Martin

Actually im pretty sure you had to be approved to buy an Enzo, and same goes it you want to re-sell it.

Well obviously they don't care about making money then. Stupid way of doing business IMO

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S3SR · 14-03-2009, 06:34 PM

is this guy taking is cut or what?

that happens to the best of us, even 51yr olds are hoons :P

take care on the roads

pauljh74 · 14-03-2009, 08:12 PM

If you hit something solid going really fast and stop really quickly - doesn't matter what you are driving - you're likely to die. A test with a Smart car into a barrier at 70MPH - the front end didn't intrude too much into the passenger space, but the forces of the crash would have killed occupants anyway - too much for the human body.

Magna · 14-03-2009, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by S3SR

is this guy taking is cut or what?

that happens to the best of us, even 51yr olds are hoons :P

take care on the roads

used: wtf is that in front of his foot?????????

BA GT-HO · 15-03-2009, 11:01 AM

Dont forget that car is made mainly of carbon fibre. Hence the splitting like that. Metal tends to bend and twist whereas carbon fibre shatters in pieces. Thats the trouble with cars like that. You crash it you have a major problem in terms of fixing it.

Qwik6 · 16-03-2009, 09:40 AM

I think the high end dealerships are more inclined to sell a car to you if you've already owned one of their cars before. Especially the limited run models.
But then again money talks.
Saying that tho, i heard've a guy who wanted to buy say half a dozen of the 911 GT3's due out this year or next. The dealer said no way.

rag top · 16-03-2009, 10:17 AM

police identified skid marks at the scene “consistent with excessive speeding.”

didn't think you'd need to look at the skid marks to determine that...

**DJM83** · 16-03-2009, 10:21 AM

Epic fail, but in all honest it can happen in any car just in a car like that it tends to has a tad quicker thus being the end result.

Jondalar · 16-03-2009, 12:07 PM

Those pics are proof that carbon fibre doesn't bend. Could have been a lot more survivable in a metal bodied car IMHO. But as others have said, at the probable speeds involved no car can keep you alive.

red_hotxr6 · 16-03-2009, 02:34 PM

Good grief.................

mikestp · 16-03-2009, 02:39 PM

has anyone been to www.wreckedexotics.com ??

rag top · 16-03-2009, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mikestp

has anyone been to www.wreckedexotics.com ??

yep - subscribed a few years ago. weird crashes is my favorite.

gcg2503 · 16-03-2009, 08:57 PM

actually saw it on wrcekd exotics before it was posted on AFF

i like their sister site - exoticspotter.com personally