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The last thing any automaker could want leading up to the launch of an exciting new model is images of the car wrecked against a concrete post. Unfortunately for Hyundai, this 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe was caught making its first entry into the destruction derby of automotive life in Korea. According to a translated version of the Korean website Luckyworld , the car was wearing a temporary plate when it smashed into the concrete barrier around a street light, leaving both passenger and driver in critical condition. Since we don't really know the circumstances of the crash, we're not willing to rule out this being not a temp plate, but a manufacturers plate, meaning the car could have been a non-salable tester. Which is why we're willing to overlook for the moment a lack of airbag deployment. galleryPost('gensiscoupenoabcrash', 12, 'Genesis Coupe Crash'); [ Luckyworld via Carscoop ]
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Words fail us. Why don't you have a go at trying to caption this miserably trashed truck. [ allvoices ]
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According to our friends at Wrecked Exotics , this Ferrari 599 "tried to take a curve too fast late at night. Bounced off the guardrails until car was a total loss." Except for that glorious engine — which looks to us like it's just about ready for a late-night transplant into a LeMons car. Anyone want to try and take a shot at what you'd drop it between the rails of? [ Wrecked Exotics ]
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A couple of knuckleheads in the Australian town of Walkerville managed to wrap the front third of a Ferrari 360 Modena quite effectively around a telephone pole and walk away with only minor injuries. Eyewitnesses report the car was speeding around the local roads (surprise!) and as you can see, the eventual accident was pretty incredible, with the pole intruding to the point where it takes the space normally occupied by, say, the shifter over the transmission tunnel. With yesterday's Lamborghini Gallardo sliced in half width-wise and now a Ferrari split down the middle, it's like learning automotive biology by supercar dissection around here. ( Hat tip to half our readers for sending this in! ) galleryPost('ausferrariwreck', 6, 'Just Split It Down The Middle'); [ News.com.au ]
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This Gemballa-modded Porsche is worth about $1 million — or was, before the owner smashed it up during a club event at the Circuit Paul Ricard in France. We hope the owner of this wrecked Porsche Gemballa Mirage GT read our post about track day insurance changes before he hit the asphalt. Fortunately he was unharmed, and the report even states he was joking about the crash after he recovered from the initial shock. Guess you can either laugh or cry. galleryPost('gemballagtwreck', 3, 'This Is Only Funny If You Can Afford To Buy Another One'); [via WreckedExotics.com ]
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Far-right politicians from Austria tend to get a lot of scrutiny from the rest of the world, for really obvious historical reasons, and Jörg Haider , long-time leader of Austria's nationalist Freedom Party, definitely made plenty of headlines. That's all over now, as the anti-immigrant Haider perished on Saturday when his 3-month-old VW Phaeton hit a concrete pillar in Klagenfort at 88 MPH, on a stretch of road with a 42 MPH speed limit. [ Times of London ]
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Canton Center Road lies in the sleepy little Detroit suburb of Canton, and, aside from people wrecking brand new Ferrari F430 's outside of the Post Office, not much happens there. If you've never been to the little berg, the scene of this crash isn't surrounded by any curves, hills, trees, blocked views...or anything, really — just a couple of posts protecting a fire hydrant. Apparently that was enough of a target for this 430's driver after tangling with a Nissan Sentra, of all things. Must have been delivering express mail. galleryPost('f430canton', 3, 'Wrecked Ferrari F430'); [ WreckedExotics ]
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Godzilla, or the new Nissan GT-R as some call it, has only just started stomping around our shores, already we've got our first report of a GT-R smashed up somewhere stateside. Details are vague (some say the GT-R got into some fisticuffs with a Corvette ZR1 in a dark alley) but it's clear the incident wasn't exactly a minor fender-bender. The forum fanboys at MyGTR think it may have had something to do with the GT-R being driven into a pizza parlor, so maybe it was trying to take out a Ferrari or something. Geez, whatever happened to fighting it out on the Nürburgring ? galleryPost('GTRcrashUSA', 3, 'Godzilla Now With Battle Damage!'); After seeing the first crash of a GT-R in Malaysia , and another one crunched by the boys at Top Gear , we're sadly starting to get used to the sight of Godzilla with battle scars. Perhaps the beast really is too fast to tame. (Hat tip to Joe!) [ MyGTR ]
