Crashes
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There’s nothing like government to take something beautiful and ruin it. A prime example is the destruction of a hapless Lamborghini Murciélago by Taiwanese authorities because the owner flouted the law when importing it. As Focus Taiwan reports, the owner was stopped in 2013 during a routine traffic stop and discovered to have illegally imported the car. The owner had affixed license plates registered to another vehicle in order to hide the fact that the Murciélago wasn’t registered. Under Taiwan’s Road Traffic Management and Penalty Act, the car was impounded...
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Lamborghini Aventador SV smashed up in London
A Lamborghini Aventador is a rare machine. Even more rare is the hardcore SV version of Lamborghini's biggest bull. Out back you'll find a 6.5-liter V-12 engine that produces nearly 750 horsepower. It can also dash from a stop up to 60 mph in around 2.8 seconds. One thing it can't do? Make sure...
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Relive every crash and incident from the 2016 F1 season
We’ve got the perfect time waster for your Tuesday. It’s a compilation of all the crashes and incidents from the 2016 Formula One World Championship. The season concluded on November 27 in Abu Dhabi, with Mercedes AMG’s Nico Rosberg securing the crown, and while it was Mercedes...
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More than 100 BMWs damaged in SC train derailment
About 120 BMWs were damaged on Sunday when a train they were being transported on derailed near Blair, South Carolina. Fortunately there were no injuries to staff onboard the train. The same can’t be said for many of the vehicles, which included X3, X4, X5 and X6 SUVs, many of which are...
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McLaren F1 crash sees multimillion-dollar car land in ditch
A McLaren F1 ended up in a roadside ditch on Saturday near Queenstown, New Zealand when its driver lost control. The car, a 1994 example estimated to be worth in excess of $10 million, was the highlight of a cruise held in honor of New Zealander Bruce McLaren, the founder of the McLaren Formula One...
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It happened: a Bugatti Chiron has been crashed
Like everything, it was only a matter of time before the new Bugatti Chiron hypercar was crashed, and now it's happened. While it might feel like the Chiron has been around a while--that's what happened when we have concept car versions of production cars--it's actually still rather new. Customers...
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Somewhere in the U.K., a group of Mercedes-Benz employees has learned just how much of a threat electric-car maker Tesla poses. Except in this case, the threat was literal. The video above shows the immediate aftermath of a Tesla Model S 70D that apparently left the road, jumped a hedge, rode completely over the top of the newest Mercedes E-Class diesel sedan, and smashed into a dealership that sells the German luxury cars. WARNING: This video contains language that is probably NSFW, depending on the nature of your workplace. Posted just today, the crash damage appears pretty severe on both...
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Man reportedly blames bee for NSX crash
It looks like the first Acura NSX, badged as a Honda outside the United States, has been involved in a crash. The crash took place on Monday on the Wang Kung Temple Provincial Highway in Taiwan. According to Apple Daily Taiwan, a journalist was driving at the time. He is reported to have claimed a...
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Ford Focus RS driver drifts into wall
A pedestrian safety campaigner recently called to have the drift mode on the 2016 Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] Focus RS disabled on cars sold in his native Australia. Unfortunately, idiots like the Focus RS driver in this video only serve to give credence to safety concerns surrounding the feature...
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Woman backs car onto hood of Ferrari 458 Speciale while parking
Cars and Coffees are great for getting acquainted with other car lovers in your area, but the events aren’t always a pleasant affair as one Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] 458 Speciale owner recently discovered. A woman driving a Mercedes-Benz 380SL at a Cars and Coffee in Great Falls, Virginia on...
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Bugatti 100P project leader killed in test flight crash
Tragedy struck Saturday morning at an airfield near Burns Flat, Oklahoma when a replica of an airplane designed by Bugatti founder Ettore Bugatti in the 1930s crashed during a test flight, killing its pilot Scotty Wilson. Wilson, an Air Force veteran, was the leader of the small team developing the...
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C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 crashes leaving Arizona car meet
The owner of a C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 recently found out the hard way why it’s never a good idea to do burnouts and speed on public roads. His car ended up a total wreck after he pulled some antics best left to a restricted area such as a track. As this video from YouTube channel Tucson...
