Smashed Veyron

[hurstg01]

There are whisperings of a smashed Veyron in Shepperton, UK
Anyone else hear about it? was spotted in a Recovery Compound....

[stmoritzer]

shocking title :hmm:

hopefully not true

[ZfrkS62]

wouldn't they have to sell one to wreck one :wink:

[nthfinity]

...waiting for the american guys to show up and claim it cant handle..... :P
That topic has been talked about to death already, so instead of making insinuating comments which add nothing to a thread, just STFU

[RC45]

YESSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One down...

[666fast]

...waiting for the american guys to show up and claim it cant handle..... :P

No, that only happens when a Viper gets smashed and the European guys show up.

Also, it can't handle. :P

[Ghostbat]

With 1001bhp under the hood it's only a matter of time before one gets smashed. Could be the best handling car in the world, doesn't matter.

[nthfinity]

...waiting for the american guys to show up and claim it cant handle..... :P
That topic has been talked about to death already, so instead of making insinuating comments which add nothing to a thread, just STFU

And why did you post your post then?

Maybe you should try some of that STFU one of these days..... :wink:

Or are you just a bit grumpy I posted exactly what you where about to post.....your song have become old dude...

I don't know where you get your ideas, I had nothing to post at this point since we know next to nothing on the subject of how this Veyron crashed.

go do whatever norwiegans do; instead of making idiotic remarks like "maybe i posted what you were going to post"

[TopGearNL]

I certainly don't hope so!

But as ever Pics or STFU! :mrgreen:

[rave426]

This has nothing to do with the topic but..............................................I really am the coldest driver in the world! mUUUHAhaha

Ok, really - That does suck ass. Hope they had insurance! HA

[Z3uS]

It was taking long for that to happen!
Too poweful car in not so careful hands...

[hurstg01]

http://img104.imagevenue.com/loc39/th_79312_veyron_smash01_1_122_39lo.jpg (http://img104.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=79312_veyron_smash01_1_122_39lo.jpg) http://img104.imagevenue.com/loc115/th_79313_veyron_smash02_1_122_115lo.jpg (http://img104.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=79313_veyron_smash02_1_122_115lo.jpg )

It'll buff out

[novass]

It'll buff out

LOL

Hope the driver didn't spend all his money on the car and set some aside for insurance. Thats gonna be pricey.

[stmoritzer]

little front crash, car still worth 80% of his money :lol:

but repair will be 100kCHF :oops:

[RC45]

But how could it crash? Its 4WD with 1001bhp and legendary Audi handling... it must be a photoshop.

[stmoritzer]

it was a straight front crash, I guess a Viper was driving too slow infront of him ... :twisted: :wink:

[RC45]

The Viper had to slow down - the F360 and M3 were the real hold up.

[hurstg01]

Best quote i've heard yet - "at least the parachute deployed" :lol:

[Shinigami]

But how could it crash? Its 4WD with 1001bhp and legendary Audi handling... it must be a photoshop.
Aren't you falling into the same prejudice that you accuse us "eurocrats" of when we say american cars handle like sh1t?

[ae86_16v]

But how could it crash? Its 4WD with 1001bhp and legendary Audi handling... it must be a photoshop.

Looks like it understeered :) .

[chest3r]

But how could it crash? Its 4WD with 1001bhp and legendary Audi handling... it must be a photoshop.
Aren't you falling into the same prejudice that you accuse us "eurocrats" of when we say american cars handle like sh1t?

And do you still bother ? :roll:

[TopGearNL]

^^ :mrgreen:

[SPEEDKILLAR]

I'll give him 300€ for the engine and tranny.

:wink:




350 euro's :twisted:

[stmoritzer]

I'll give him 300€ for the engine and tranny.

:wink:

Meriveron will become true :fuck:

[MIHALS]

I'll give him 300€ for the engine and tranny.