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newVideoPlayer("/LamboCrash_gawker.flv", 494, 371,""); Early this morning, a green Lamborghini Murcielago was completely destroyed in a deadly accident on California's 101 freeway in Woodland Hills. The car was spotted just before the incident allegedly undertaking in some very noteworthy speeding suspected to have resulted in the car punching through a guardrail and smashing into a parking structure. The unnamed driver was pronounce dead on the scene when police arrived and after watching the footage from the accident scene, we're not at all surprised. You know a wreck is bad when the only way to identify a car is by the wheels. At this rate, there won't be too many Murcielago s making it to classic status. ( Hat tip to Noraa! ) [ LATimes ]
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We're not sure exactly what series of events led to the remains of the Bentley Continental GT you see here, but it was probably the most excitement this piece of prime real estate in Krasnoyarsk, Russia has ever seen. We sometimes shed a tear when we see a mangled supercar, but for this Continential, not so much. Think about it: This was never a proper Bentley in the slab-sided, blower-equipped V8, rear-wheel-drive sense. No, the Continental GT has always been more of a new-money playboy's car, and as such, they should be expected to be crashed spectacularly much to the amusement of others. It's the circle of life... or something like that. So, to whomever ran this high-dollar motorcar into the Russian countryside, job well done. galleryPost('bentbentley', 3, 'Bent Bentley'); [via englishrussia ]
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Indian Autos Blog , the lovers of all things automotive on the subcontinent, claim the smash-up of this Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 was the most expensive car crash in India's history. Whether or not that's true isn't really clear, but we're more interested in determining the "why." Perhaps the driver was just trying to imitate Bruce Wayne's intentional bull bashing. Then again, maybe he just lost control due to the bright yellow paint's magnetic traits. ( Hat tip to Raja! ) galleryPost('indialambocrash', 4, 'Mumbai Mayhem'); [ VKmag via Indian Autos Blog ]
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Top Gear Magazine was recently having some fun on the Isle of Man with a Nissan GT-R , but the playtime ended unexpectedly when the driver of the GT-R slammed on the brakes. That would be fine in any normal car, but Godzilla came to a halt so abruptly that the Audi R8 behind it just couldn't stop quickly enough. [ GT-R Blog ]
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Apparently this happened along some tollway in New York; no word on the involvement of Larry, Curly and Mo. [ Loqu ]
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It came from a northern Ireland supermarket parking lot, it had a lust for Porsche Boxster and Toyota Celica blood, and it would not stop until it had crushed both into submission: It was the killer Lexus RX300! Dun, Dun, DUUUUN!!!!! Local news reporters assumed it was the result of poor automatic transmission shifting skills, but those in the know won't be turning their backs on any RX300's any time soon... they're all out there, just waiting to crush your ride next. galleryPost('killerlex', 3, 'You Never Know When A Lexus Will Strike'); Nobody seems to have been hurt here, but there are definitely some bruised egos. It's worth the trip over to the BBC website to check out the video, as it's rife with funny British words and pronunciations like "sa-LEE-ka," talk of bonnets, and amusing Irish accents. We're going to hell, we know. [ BBC ]
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newVideoPlayer("Detroit-cop-hit.flv", 494, 371,""); While investigating an accident along the metro-Detroit I-94 freeway, Officer Jason Zukowski was struck in a secondary accident involving everyone's favorite world car, the Ford Tempo. Zukowski managed to get two people out of the path of the accident, but was himself struck and rendered unconscious, leading many news outlets to dub him a hero. Remember, kids, pay attention out on those roads! [ WXYZ Detroit ]
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