Veyron driver attempts impromptu tractor impression

Posted Tue Sep 2 2008 4:29 PM by Nelson Ireson

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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First Veyron crash

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Reader Comments

Tue Sep 2 2008 4:34 PM
luigi says

this is the 3rd crash
the second is this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujYDjJEa2w0
Tue Sep 2 2008 4:58 PM
Nelson says

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.
Tue Sep 2 2008 5:58 PM
94 taurus owner says

That'll buff right out.
Tue Sep 2 2008 7:47 PM
Z says

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.
Tue Sep 2 2008 9:41 PM
HECTOR says

Thanks for the laugh 94!
Tue Sep 2 2008 11:11 PM
Gus says

Well, in the end, it's still just a car...
Wed Sep 3 2008 12:43 AM
nbsmatambo says

a 1.4m dollar car lol
Wed Sep 3 2008 1:01 AM
CCB says

I feel sick. This man has destroyed a beautiful work of art.
Wed Sep 3 2008 4:58 AM
Jason says

Just goes to show that money doesn't buy you talent...
Mon Sep 8 2008 5:02 PM
saabfan says

or common sense.
Mon Sep 8 2008 9:00 PM
dede says

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

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