A yellow Lamborghini reportedly owned by Terry G. Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, caught fire Saturday on Bay Harbor Islands. There were no injuries reported.
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.
They cost a lot to begin with – but what if you bump your dream machine? It’s going to hurt. You might lust after the head-turning lines of this Italian mean machine, but sully its pristine bumper and you may suddenly learn to appreciate your humble Ford. The Murciélago’s front bumper is made of carbon fibre, and before a single minute of labour has been added a replacement will set you back £8,206 — about the cost of a nearly new Focus.
Provo, Utah resident Richard Losee lost control of his $1.3 million Ferrari - which had been screaming along at close to 100 mph - and crashed 28 miles north of Milford in southwestern Utah.
Dadgumit writes: I dropped my car off at Russell and Smith Honda. I gave only a quick summary of issues (as they were closing) and instructions that I would fill in the blanks for them the next day. ... The next day ... before I had spoken with anyone at Russell and Smith, I got a phone call stating that the technician had lost control of my car and wrecked it, while test driving it. Obviously, the first question was "WHAT WAS HE TEST DRIVING IT FOR!?!"
Some kid's dad just got a brand new 2007 Mustang "Eleanor"....of course his son who is 14 is way too excited and with the car in the driveway for 5 minutes asks for the keys, gets in, and proceeds to plow it through the garage wall. Watch dad and friends' reaction.
Pictures of the high-speed crash involving Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond have been published for the first time since the accident. The 36-year-old crashed a jet-powered dragster at 288mph while filming a stunt for the BBC TV show, at Elvington airfield in York last September.
A video clip of the accident that claimed the life of IRL driver Paul Dana just before the starting race of the year. Not particularly for the squeamish.
A mechanic at Jebsen and Company, HK's only Porsche distributor, was bringing a freshly-serviced 911 Carrera 4S down for customer pick-up when he somehow wound up flying through a set of elevator doors. He and the Porsche plunged down two floors, coming to an eventual halt atop the elevator at ground level. Aside from complaining of pain in his arms, the mechanic was reportedly unharmed.
Last weekend during a practice lap at Mid-Ohio Raceway the 009 Aston Martin ALMS went airborne off the track and "flew" 142 feet before landing off the track in the dirt. The track was reportedly wet and the unidentified driver lost control under braking. Fortunately his car was the only one on that part of the track at the time and it amazingly remained level during its separation with terra firma.
Last year, the owner of a Porsche Carrera GT and his passenger were killed at California Speedway when it crashed at 145 mph during a track day accident. The wife of the passenger has filed a suit against a long list of defendants, including Porsche for selling a defective car. Business Week's John Draneas, an attorney and enthusiast, talks through the suit and what it could mean.
Some sort of transmission problem caused this Ferrari to catch fire on the side of a highway in Romania. The vehicle is owned by Romanian footballer (um, soccer player) Gabirel Popescu.
Paris Hilton had a fender-bender accident when her Range Rover backed into a car in a parking garage after a shopping trip, her publicist said Friday. Hilton backed into a parked Honda Civic on Thursday. A videotape on the TMZ.com Web site showed Hilton getting into the car, saying goodbye to someone and backing up. The sound of a crash followed.
Detectives made a second arrest in connection with the crash of a rare Ferrari on a coastal highway in Malibu two months ago. A former associate of the Swedish businessman accused of crashing the $1 million Enzo Ferrari was arrested Wednesday for posing as a police officer to buy a gun, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
Ferrari fiasco opens door to federal and state investigators, as Stefan Eriksson admits he was behind the wheel of the $1.2 million Enzo Ferrari that crashed on PCH several months ago. The Swedish national could face up to 14 years in prison.
After Mercedes engineers' recent findings that 20 percent of rear end collisions could have been avoided with the help of both DISTRONIC PLUS and Brake Assist PLUS, the company has released results from another study which analyzed the effects of driver assistance technologies when implemented in the commercial vehicle segment - and the results are remarkable.
A building worker in Sydney's Billyard Avenue, in Elizabeth Bay, evidently thought so yesterday when he found the dark blue sports car parked in a construction zone and decided to move it. The SMS Construction employee hoisted the car two metres into the air before it flipped off the forks and crashed on its roof.
When two vehicles violently collided in Des Moines Sunday morning, police were surprised to learn the crash was intentional -- it was the only way for a young man to escape a kidnapper armed with a handgun.
With conventionally-fueled vehicles increasingly supplanted by alternative-fueled transportation such as electric neighborhood vehicles, compressed natural gas vehicles, gas-electric hybrids, and a smattering of hydrogen fuel-cell prototypes, the life of the emergency responder\227particularly the firefighter called upon to extricate accident victims from the wreckage of their cars\227has become correspondingly more complex.
A race car went out of control and crashed into a crowd of spectators Sunday in Turkey. At least three people were killed. Two others, including the driver, were injured. The incident was caught on videotape.
A motorcyclist died after he was struck by lightning while riding in rush hour traffic between Denver and Boulder, police said. Witnesses reported seeing a flash of light shortly before the motorcyclist struck the center divider on U.S. 36 Wednesday, police spokesman Tim Read said.
As a standard feature on selected vehicles within its model lineup, automaker Mercedes-Benz offers an unusual window design. Although it will be a challenge to rescue personnel, it is one that won’t stop emergency responders from gaining access to patients. It’s just that it might be an unexpected surprise.
This British driver of an E36 318i had his accelerator pedal stick, pushing him at speeds of over 130 mph, for over 60 miles on the A1. He didn't turn off his engine, fearing that the steering would lock. He ended up crashing, but walked away from the accident.
A four-mile section of eastbound Interstate 70 remained closed to traffic, two days after an overpass was destroyed by a piece of construction equipment being hauled on a heavy haul trailer that went under it.
The NHTSA completed a study of 241 drivers in 100 vehicles, and video taped a total of 2 million miles of driving. The result is that the vast majority of incidents occur within seconds of a distraction event, such as dialing a phone or putting on make-up. Reaching for a moving object increases risk by nine times; cell phones by three times.
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