Crashes

  • Ferrari LaFerrari crash In Monaco (Image via @AutoBant)

    Ferrari’s flagship supercar, the LaFerrari, has only been in customer hands for several months but the first crash involving one of the cars since its launch has occurred (a prototype was involved in a crash last year), and it’s not surprising that the crash took place in Monaco. The luxury playground is where the first LaFerraris showed up after deliveries commenced at the start of the year, with numerous videos of the car driving around Monaco’s famous streets having been posted online. This photo posted by Twitter user @AutoBant shows one very sorry looking example. It...

  • Crash site of Bobby Goodin at Pikes Peak (Image via Colorado Springs Gazette)
    Motorcyclist’s Death Mars 2014 Pikes Peak

    No overall record was set at yesterday’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, but we’re sad to report that motorcyclist Bobby Goodin, competitor #86, crashed near the summit and died of his injuries. Goodin, a 54-year-old from Flower Mound, Texas, was flown to nearby Penrose...

  • Wreckage of a 2015 BMW M4 that crashed in Munich, Germany (Image via Tz.de)
    20-Year-Old Crashes BMW M4 In Germany

    The first crash involving the all-new 2015 BMW M4 has occurred, with a 20-year-old male in Munich, Germany reportedly losing control of this white example before it ran off the road and crashed head-first into a tree. The accident occurred yesterday near the Sendlinger-Tor-Platz, in the heart of...

  • Father-daughter burglar chase ends in crash, victory
    Doctor & Daughter In Audi Chase Burglars, Get Crashed, Claim Victory: Video

    A Houston doctor recently returned to his house to find a Ford F-150 backing out of the driveway and taking off. Suspecting burglary—several other homes in the affluent Houston neighborhood had been robbed—the doctor urged his daughter at the wheel to give chase. She did. The rest is...

  • Wreckage of a Ferrari 360 Modena that crashed on Mulholland Drive
    Ferrari 360 Modena Crashes Down Steep Malibu Embankment: Video

    We have dramatic video footage that shows a driver of a Ferrari 360 Modena suddenly losing control of his exotic and crashing down a steep embankment. The crash recently took place on a stretch of the Mulholland Highway in Malibu. CHECK OUT: Official Details On The One-Off Ferrari F12 TRS: Video...

  • Guerlain Chicherit's world record jump attempt ends in crash
    World's Longest Car Jump Attempt Ends In Fierce Crash: New Video

    French daredevil driver, skier, and rally racer Guerlain Chicherit's Guinness World Record jump attempt was promoted all around the world earlier this year. Chicherit was aiming to surpass Tanner Foust's 332-foot record with a 360-foot jump in a modified MINI Countryman rally car. The jump, which...

  • Tracy Morgan's crashed Sprinter van

    The National Transportation Safety Board has released a report and images of the accident that injured actor and comedian Tracy Morgan. The report determines that the Wal-Mart truck that rear-ended the van Morgan was traveling in was speeding at the time of the accident. MUST SEE: Jaguar XJ200 Lights Tires on Fire In Ultimate Burnout: Video While traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike near Cranbury, New Jersey, the 2012 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter limo van carrying Morgan and a handful of other comics and friends was struck from the rear by a 2011 Peterbilt tractor-trailer operated by Wal-Mart. The...

  • Ferrari F430 crashed on exotic car tour
    Guy Crashes Ferrari F430 On Exotic Car Tour: Video

    Canadians have a reputation for politeness, but all of the Canadians in this video put that theory to the test. The worst behavior comes from the driver of the Ferrari F430 ahead of the chase car, but the foul-mouthed videographers aren’t much better. ALSO SEE: Rolls-Royce Wraith Destroyed...

  • Wreckage of Audi R18 e-tron quattro at 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans (Image via Eurosport 2)
    Duval Unhurt After Crashing Audi R18 e-tron quattro At 167 MPH In Le Mans Practice

    Numerous incidents and red flags marked the start of the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans. The biggest was when Loïc Duval, an overall winner in last year’s race, lost control of the #1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro during practice yesterday and went airborne. ALSO SEE: 2015 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28...

  • Toyota 2000 GT crushed by falling tree screencap
    Tree crushes million-dollar Toyota 2000GT

    The Toyota 2000GT is one of the rarest and most valuable Japanese cars around.

  • Denny Stripling crashes at 100 mph and then charges back through the field
    Racer Wrecks At 100 MPH, Charges Back From 25th To First: Video

    This is an incredible example of luck, determination, and skill all coming together to yield an unlikely but heroic result. READ: 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06: 650 hp, 650 lb-ft, Most Powerful GM Ever Starting at outside of the front row of a 33-car Spec Racer Ford field at Texas World Speedway, Denny...

  • Moments before a Mercedes-Benz promotional stunt goes wrong
    Promo Event With Mercedes Racing Drivers Pascal Wehrlein & Nico Rosberg Goes Wrong

    On Tuesday a promotional event involving Mercedes-Benz racing drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Nico Rosberg went horribly wrong, with two people needing to be taken to hospital. Wehrlein, a DTM driver, and Rosberg, current points leader in the 2014 Formula One World Championship, were driving in...

