Ferrari split in two.

[Centurion]

Although the date stamp says 01/18/2004 this "accident" actually occured a few weeks ago. How this happened is that the driver was pushing 100mph+ down a 35mph road and was more or less bound to hit something. What he actually hit was a tree and the impact was so great that it split the car into. In fact this is not the first time a see a ferrari split into several parts after impact. What about the driver and the passanger? The passanger acutally survived without getting any type of injury. The drivers wasn't equally as blessed since he got one of his legs broken. Thanks god these guys were wearing seat belts becasue if they hadn't the story would have ended in death.

 

[LaArtist]

Whats up with these ferraris they brake like kit kats.. maybe they have somekind of brake zone..

PS
Euro Ncap should test supercars to.. results could be very interesting..

 

[Alx]

Thats a really bad break! (Bad pun too.) These people are lucky to be alive, its really unbelievable that only a broken leg came out of this! Damn those pics are wild.

 

[dOmInIX]

PS
Euro Ncap should test supercars to.. results could be very interesting..

I'd like to see that!! But poor cars man, better they give it to me, LOL!!!

 

[Giannis]

Whats up with these ferraris they brake like kit kats..

have you tried Twix?

 

[audi_rudy]

thats a pretty clean break though right in the middle
and look the seats are still atached
cant belive they only have a broken leg

 

[Snake Vargas]

I don't think any NCAP or crash testing really goes up to 100mph, that's 160+ km/h. Admittedly in Europe there are roads that have speed limits that high (or unlimited), but that's not what they test for. I'd be willing to bet that, whatever the result for the passengers, the Ferraris wouldn't split in low level crashes.

However, at higher speeds, anything goes. I wonder how other cars would fare, though steel is tougher than aluminium and maybe (I'm not sure) carbon fibre, so 'normal' cars might do better.

Even so, there are many intricacies in each crash that largely determines the outcome. The angle that that Ferrari hit the tree might have done just the same to any other car, too.

 

[Centurion]

However, at higher speeds, anything goes. I wonder how other cars would fare, though steel is tougher than aluminium and maybe (I'm not sure) carbon fibre, so 'normal' cars might do better.

Steel is without a doubt stronger than aluminium and carbon fibre(weakest one). Since many of these sportscars have carbonfibre chassis they are very likely to break if hey hit a pole or a tree.

 

[Zafiro]

Koenigsegg has been crashtest and did well.

http://www.koenigsegg.com/thecars/safety.asp?submenu=7

 

[Snake Vargas]

The safety of the Koenigsegg cars has been confirmed through extensive crash testing, performed at the Autoliv crash test facility in Sweden. Both side and front impact tests were executed to comply with the strictest international certification requirements.

Well, I would say that "international certification requirements" aren't that high, much lower than 100km/h, even. Still, the link says it did well in these tests, so it should be a good start for decent performance at higher speeds.

 

[Deutsch]

How do people w/ uber nice cars not know how to drive?!?!?!?

 

[bum-man]

Same reason why people with ordinary cars not knowing how to drive.

 

[Deutsch]

Same reason why people with ordinary cars not knowing how to drive.

Duh, I know that, but w/ that kind of money you should for sure at least know what you're doing. If I was wealthy enough to be able to afford a Ferrari I'd be at racing school EVERDAY.

 

[Carbon]

100 mph on certain 35 mph roads is too much for any driver. Also, you can be the best driver in the world and accidents still happen. Especially if you are in an accident with someone else. You may be the best driver in the world, but that doesn't mean everyone else is.