:wink:

I thought hoovers are for less :shock:

:mrgreen:

[ARMAN]

Haha another thread gone the wrong way... I love you guys :lol:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/ARMANCZ/cartman.gif

[inso]

If someone was about to ask me what European exotic didn´t handle, I would have said Veyron. But on a wet/cold road Harry Metcalfe lost his 340R Lotus, and similar results..

Driven RS4 and also building them, it neither does handle to my linking, but I do like oversteer on demand. That is why I love my old trusty E28 bmw, I know exactly what it is going to do when pushed to the limit. Now I just need those two blowers to make it more interesting on dry tarmac too(made some queries about IHIs yesterday)(Since V8 is now dropped from the plan, since costs do go up.)

(Pics of one with such an engine: http://btcf.fi/forum/showthread.php?t=17828&page=41)

[TopGearNL]

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 on a road 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.

http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Bugatti/Veyron/veyron_smash01_1.jpg
http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/Bugatti/Veyron/veyron_smash02_1.jpg

apparently it was an astra he hit not a ditch.

With thanks to Andrew for the pics!

[silentm]

from what you can see, looking at the tires, it looks more like it spun out. i mean look at all the grass on the rear wheel. it's kind of interesting though that this is the first one, when we've seen so many LP640s Enzos CGTs ect crashed already.

[ViperASR]

sucks about the car, hope the owner had some good insurance, or has enough money to fix it.

[hurstg01]

apparently it was an astra he hit not a ditch.

I'd love to see the insurance claim form, especially if the astra was at fault (ie on the wrong side of the road and hit the Veyron head on)
"there was nothing coming, I indicated to overtake, looked again, still nothing, moved to pass the car i was overtaking, still saw nothing coming, blinked and then WHUMP!!! a bloody Bugatti!! PS - I cant remember if my no claim bonus is protected" :lol:

[acs power]

or has enough money to fix it.


I doubt that :lol:

[TopGearNL]

apparently it was an astra he hit not a ditch.

I'd love to see the insurance claim form, especially if the astra was at fault (ie on the wrong side of the road and hit the Veyron head on)
"there was nothing coming, I indicated to overtake, looked again, still nothing, moved to pass the car i was overtaking, still saw nothing coming, blinked and then WHUMP!!! a bloody Bugatti!! PS - I cant remember if my no claim bonus is protected" :lol:

What if it was a Joyrider, he has to work then for the rest of his life just to pay it off :lol:

[saadie]

Strike 1 8)

[coolscarz]

What a waste

[Erez]

:( so sad.. :(

[dutchmasterflex]

But how could it crash? Its 4WD with 1001bhp and legendary Audi handling... it must be a photoshop.

Looks like it understeered :) .

Hehe, yeah it seems Audi's understeer has been carried over and implemented into the Veryon :lol:

[Stoopie]

omg :shock:

[Stoopie]

^Well we all know RC just loves the Veyron, especially the software on it!

[black_magician]

note: if you're in the market for a veyron, make sure you check carfax before you buy it.

[novass]

apparently it was an astra he hit not a ditch.

I'd love to see the insurance claim form, especially if the astra was at fault (ie on the wrong side of the road and hit the Veyron head on)
"there was nothing coming, I indicated to overtake, looked again, still nothing, moved to pass the car i was overtaking, still saw nothing coming, blinked and then WHUMP!!! a bloody Bugatti!! PS - I cant remember if my no claim bonus is protected" :lol:

LOL I would love the be the driver of the Astra if the Bugatti was at fault. If I stepped out of my Astra to see what hit me and realized it was a Veyron, I would fake all kinds of injuries. Whooo Hoooo, Payday!

[Pokiou]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

lol typical american lol


I think its more Driver Error not car error..

You can have the best handling car, lets say for argument sake a F1 car.. you can still stack it.. all it takes is split second of misjudging a corner speed .. road conditions..

so rather then saying the CAR is shit.. i would say the driver was shit..

Pok

[TopGearNL]

^^ No not typical american!

