Massive crash claims eight Ferraris, three Benzes, and a Lamborghini

[Kabron]

A single miscalculation from a Ferrari driver earlier today in Japan led to a chain reaction that ultimately wrecked or destroyed 14 vehicles including eight Ferraris, three Mercedes, a Lamborghini, a Skyline, and a Prius that was in the right place at the wrong time.A group of foreign car enthusiasts were heading to Hiroshima from Kyushu when one of the drivers lost control trying to overtake a car on a wet, curved part of China Road in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Ferrari driver reportedly hit the median and created a reaction that caused the other cars in the lineup to crash, according to Japanese media (translated).
No one was seriously hurt in the crash, but the vehicular carnage is severe. Video from the Japanese TV report above, as well as photos from Twitter and other news sites shows a trail of expensive Italian metal dotted with Japanese and German cars.
It's slightly difficult to tell from pictures, but the Ferraris involved appear to include multiple F355s, F430s (including a Scuderia), an F360, and some form of F512.
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Other cars include the aforementioned Mercedes-Benz products (including a CL600-ish type vehicle), a car described as a Lamborghini Diablo, a Nissan Skyline, and one Toyota Prius.The accident shut down the road for six hours as cleanup crews tried to untangle the mess.

[*JamReX*]

Prius??!?

[REY]

testarossa....

[sheWANTSaKAWI]

Holy shit. Glad that no one was seriously hurt. I wonder how fast they were going.

Surprised it wasn't the Prius fucking everyone up. lolol

[1BADP71]

somehow I think the Prius is going to get a new prius

[1BADP71]

testarossa....

I feel the same.

[senor honda]

The Prius was probably bump drafting and honking the horn to pass!

...or maybe he got caught mid-pack of some people who have the ability
to acquire a fast car, but have not yet acquired the ability to seriously
DRIVE it. Anybody can stab it and steer it in a straight line, but it takes
a little time to transition from driving a Buick into driving a Ferrari.

A general rule: If you can't afford to write it off the first time you
drive it on the street, don't get it to start with.
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Sometime back I showed up as the only Honda in a field of muscle cars
for a Sunday afternoon "tour". They knew me and didn't ask me to leave
and I didn't make excuses to chicken out of the trip. MiGosh! That
was one heck of a day! I was having a good time catching them in the
turns and they were having a good time hitting (undisclosed speeds)
on the straights. If one of them had had a miscalculation as the Ferrari
Driver did, you could have bought a muscle car for scrap metal prices.

That was the last one of THOSE tours and some of those guys probably
still have their finger prints in the steering wheel.-Bob

[chi town brat]

Bad day for all those cars and their owners.

[arsrac]

Sometime back I showed up as the only Honda in a field of muscle cars
for a Sunday afternoon "tour".

In your '80s Accord?

[senor honda]

Yes it was. It may be worth pointing out that I received a sealed invitation
to the tour and you did not.

Since you don't know me, didn't ride with me or know anything about the
capabilities of my humble 80's car, it's possible you may be making some
incorrect assumptions.-Bob

In your '80s Accord?

[Sno Wyte]

Yes it was. It may be worth pointing out that I received a sealed invitation
to the tour and you did not.

Since you don't know me, didn't ride with me or know anything about the
capabilities of my humble 80's car, it's possible you may be making some
incorrect assumptions.-Bob

yok yok yok who let bob off his leash, yes thats the crack of a whip I hear.

[REY]

and now a Koenigsegg CCX

Koenigsegg CCX Loses Control in Long Island

he Koenigsegg CCX runs on a 4.7-liter V8 engine equipped with 2 superchargers for a total output of 806hp and 678 lb-ft of torque. With no ABS or traction control, you better be confident in your driving ability to take one of these powerful Swedish machines on the road.Well, confidence doesn't always equal aptitude, as a local car collector located in Long Island, New York, area found out recently. While piloting his supercar last Saturday night, it would appear that he just couldn't handle the thing.

The result was a trip straight into the woods. We can see that there was an impact on the passenger's side door and the area towards the front wheel.The crash took place near Syosset, by Berry Hill Road and Rodeo Drive. When you can accelerate from 0-60mph in 3.2 seconds and hit a top speed of over 200mph, you ought to be wary of those intersections.

[markstheman365]

Yes it was. It may be worth pointing out that I received a sealed invitation
to the tour and you did not.

Since you don't know me, didn't ride with me or know anything about the
capabilities of my humble 80's car, it's possible you may be making some
incorrect assumptions.-Bob

I would like to know the capabilities of your humble car. Can it appear to be lower then it is? Can it appear to be higher then it is, and lower then it is, at the same time? Of course it can, because it was built in BOB'S GARAGE!!!!


And for shits and giggles, Ill throw a quote on the bottom of my post like bob.-MARK

I thank you for the compliment when you say my car does not look lowered. I lowered it (among other things) for performance, not for "the look".

[senor honda]

Plenty of people have read suspension articles which I wrote.
A lot of people hire me to do suspension work on their cars.
Lowering is only part of what I do.

Some people lower a car for car shows and for "the look".
Some people lower a car for performance.
All my personal suspension work......including lowering, is done to improve
my personal cars grip in the turns. People who have ridden with me know
more about a car's grip than people who haven't ridden with me.

Lowered-looking cars attract the attention of the cops in some places.
When people (including the cops) look at my car it does not appear to
be 3" lower.

For years, people at the meets which I go to have seen the photographic
proof that my car is 3" lower than stock. Meets are listed in TR's Local Events.

When intelligent people don't understand something they ask questions to
learn and get smarter.

When stupid people don't understand something, they criticize it,
ridicule it, and don't get one bit smarter. Maybe it is intended that
stupid people remain stupid.

If people ask a question at the meets for information, they will know more
than people who ask an internet question to ridicule something they don't
understand. Suspension articles can be read in TR's Chassis and Suspension.

-Bob

[markstheman365]

^i just got to work, and that is way too long to read. Sorry if I offended you.