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Veyron driver attempts impromptu tractor impression

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Another Veyron has met a bitter and untimely end, this time at the hands of a driver apparently convinced the car was suitable for plowing a wheat field in West Berkshire, UK. The crumpled front end and left front quarter panel, undercarriage and collapsed windshield indicate this was more than a minor off-road excursion, marking the second documented Veyron crash.

The first crash also involved the left front of the car and a UK driver. This second incident appears to have occurred under similar circumstances to the first. Caught in a series of photos posted at GT Spirit, the crashed Veyron features an odd damage pattern. Though the car does not appear to have been rolled over, the damage to the windshield is significant, and appears to have come from the front or above the car. The portion of a tree stuck through the left headlight taken with the broken remnant in the foreground of another photo indicates the accident may have at least partly featured the tree in a key role as well.

Apart from the fact of the accident itself, little is known other than that the driver lost control on a long curve. Given the car's final orientation to the road, it may have simply come down to speed-induced understeer pushing the car onto the apron where it subsequently struck a number of roadside obstacles, including a hedgerow, a tree and the wheat field.

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  1. By luigi Posted: 9/2/2008 1:34pm PDT

    this is the 3rd crash
    the second is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYDjJEa2w0
     
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  2. By Nelson Posted: 9/2/2008 1:58pm PDT

    Hi Luigi,

    Yes, that could be counted as the second, but it was really only a minor off. There was no major structural damage as the two accidents above demonstrate in the photos. That was the standard used in deciding to call the accident in the story the second.
     
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  3. By 94 taurus owner Posted: 9/2/2008 2:58pm PDT

    That'll buff right out.
     
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  4. By Z__ Posted: 9/2/2008 4:47pm PDT

    Well, it could have been worse. It could have hit a bridge pillar at 407kmh...

    A few hundred thousand euros(!) in bodywork and I'm sure it will be as good as new.
     
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  5. By HECTOR Posted: 9/2/2008 6:41pm PDT

    Thanks for the laugh 94!
     
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  6. By Gus Posted: 9/2/2008 8:11pm PDT

    Well, in the end, it's still just a car...
     
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  7. By nbsmatambo Posted: 9/2/2008 9:43pm PDT

    a 1.4m dollar car lol
     
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  8. By CCB Posted: 9/2/2008 10:01pm PDT

    I feel sick. This man has destroyed a beautiful work of art.
     
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  9. By Jason Posted: 9/3/2008 1:58am PDT

    Just goes to show that money doesn't buy you talent...
     
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  10. By saabfan Posted: 9/8/2008 2:02pm PDT

    or common sense.
     
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  11. By dede Posted: 9/8/2008 6:00pm PDT

    stupid english... keep driving your wrong way car and let LHD to us
     
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