I would have done exactly the same Novass LOL, if he can afford a Veyron he sure as hell can afford a F430 for me :mrgreen:

[Pokiou]

lol yea same i would of done the same :P

Pok

[novass]

LOL Thats not called being an American, thats called seizing an opportunity! :D

[TopGearNL]

^^ Exactly, anyone who doesn't do that is so stupid.. :roll: :wink:

[tforth]

But how could it crash? Its 4WD with 1001bhp and legendary Audi handling... it must be a photoshop.


Gee, I wonder how many smashed C5 Z06s there are out there; you know, the ones with the legendary Chevrolet handling...?

[tforth]

Again, how many CGT have been produced so far? a thousand? and how many Enzos? 401 as far as I know. And how many LP640? hudreds already.

AND - how many Veyrons? 20 at most?


I don't have any figures from the factory, but I'm pretty sure that I have seen pics of at least 20 different colour combos; and I'm pretty sure that each car doesn't have a unique colour. Where did you get this number from?

[nthfinity]

Again, how many CGT have been produced so far? a thousand? and how many Enzos? 401 as far as I know. And how many LP640? hudreds already.

AND - how many Veyrons? 20 at most?


I don't have any figures from the factory, but I'm pretty sure that I have seen pics of at least 20 different colour combos; and I'm pretty sure that each car doesn't have a unique colour. Where did you get this number from?

Bugatti have had to slow production from an expected 50 cars per 12 months down due to issues with air bag deployment, and other safety issues... cars that were exptected to be delivered today wont show up on many owners door steps until roughly June or July.


Gee, I wonder how many smashed C5 Z06s there are out there; you know, the ones with the legendary Chevrolet handling...?

I guess It doesn't matter that they out handle a Ferrari 360 CS around a track, does it

[RC45]

But how could it crash? Its 4WD with 1001bhp and legendary Audi handling... it must be a photoshop.


Gee, I wonder how many smashed C5 Z06s there are out there; you know, the ones with the legendary Chevrolet handling...?

% wise a damn side less than the smashed Veyrons. I mean accordingto you clowns, they are all owned by posing oldies with gold chains and never get driven.

So which is it then? Is the C5 Z06 owned by enthusiasts who drive them or poseurs who don't? Make up your mind man.

You get back when you have made up your mind.

In the mean time - back to Bugnasty Vagrant :

There are the 2 destroyed in testing because of catastrophic failures - one at the Nurburgring.. then at least once smashed by a Claifornia journalist and this owner car.

So - not counting the highway crash test ones oit looks like about 1/5th of the cars are are already bashed into pieces.

So much for all those elctronic nannies.

[RC45]

apparently it was an astra he hit not a ditch.

I'd love to see the insurance claim form, especially if the astra was at fault (ie on the wrong side of the road and hit the Veyron head on)
"there was nothing coming, I indicated to overtake, looked again, still nothing, moved to pass the car i was overtaking, still saw nothing coming, blinked and then WHUMP!!! a bloody Bugatti!! PS - I cant remember if my no claim bonus is protected" :lol:

LOL I would love the be the driver of the Astra if the Bugatti was at fault. If I stepped out of my Astra to see what hit me and realized it was a Veyron, I would fake all kinds of injuries. Whooo Hoooo, Payday!

Damn straight - Supercars for everyone on JW with the payout :P

[79TA]

I don't dare think of how expensive the repairs will be let alone his new insurance premiums.

[HeilSvenska]

Ahhhh! Who was the perpetrator?! Boil him in oil!!!

[tanelvali]

great news and nice pics.

[hurstg01]

more info here - http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007100574,00.html

http://img163.imagevenue.com/loc163/th_72058_veyron4_122_163lo.JPG (http://img163.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=72058_veyron4_122_163lo.JPG)

[RC45]

^^ Great read ;)


Yesterday insurance assessors began working out whether the hand-built French motor was repairable — or the most exclusive write-off on the planet.



and


A police source said it was thought the Veyron — capable of 253mph — was doing around 100mph when it slewed out of control.

