First Bugatti Veyron crash

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First Bugatti Veyron crash
Posted on Sunday 4 March 2007


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.
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The least he could do is crash it properly and write it off to an unrepairable state:(
 
I would be interested to know how much repair bills are for that crash and whether or not the owner decides to make use of an insurance claim of fork out from his own pocket.......having it HPI recorded will harm its residuals :p
 
it’s thought that a pool of water on the road caused the AWD supercar to lose traction and then spin out of control
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All those years and millions of pounds spent on development and they forgot to make it capable of being driven through a puddle without flying off the road ;)
 
Is that the same one from the 'nova chasing a veyron' thread? (think it was on loan to a car mag or something).
 
kaiowas said:
All those years and millions of pounds spent on development and they forgot to make it capable of being driven through a puddle without flying off the road ;)
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Yeah that went through my mind too!

1 down... how many left?
 
kaiowas said:
All those years and millions of pounds spent on development and they forgot to make it capable of being driven through a puddle without flying off the road ;)
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Probably safe to say it was being driven faster than most other cars ;)

Also with tyres demanding that kinda of performance you can have wet or dry, you can't have both and clearly the Veyrons are designed for the dry
 
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