Veyron (/cry)

Yakuza

Link was sent to me by a colleague - did a quick check in recent topics to see if was posted before.

Someone's had a very bad day...

http://www.e39m5.com/stuff/veyron_damaged.JPG
...:eek:

Car Mad

i told her not to take it to the shop but hey i have 2 more

OfflerCrocGod

With enough money that will look brand new.

smash

this lp640 had a bad day too.... - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW9CfM2fl3E
kind of odd that the airbags didn't even go off though...

unkel

The first big Veyron crash on the road

Looks like it happened in Surrey (UK). Cause was probably aquaplaning

smash

there's another one on wreckedexotics.com - looks like it's on a track though.

JohnCleary

Someone has to say it....

It'll polish out

unkel

steve06 wrote:

there's another one on wreckedexotics.com - looks like it's on a track though.

That's just a scare - no crash!

The only other one I've heard about was a pre-production model during track testing iirc

Hotwheels

Now there ya go see!!! After all the money ya spend on a car, servicing etc, its always the nut that holds the wheel that causes the problem...:D

galwaytt

I dunno, I think that road looks like the road out from Ballybrit......LOL

drdre

:eek: OMG, what a bad day for that person

colm_mcm

They'll probably lose their no claims too. bad job.

Wibbs

Yea T-cut should sort ya. I think it's improved the looks a bit. Damn, they are an ugly looking car.

DublinWriter

Jaaaaysus, it looks worse than it is. It's all carbon-fibre.

It probably hit a falling leaf at 50 km/h.

colm_mcm

I have a limited amount of sympathy for the driver

eamon234

Imagine the queue down at the breaker's yard!

Mr Magnolia

Yakuza wrote:

Link was sent to me by a colleague - did a quick check in recent topics to see if was posted before.

Someone's had a very bad day...

http://www.e39m5.com/stuff/veyron_damaged.JPG
...:eek:

*pukes*

smash

Got ths online.....

"We’ve seen plenty of smashed Ferrari Enzos but this is the first time we’ve across images of a wrecked Bugatti Veyron. Information is sketchy, but it’s thought that a pool of water on the road caused the AWD supercar to lose traction and then spin out of control, sending it head first into a ditch near Shepperton in the UK. Most of the cabin section and engine compartment look relatively undamaged, however, it’s hard to determine what internal damage to the drivetrain there is if any. Hopefully the driver got out unscathed.

According to the source, this is the first time a private customer has actually crashed a Veyron. Engineers reportedly destroyed two prototype examples during testing, which was part of the reason for the long delays during the vehicle’s development."



found this too.... it's the 1999 Veyron Prototype and the first new veyron prototype...

testicle

According tot he local constabulary, it's a 40mph stretch of road. They Veyron was going in excess of 100mph, aquaplaned, spun and hit a Vauxhall Astra coming in the opposite direction driven by a pregnant lady.

They Veyron was only a week old, and was rented out by the owner to the driver, for the princely sum of £20k

Insurance assessors are currently looking at it to see if it is repairable.

Rabies

More pictures of the accident in bbc news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/surrey/6422215.stm

Bradidup

Rabies wrote:

More pictures of the accident in bbc news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/surrey/6422215.stm

Its only a car...........a good Isopon job will sort that out!!!!

drdre

testicle wrote:

According tot he local constabulary, it's a 40mph stretch of road. They Veyron was going in excess of 100mph, aquaplaned, spun and hit a Vauxhall Astra coming in the opposite direction driven by a pregnant lady.

They Veyron was only a week old, and was rented out by the owner to the driver, for the princely sum of £20k

Insurance assessors are currently looking at it to see if it is repairable.

How do you know it was rented.As far as i know it was owned by a pakistani and his brother crashed it.It was also the same story in the newspaper.

Gregor Samsa

drdre wrote:

How do you know it was rented. As far as i know it was owned by a Pakistani and his brother crashed it. It was also the same story in the newspaper.

Reports online yesterday claimed that it was rented out for 20K and crashed by a "young driver". Then the later ones said that it was crashed by the guy and his brother, who ran various car hire businesses with their father. So it now appears that while they (did) rent out the car for 20K a day, it wasn't actually rented out at the time of the crash.

According to one story I read, the father arrived at the scene, read them the riot act and then drove off - leaving them stranded in the rain

drdre

phutyle wrote:

Reports online yesterday claimed that it was rented out for 20K and crashed by a "young driver". Then the later ones said that it was crashed by the guy and his brother, who ran various car hire businesses with their father. So it now appears that while they (did) rent out the car for 20K a day, it wasn't actually rented out at the time of the crash.

According to one story I read, the father arrived at the scene, read them the riot act and then drove off - leaving them stranded in the rain

Yeah thats what i heard.It wasnt rented out at the time of the crash as it was driven by the brother but it was owned by a guy who rents out loads of flash cars.Anyway its crashed now

Edwardius

steve06 wrote:

Looks a little like an EB110, only less.... square.

Edit: maybe not so much!