  • McLaren F1 crashed in Italy

    Upside down in a ditch against a tree is no place for any car, but it’s an especially painful place to find your unique McLaren F1. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened to one unlucky owner in Italy today. Now, you can see the aftermath on video. ALSO SEE: Dodge Drops More Photos And Specs For 2015 Challenger SRT Hellcat Driving as part of a four-car McLaren F1 caravan, which included actor and famed F1 owner Rowan Atkinson, the driver of the white-and-red F1 lost control for “reasons still unknown,” reports the Italian La Nazionale. The accident occurred on the...

  • Infiniti Q60 stuck on a railroad crossing in Maitland, Florida
    Driver Escapes Moments Before Stalled Car Is Smashed By Train: Video

    Video has been released showing a dramatic scene where the female driver of an Infiniti Q60 stuck on a railroad crossing in Maitland, Florida managed to escape just moments before her car was struck by an oncoming train. The driver of the car, 28-year-old Kristen Taylor, is alleged to have stalled...

  • 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300SL wrecked during 2014 Mille Miglia
    Mercedes-Benz 300SL Wrecked After Mille Miglia Crash: Video

    A Mercedes-Benz 300SL gullwing was wrecked in a crash at the 2014 Mille Miglia in Italy over the weekend. The black 300SL, built in 1956, was being driven at the time by one of the heirs of German rental car giant Sixt. MUST SEE: New High-Performance 2015 Ford Mustang Spied: Possible SVO? According...

  • 2014 Nissan ZEOD RC Le Mans prototype makes track debut at Fuji Speedway
    Watch The Nissan ZEOD RC’s Carbon Chassis Smash Into A Wall In Slow Motion: Video

    Crash tests are often horrifying demonstrations of what the laws of physics can do to a car. Here, the Nissan ZEOD RC seemingly defies those laws, focusing all of its crash energy into its purpose-built crushable nose cone. Over and over. In slow motion. DON'T MISS: Mercedes-Benz 300SL Wrecked...

  • 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class 4Matic Demonstration
    Two-Year-Old Steals Dad's Mercedes-Benz, (Predictably) Crashes It

    A German toddler managed to steal the keys to a Mercedes wagon from his sleeping father.

  • Porsche Carrera GT
    Roger Rodas’s Widow Suing Porsche For Accident That Killed Paul Walker

    The crash that killed Paul Walker and fellow racer and team owner Roger Rodas last year was a tragic, unnecessary thing. But now Rodas’ widow is suing Porsche, claiming the 2005 Carrera GT involved was faulty. ALSO SEE: Fast & Furious 7 To Feature Paul Walker's Brothers As Brian O'Conner...

  • Jim Clark's Lotus 49 crashed at Monaco. Photo via Axis of Oversteer @axisofoversteer

    Racing used to be a very different sort of sport, even at the highest levels. The pros in Formula 1 didn’t just drive F1 races—they often moonlighted in Formula 2 or other series, both for fun and profit. That’s how Jim Clark, one of the most legendary drivers of all time, met his untimely end—in an F2 race on the Hockenheimring in a Lotus 48 in 1968. ALSO SEE: Jay Leno Finally Takes His McLaren P1 For A Spin: Video Before his fatal crash, Clark was dominant in F1 and elsewhere, scoring 33 poles, 25 wins, and two driver's championships in just 72 F1 championship...

  • Lamborghini Aventador crashes into Toyota RAV4
    Monaco Valet Rams Lamborghini Aventador Into Passing RAV4: Video

    An unfortunate valet in Monaco may be looking for a new job after the incident captured in the video above. It shows the valet parking a Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 at the famous Hotel de Paris in the heart of Monaco, during which the stunning supercar rams a passing Toyota RAV4. ALSO SEE: Dodge...

  • Baltimore sinkhole
    Cars Swallowed By Giant Sinkhole In Baltimore: Video

    Cars and sinkholes really do not mix. That much became clear when the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky lost eight rare Chevy Corvettes to a sinkhole back in December--and now a street in Baltimore has swallowed several more vehicles. MUST SEE: Watch Senna Catch Prost In The Rain At Monaco...

  • Ferrari F40 crashed during mechanic's test drive
    Ferrari F40 Loses Head-Butting Contest With Dodge Dart On Test Drive

    As much as the Ferrari F40 has been surpassed in technology, comfort, and even performance, it remains an icon for many of us who savor the raw, unrestrained nature of a race car just barely made legal for the street. Sadly, that raw aggression can sometimes result in an early demise. MUST SEE...

  • Diesel drag truck crashes spectacularly
    Diesel Drag Truck Destroys Track In High-Speed Crash: Video

    If you've ever doubted the might of a highly tuned diesel pickup, let this video put that to rest, even as it plants the seeds of a nightmare in your mind. Rolling coal and accelerating like a supercar, this diesel Dodge slams into a barrier and does a barrel roll that will stay with you. DON'T...

  • Wreckage of Ford Focus that fell 80 feet (Image: Newhaven Coastguard)
    Man Survives 80-ft Drop From Cliff In A Ford Focus

    A British man survived an 80-foot drop in a Ford Focus, sustaining only minor injuries.

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