Accidents/Crashes
Another Lamborghini Murcielago smashed, third car in four weeks
What we have here is another Lamborghini Murcielago crash from Russia. This is the third Murcielago accident within last four weeks.
Last time we brought you photos of two yellow Murcielagos that were damaged when drivers lost control of the vehicles.
Owner crashes Lamborghini Murcielago in Russia, leaves the scene in a Bentley
Accidents involving supercars are not too common, but when they do happen people will talk about it.
This last supercar accident happened in the city of Stavropol, Russia where an owner of a yellow Lamborghini Murcielago lost control of his four month old car and crashed into the pole.
Next-generation Porsche 911 testing goes wrong, fatal accident on the Autobahn
We have brought you a load of spy photos of the next-generation Porsche 911.
This time we have some bad news regarding the next-generation 911. This time a 51 year old Porsche engineer behind a 911(998) Cabrio prototype got into a fatal accident on the A5 Autobahn.
Mazda RX-7 loses all four wheels at an autocross event
Losing a tire/wheel while driving does not sound fun at all. What if you lose all four? This is what happened to a Mazda RX-7 owner at an autocross event. Just seconds after he started his “performance” he lost all FOUR wheels.
We assume he used racing wheels which only have one lug nut and he or his “pit crew” just forgot to torque down the lug nuts.
Video: Škoda Octavia crashes into church roof
Last night a 23-year old driver lost control of the Škoda Octavia in Limbach-Oberfrohnos, Germany.
He missed a bend and drove through a railing at a high speed, the car then sailed 100ft through the air and smashed through a church roof.
Take a look at the video below to see where the car landed.
How not to unload an Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Here’s a good example what happens when the delivery guys mess up. This over $100,000 Aston Martin V8 Vantage ended up at a 45-degree angle what looks to be in front of a dealership. We are not sure about the damages, but the rear does not look too good.
As you can see on the picture delivery guys are not too happy about it either. We would not want to be on these guys shoes if it happened in front of the guys house who ordered the car.
Continue to read: How not to unload an Aston Martin V8 Vantage
Red Porsche Carrera GT crashes in Kiev, Ukraine
In July we brought you a story on the Gemballa Mirage GT that was crashed by Prince Marcus Eberhard Edward. You should remember him trying to make a sad face next to the car.
What we have here is a red Porsche Carrera GT that was crashed in Kiev, Ukraine. According to Autoblog.nl this Carrera GT collided with a Subaru. Looks like the hit was pretty big as the drivers side of the Carrera GT is in very bad shape.
Continue to read: Red Porsche Carrera GT crashes in Kiev, Ukraine
Train Wreck in Dillenberg, Germany Damages at Least 20 New Porsche 911s
Early Wednesday morning two heavily loaded freight trains collided just outside of Dillenberg, Germany. While the cause of the accident is not yet known, one of the trains was transporting an unknown number of luxury brand vehicles, including at least 20 Porsche 997s.
Some of the Porsche’s didn’t handle it too well as you can see on the photos below. Thankfully nothing too catastrophic happened as one of the trains was ferrying tankers of very flammable liquids. Thanks for the tip Luke!
Tesla Roadster crashes at 100 kph!
Back in July Tesla Roadster #6 got into an accident right after the owner had taken the delivery. The car had minor damages and was very likely repaired soon after.
Only 60 Tesla Roadsters have been delivered to their owners so far. What we have here is another Tesla Roadster, that got into an accident in southern France on October 29th, when the sales director took the car into a turn at 100 kilometers per hour. The road was wet with a very bad visibility.
Audi crashes A7 mule near Nürburgring
We have seen the A7 prototype with a very heavy disguise. There have been speculations that A7 will also come as a convertible and the RS7 will get a V10. Here we have an Audi A7 mule that crashed this morning near the Nürburgring in front of the Porsche test facility. The driver lost his control over the car and crashed into barriers. Luckily he wasn’t injured and will be back testing the A7 mule hopefully soon.
Audi decided to bring the mule back with a trailer into their facility.
KERS incident at Jerez - Interview with Markus Duesmann
Remember the video where BMW Sauber F1 team mechanic got an electric shock after touching the sidepod and steering wheel of the car.
The BMW Sauber F1 Team have now concluded their investigations into the KERS incident at Jerez in late July.
Now Markus Duesmann, Head of Powertrain BMW Sauber F1 Team gives us more details.
Continue to read: KERS incident at Jerez - Interview with Markus Duesmann
F1 mechanic gets an electric shock from KERS
BMW Sauber F1 team was testing yesterday an F1 car that has an experimental Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS).
When the test driver Christian Klien pulled into the pits in F1.07C after a test run at Jerez the mechanic who touched the car received an electric shock that knocked him off his feet to his back.
Luckily he didn’t get any serious injuries.
Tesla #6 crashed
A brand new black Tesla Roadster got into an accident right after its owner had taken delivery of that electric supercar. Looking at the pictures we see that the Tesla has got a hit from 90s Toyota Camry to the rear and its front ended up beneath Mercedes C-Class.
According to Wired the scene was sedate with only one police car blocking the traffic. “No action, no drama — everyone was very mellow,”
Video: Audi Q7 vs Fiat 500 in a crash test
Fiat 500 is a very stylish small citycar made in Italy. Audi Q7 is a luxurious SUV made in Germany.
Is big better or not? Not always, but usually size does matter when it comes to car crashes.
Here we have a crash test where Fiat 500 and Audi Q7 crash from the drivers side corner. Take a look at the video and decide yourself which is safer in a situation like this.
Prince Marcus crashes Gemballa Mirage GT
Prince Marcus Eberhard Edward of Anhalt, Duke of Saxony and Westphalia, Count of Askania crashed his Gemballa Mirage GT at the Paul Ricard racing circuit in France.
He is moslty known for his international tabledance club chain „Pure Platinum”. He owns different properties around the world and enjoys living as a jetsetter around the world.
Looking at the pictures and his face it seems that he is not too sad that he had crashed a car that costs well over a million dollars.
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