It spun three times, hitting a Vauxhall Astra with a seven-months pregnant woman inside, before smashing into trees up a 3ft bank.



and it gets better...


The smash happened shortly after 3pm on Sunday on a 40mph stretch of the B375 near Chertsey, Surrey, a known crash blackspot.



and better...


It is understood the wrecked car was taken away by the SAME truck driver who had delivered it to the owner just a week earlier.


and better...


The witness said the “fed-up” driver and passenger were staring at the Bugatti when a third man drove up in a 4x4 and started raging at them. The Bugatti is owned by a businessman in his 40s who runs a car hire and management company with his brothers.

Outside their home yesterday a man claimed he had rented it to the driver for £20,000 a day and that it was bought for £925,000 — more than the list price.


and finally the guy who sold the car says:


Nick Lancaster, Chief Executive of dealers HR Owen which sold the motor, said: “It is the first Veyron I have heard of being damaged. We cannot say yet whether it is written off or not.”


I wonder if the 20,000 rental cost included insurance? You think they will pay for the Asta repairs? :P ;)

[Jabba]

Which begs the question how many people would rent the Veyron for £20,000 a day ?

If it were me, I would be first gutted to be having to give the veyron back at the end of the day and then also having to deal with handing over the 20K, also it would be hard to ever get excited about driving any other car I guess once you have had a taste of that beauty.

Surely if you could afford to "waste" £20,000 on renting if for a day though then it wouldn't take you too long to save up and buy it outright, especially as I doubt you would even scratch the surface of the cars ability with only a days driving behind you. I guess it is more likely to have only been needed for the day for publicity or promotional purposes though.

One further thing, I wonder if we all chip in a few pounds that we could get TG to rent it out for the day, just so that we can see the stigg take it around the TG test track at long last.

[TopGearNL]

One further thing, I wonder if we all chip in a few pounds that we could get TG to rent it out for the day, just so that we can see the stigg take it around the TG test track at long last.

Yeah, with quarter of a billion viewers all over the world we could even afford a full review and a dragrace. :D

[pitfield]

The Viper had to slow down - the F360 and M3 were the real hold up.

Yeah probably.

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/exotics/3viper_20061211_002.shtml

loser

[Erez]

One further thing, I wonder if we all chip in a few pounds that we could get TG to rent it out for the day, just so that we can see the stigg take it around the TG test track at long last.

thats the greatest thing I have ever heard! :shock:
(and we could have a Jabbasworld.net sticker over it :wink: )

[TNT]

now if its such a great car how can it spin out at 100 mph?

[Jabba]

As I understand it, it hit a ton of water and aquaplaned.

[saadie]

1) its not such a great car
2) the driver was extremly talented
30 maybe a balck cat crossed the road

[TopGearNL]

I would blame Global Warming!

[RC45]

I guess the Veyron-Toureg guy has a doner engine know :P

[hurstg01]

another pic I've found
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/7043/crashedbugattiveyron2xm1.th.jpg (http://img53.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crashedbugattiveyron2xm1.jpg)

[Stoopie]

I guess the Veyron-Toureg guy has a doner engine know :P

:lol: now he finally might be making his advertisement become truth with that engine actually in it ;) I bid $5 for the engine!

[hurstg01]

http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc67/th_13091__42647271_bugatti2mechanic_122_67lo.jpg (http://img21.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13091__42647271_bugatti2mechanic_122 _67lo.jpg) http://img5.imagevenue.com/loc89/th_13101__42647269_bugattiside2_416_122_89lo.jpg (http://img5.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13101__42647269_bugattiside2_416_122 _89lo.jpg) http://img146.imagevenue.com/loc40/th_13103__42647261_bugattifront2_416_122_40lo.jpg (http://img146.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13103__42647261_bugattifront2_416_12 2_40lo.jpg) http://img149.imagevenue.com/loc273/th_13114__42647255_bugattibrothers2_416_122_273lo. jpg (http://img149.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13114__42647255_bugattibrothers2_416 _122_273lo.jpg)
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[Jabba]

