Accidents - egmCarTech

Tesla Roadster, Toyota Prius and VW Touareg involved in horrible collision

Posted: Oct 25, 2009

Filed under: Hybrids, Green News, Tesla Motors, Toyota, Volkswagen

An Autopia reader spotted this accident involving a Tesla Roadster, Volkswagen Touareg and the Toyota Prius. The accident took place earlier this week and as the story goes the Tesla was stopped behind the Touareg at a red light when a Prius rear-ended it and pushed it under the SUV.
According Tesla’s spokeswoman Rachel Konrad:
This was [...]

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Dealer crashes customer’s Koenigsegg CCX into a guardrail and Porsche GT2

Posted: Oct 21, 2009

Filed under: Koenigsegg

If you’ve never seen a Koenigsegg CCX on the road its because the Swedish supercar maker only produces 25 units a year and only 10 of those make it to the United States.
Well, the folks over at WreckedExotics spotted one in New York… destroyed.
The story goes that a dealer decided to take out a customer’s [...]

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Ferrari 458 Italia wreckage found, appear to be crash-tested prototypes

Posted: Oct 08, 2009

Filed under: Ferrari

The wreckage loving folks over at WreckedExotics have obtained photos of what they say are “crash-tested Ferrari 458 Italias.” The photos show two separate 458 Italias hidden under covers one of which seems to be involved in a side impact test, while the other seems to victim of both, a front and rear crash test.
How [...]

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Nissan GT-R crashes into ATM in Vancouver

Posted: Oct 07, 2009

Filed under: Nissan

Honestly, we’ve lost count of how many Nissan GT-R accidents we’ve posted about but another one is joining our collection today.
Details are sketchy, but an owner of a silver Nissan GT-R crashed into an ATM after climbing four steps. The accident happened in Vancouver, Canada. If you have any details – share them with us [...]

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Top Gear’s James May crashes camper van held by blimp, comes out unharmed

Posted: Oct 01, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

The accident happened during a filming of a stunt for Top Gear where James May was on board a camper van held up in the air by a blimp. According to the Daily Mail, strong winds blew the blimp off course and May ended up crashing in a farmer’s field.
The aftermath, as described by Top [...]

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Ferrari F430 tire bursts at 120 mph, rear quarter panel destroyed

Posted: Sep 25, 2009

Filed under: Ferrari

The supercar accident loving folks at WreckedExotics.com have posted this picture of a wrecked Ferrari F430 which blew a tire at 120 mph.
The driver was originally traveling at 180 mph when he heard a weird noise and immediately stared slowing down. After reaching 120 mph his right-rear tire blew out causing the rear quarter panel [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Steve-O and Green jump on Lambo, man gets 56 tickets in 13 mins, how Google Street works

Posted: Sep 11, 2009

Filed under: Miscellaneous Thoughts, Videos

We’re looking forward to the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show next week so get ready for a lot (and we mean a lot) of posts starting Tuesday, September 15. We’re going to be taking a short break for now so that means it’s time for our Miscellaneous Thoughts post with some random findings on the Internet.
Steven-O [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Traders buying old GM stock, UK’s graphic anti-texting video, Legoland pays tribute to Top Gear

Posted: Aug 21, 2009

Filed under: GM, Industry News, Miscellaneous Thoughts, Videos

As you can see by the title, we came across a bunch of random things on the Internet today – so let’s get started.
Traders keep buying old GM stock: Even though GM and the government have warned that the old General Motors’ stock will someday be worthless, traders continue to purchase it hoping they’ll profit from [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: 16th Ferrari Enzo burns to crisp, ABC covers life of a car spy

Posted: Aug 20, 2009

Filed under: Ferrari, Miscellaneous Thoughts, Spy Shots/Renderings, Videos

16th Ferrari Enzo burns to crisp: We’ve seen many destroyed Ferrari’s in our blogging career – however, we never actually kept a record of which Ferrari and how many have went up in flames. This Ferrari Enzo you see here was destroyed in Okanagan Falls, British Columbia, Canada. According to our friends at WreckedExotics, this marks [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Lamborghini Murcielago loses control in the rain, car gets stuck on drawbridge… while it’s up

Posted: Aug 19, 2009

Filed under: Lamborghini, Miscellaneous Thoughts

It’s that time of the day again – where we gather up some random findings from the Internet to share with you. Let’s get started…
Lamborghini Murcielago loses control in the rain: If you don’t know how to drive such an expensive car – you probably shouldn’t be buying one. A 2006 Lamborghini Murcielago driver lost [...]