The Carrera GT reportedly will spin the tires in any and all gears which makes it hard to control. If the driver downshifted coming around a bend and spun the tires the weight of the engine could cause the car to slide sideways into a pole then a tree.
Yet the physical damage looks much more than a 45mph crash.As others have stated including myself, it's believed there was a mechanical malfunction possibly in the steering system.
Yet the physical damage looks much more than a 45mph crash.
Can the family of deceased sue Porsche for said "malfunction"?
Since the driver is familiar with that car it eliminates some "driver error" in his part. Paying that much one should expect it function the way you expected and safely too. :\
Memo (dated May 2004) from Porsche to dealership of how dangerous the car can be with the wrong driver and road surface it's driven on -->
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/1202_carrera_gt_2.pdf
I find it hard to believe that the steering fluid cause that fireball. More like the car was just going to fast like a missile and hit the post , disintegrated and burn.
Can the family of deceased sue Porsche for said "malfunction"?
Since the driver is familiar with that car it eliminates some "driver error" in his part. Paying that much one should expect it function the way you expected and safely too. :\
Memo (dated May 2004) from Porsche to dealership of how dangerous the car can be with the wrong driver and road surface it's driven on -->
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tmz_documents/1202_carrera_gt_2.pdf
I think you posted the wrong memo? That doesn't say anything about the car being dangerous, it's all about the car being fragile and expensive to repair.
No one is saying the steering fluid caused the fire. However; it could have contributed to both a loss of traction and steering control evidenced by no skid marks nor swerving going into the crash by an experienced track driver.
No matter how good (experienced) of a driver you are, when you are doing doughnuts and crazy 8 accident is bound to happen. The street is not wide enough for this stunt.
Yet the physical damage looks much more than a 45mph crash.
IIRC it was said some of the damage was done by the fire dept trying to recover bodies. They had to tear it apart. So many of the photos are post-burn and post-extraction.
IIRC it was said some of the damage was done by the fire dept trying to recover bodies. They had to tear it apart. So many of the photos are post-burn and post-extraction.
It's already proven that the donut marks were not from the Carerra GT.
Well I missed that one. Just looking at the scene that car ihas to be going at a high rate of speed. There is no way that is 50mph driving.
A 50 MPH crash with an immovable object is like dropping the car from the fifth floor of a building.
Speed was a factor, but I doubt they were anywhere more than 60ish mph hitting that tree.
There is no evidence they had braked.
Hiting a tree at even 45mph is pretty damn serious.
Not surprisingly there are few crash tests of Porches, or performance sports cars of any kind.
So here's a video of an A4 Cab hitting an offset barrier at 40 MPH.
http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/...-crash-test-20032009/676195405001/6513160001/
Not saying that Porche wasn't doing 45 when it hit the pole, but if it was then it really is a deathtrap.
Supercars like this just aren't built the same way as a traditional car like an A4. Most of them are designed to break in half during collisions. The body panels are usually nothing more than aerodynamic aids, so they are removed/mangled very easily and it always makes wrecks of them look really bad.
In my opinion the wreck characteristics aren't of a car traveling super fast. It looks like that is a 45 mph road, and I would guess they were maybe going 55ish. If they were going 100+ like some people seem to think then there is no way the car would've stopped where it did. It would've flown through the light post, tree, and landed well far away. It would've been airborne. But I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination.
Well I missed that one. Just looking at the scene that car ihas to be going at a high rate of speed. There is no way that is 50mph driving.
You have to remember too, Super cars are not made to be safe five star safety rating vehicles. Most are street legal race cars and made almost entirely of fiberglass, carbon fiber, and very light weight not so durable materials.