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Losing your brakes while driving is a terrifying feeling. There's nothing but the sense of impending doom since you're no longer in complete control of your two-ton metal machine. Imagine if you were out on a race track when you lost your brakes? Now imagine you were doing 165 mph when they went out. Brad Keselowski doesn't have to imagine that scenario because it just played out for him during Tuesday's testing at Watkins Glen. We're very happy to report that Keselowski is alright. He tweeted as much, and he also tweeted out both the gnarly crash photo and in-car footage of it all going...
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Mechanical failure behind Koenigsegg One:1 Nürburgring crash
A Koenigsegg One:1 on Monday fell victim to the Nürburgring. The 1,341-horsepower hypercar was pretty much destroyed in the crash but fortunately the driver was unharmed. The wreckage was sent back to Koenigsegg’s factory in Ängelholm, Sweden where engineers were able to determine...
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Skateboarder smashes windshield of McLaren
Warning: This video contains some NSFW language. A video has surfaced on YouTube that depicts the aftermath of an altercation between the occupants of a McLaren 12C and a skateboarder. The video was filmed by Paul Gonzo who was attempting to capture the sunset seen in the backdrop. MUST SEE...
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One-off Pagani Huayra Pearl wrecked within months of delivery
A one-off Pagani Huayra supercar unveiled in May has already been wrecked. It’s not clear who was doing the driving but according to French outlet TF1 the car’s owner was a Saudi Arabian resident, a claim backed up by the car’s Saudi license plates. MUST SEE: Koenigsegg One:1...
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Koenigsegg One:1 crash is possibly ‘Ring’s most expensive
A Koenigsegg One:1 moments ago crashed on the Nürburgring. Fortunately the driver walked away unscathed, but the 1,341-horsepower hypercar looks to be a total wreck. The crash took place at the Adenauer Forst section of the notorious German race track. According to our photographer, the driver...
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After failing to sell, wrecked Porsche 918 Spyder starts new auction
You may recall a Porsche 918 Spyder with just 92 miles on the clock was involved in a major crash and subsequently put up for sale via a salvage auction. That was back in March. The same car, number 830 out of the 918 examples Porsche produced, failed to sell and is now in a new auction. At the...
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Within days of it emerging that a driver of a Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model S died on May 7 when his electric sedan in semi-autonomous Autopilot mode ran under a trailer that was in the process of turning across a highway located in Florida, a Model X suffered a crash, this time in Pennsylvania, and according to its driver the car was also in Autopilot mode. The Model X crash took place on July 1 and saw the electric SUV hit a guardrail before crossing the median strip and eventually rolling. Fortunately the driver, Albert Scaglione, and his one passenger survived. In a statement to Reuters...
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Fatal crash in Florida is first reported Tesla Autopilot death
An Ohio man is dead after the Tesla Model S he was riding in crashed into a semi-truck on May 7, Florida Highway Patrol officials confirmed. According to witnesses and authorities, the man may have been watching a movie before the crash. In a statement posted on its website, Tesla confirmed the man...
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LaFerrari crashes into parked car, winds up stuck on a rock
The Ferrari [NYSE:RACE] Cavalcade is a gathering of brand loyalists who come together for the chance to share in their passion. This year, the Cavalcade gathered in the Venetian region of Italy. A large parade of Prancing Horse enthusiasts then set off for drives and events throughout the area. One...
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Model X accelerating out of parking spot was driver error, says Tesla
A Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] Model X owner while recently parking his electric SUV ending up crashing into a nearby building. The owner, who goes by the name “Puzant” on Tesla’s official forum, claimed the car, which was only five days old, accelerated by itself. Tesla on Monday...
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Car flies through roundabout after driver falls asleep at wheel
It appears Romania has its own Evel Knievel. A driver in the town of Braila in the country’s east is lucky to be alive after falling asleep behind the wheel and crashing into a roundabout. DON'T MISS: What if your next Uber driver picked you up in a Bugatti? Like a scene from a Hollywood...
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2018 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 prototype crashes on the ‘Ring
Chevrolet this week started testing a prototype for a new version of its Camaro, one even more hardcore than the recently revealed ZL1. Believed to be for a new generation of the Z/28, the prototype was seen testing on the Nürburgring and some of the surrounding streets. Unfortunately, just...
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