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Journalist flips BMW i8 during a test drive
Featured on BIMMERPOST.com A BMW i8 test vehicle has been heavily crashed during a journalistic test drive in Mexico. The plug-in hybrid sports vehicle was taken by a local journalist for a media test and somehow he lost control while driving it. We don’t have any details regarding the accident, but as you can see from the attached photos the car is flipped over. WreckedExotics reports this is one of the first production i8s, but shares no information about the driver’s condition after the crash. Given the strength of the machine’s cockpit, chances are he’s fine. http://www.worldcarfans.com/11507019...ve/lowphotos#0 Last edited by ORIGIN M.; 07-01-2015 at 09:51 AM.. |
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Ouch.
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Prayers for the driver (and for the car). As stated the driver is probably fine, but the car... it's scarred for life.
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Glad he's fine as a start, poor car
He was doing something by turning off something Horrible end....
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Dang... puts the term "shiny side up" into perspective!!
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snap oversteer coming out corner, bounces into and then up retaining wall ripping the front end under panels, takes a bit of the fence with it before it flips over. Spiral pass.
If you look closely, that girl in the background is smiling. lol. |
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"In Mexico" lol I hope it isn't what we mean by that
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I hate to say this, but it looks like it was a low speed problem. Probably, the driver was distracted in the cabin, poking buttons or checking his cell and boom he drove up that side wall and flipped.
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Hmm, I wonder how this will influence that journalist's review.
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Lightly driven i8 test car for sale, low mileage minor scratches on roof (Like New)
In all seriousness hope the driver is okay but poor i8.
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"In Mexico..." What would Trump say about this?
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