http://img21.imagevenue.com/loc67/th_13091__42647271_bugatti2mechanic_122_67lo.jpg (http://img21.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13091__42647271_bugatti2mechanic_122 _67lo.jpg) http://img5.imagevenue.com/loc89/th_13101__42647269_bugattiside2_416_122_89lo.jpg (http://img5.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13101__42647269_bugattiside2_416_122 _89lo.jpg) http://img146.imagevenue.com/loc40/th_13103__42647261_bugattifront2_416_122_40lo.jpg (http://img146.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13103__42647261_bugattifront2_416_12 2_40lo.jpg) http://img149.imagevenue.com/loc273/th_13114__42647255_bugattibrothers2_416_122_273lo. jpg (http://img149.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13114__42647255_bugattibrothers2_416 _122_273lo.jpg)
http://img141.imagevenue.com/loc225/th_13124__42647245_bugattiwide2_416_122_225lo.jpg (http://img141.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13124__42647245_bugattiwide2_416_122 _225lo.jpg) http://img14.imagevenue.com/loc151/th_13129_crashed_bugatti_veyron2_122_151lo.jpg (http://img14.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13129_crashed_bugatti_veyron2_122_15 1lo.jpg) http://img141.imagevenue.com/loc213/th_13133_veyron4_122_213lo.JPG (http://img141.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=13133_veyron4_122_213lo.JPG)
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So Sad :(

[TopGearNL]

^^ more damage then I initially thought! :shock:

That hurts a carnut :cry:

[Max Power]

Yesterday insurance assessors began working out whether the hand-built French motor was repairable — or the most exclusive write-off on the planet.
where's the damage to the engine :?

[Stoopie]

Yesterday insurance assessors began working out whether the hand-built French motor was repairable — or the most exclusive write-off on the planet.
where's the damage to the engine :?

+1, it looks unharmed!

[Pokiou]

its simple.. take it a backyard mechanic and its fine :P wont cost you a sent.. but seriously it aint that bad ive seen worse cars come out perfectly fine.

Pok

[acmarttin]

Well I took a nice long sigh of relief when I found out it wasn't Tom Cruise's Veyron.






:mrgreen:

[tforth]

As I understand it, it hit a ton of water and aquaplaned.


Jabba, it's good to see that you appear to have a more objective view of the Veyron's abilities than some of the other people which have commented here.

[RC45]

As I understand it, it hit a ton of water and aquaplaned.


Jabba, it's good to see that you appear to have a more objective view of the Veyron's abilities than some of the other people which have commented here.

Oh - we know exatly what to make of the Vahrone's abilities... it is a fast fat electronic gizmoed arcade game - that when faced with a puddle of water aquaplaned into a ditch :P

One would have thought the uber-Audi engineers would have included better wet weather tyres on the car ;)

[79TA]

I don't usually picture the Veyron making tight corners (that's not the point of the car). Nevertheless, this crash is much more a result of exuberant driving. :fadein:

[dangerously_cool]

Electronic nannies can't save you from physics, the car's heavy and fast, you can crash. Besides somebody just got overzealous and fucked up, everybody gets close one time or another.

[philip]

Wrecked exotics said it spun three times before hitting a car with a women inside who was 7 months pregnant. Did not list her condition.

Maybe this guy should limit his fast driving to a track where he can only hurt himself.

Insurance companies do not like to pay claims, doubtful that they will continue to insure the car. Will anyone else? What premium would you charge? If you charge $250,000 a year, do you really think this guy will go 4 years before he totals the car. He apparently only had the car one week.

[martin100]

It´s very sad to see that for a Veyron maniac like myself :( Obviously the driver was a bit to self conscious as the weather was very bad. Even in an engineering masterpiece you have to drive very carefully in the rain.