Massive Japanese crash claims eight Ferraris, three Benzes..

Coppershot · Postby **Coppershot** » December 5th, 2011, 2:23 am

A single miscalculation from a Ferrari driver earlier today in Japan led to a chain reaction that ultimately wrecked or destroyed 14 vehicles including eight Ferraris, three Mercedes, a Lamborghini, a Skyline, and a Prius that was in the right place at the wrong time.

A group of foreign car enthusiasts were heading to Hiroshima from Kyushu when one of the drivers lost control trying to overtake a car on a wet, curved part of China Road in Yamaguchi Prefecture. The Ferrari driver reportedly hit the median and created a reaction that caused the other cars in the lineup to crash, according to Japanese media (translated).

No one was seriously hurt in the crash, but the vehicular carnage is severe. Video from the Japanese TV report above, as well as photos from Twitter and other news sites shows a trail of expensive Italian metal dotted with Japanese and German cars.

It's slightly difficult to tell from pictures, but the Ferraris involved appear to include multiple F355s, F430s (including a Scuderia), an F360, and some form of F512.

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Other cars include the aforementioned Mercedes-Benz products (including a CL600-ish type vehicle), a car described as a Lamborghini Diablo, a Nissan Skyline, and one Toyota Prius.

The accident shut down the road for six hours as cleanup crews tried to untangle the mess. We'll update as we get more information.

Trini Hookah · Postby **Trini Hookah** » December 5th, 2011, 2:37 am

Already posted in the Car Park.

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=410071

Coppershot · Postby **Coppershot** » December 5th, 2011, 2:53 am

ok. I didnt realise.
At least the info is in english here

RBphoto · Postby **RBphoto** » December 5th, 2011, 8:58 am

Our hearts go out to the owner of the Prius, because he was the only poor man in that smashup

The rest of those guys will buy another toy like that.

zoelikescheese · Postby **zoelikescheese** » December 5th, 2011, 9:07 am

^^^

Habit7 · Postby **Habit7** » December 5th, 2011, 9:13 am

vrampersad14 wrote:Already posted in the Car Park.

viewtopic.php?f=25&t=410071

I think this going to happen a lot today with this story. But ppl dont follow the forum posting rules.

Postby **Monk BANzai** » December 5th, 2011, 9:19 am

why lock it?

pity a rare Testarossa had to be part of that though

foss · Postby **foss** » December 5th, 2011, 9:20 am

RIP Prius :'(

K74T · Postby **K74T** » December 5th, 2011, 9:23 am

Ferrari drivers again

Postby **Greypatch** » December 5th, 2011, 10:12 am

Strauss · Postby **Strauss** » December 5th, 2011, 10:20 am

crossdrilled wrote:Our hearts go out to the owner of the Prius, because he was the only poor man in that smashup

The rest of those guys will buy another toy like that.

ek4ever · Postby **ek4ever** » December 5th, 2011, 10:27 am

Ferrari + Nexens=FAIL

lostallos101 · Postby **lostallos101** » December 5th, 2011, 12:19 pm

damn Prius owner once they all hit him n no hit dem, he maybe smiling cause I would believe their insurance will have to fix it. d man who smart idea to try overtake around a wt bend better hope d rest doh catch him

shake d livin wake d dead · Postby **shake d livin wake d dead** » December 5th, 2011, 12:21 pm

expensive crash they jedd.

RoTaRyBoYz · Postby **RoTaRyBoYz** » December 5th, 2011, 12:23 pm

BANzai Rastafarai wrote:why lock it?

pity a rare Testarossa had to be part of that though

X2

The driver lucky he stopped just b4 the median, bcuz he would of gotten a mouthful of metal

hassan_7428 · Postby **hassan_7428** » December 5th, 2011, 2:45 pm

buh me eh see no skyline in that crash

turbohead · Postby **turbohead** » December 5th, 2011, 10:12 pm

them men could sell 1 of those crashed and buy a fleet of prius

toyota2nr · Postby **toyota2nr** » December 5th, 2011, 10:54 pm

You see they jealous the Prius so they bounce him.

:evilbat:

black start · Postby **black start** » December 5th, 2011, 11:08 pm

buh prius and skyline is almost d same price....

shogun · Postby **shogun** » December 5th, 2011, 11:26 pm

hassan_7428 wrote:buh me eh see no skyline in that crash

Thought the same thing too.

Saw an R35, but thought it wasn't part of the "skyline" series....but read somewhere that it is, because of it's heritage from the R32-34...it just doesn't carry the badging.