$2 Million Bugatti & Three Other Supercars Smashed in Wild Autobahn Weekend

by Jared Paul Stern (RSS feed)
Oct 13th 2010 at 8:02PM

A recent weekend in Germany saw the wanton destruction of a small fortune in supercars in a series of unbelievable smashups on the Autobahns. In the space of a mere 48 hours a Bugatti, two Lamborghinis and an Audi R8 were all totaled while traveling at eye-popping speeds. The first two casualties were a rare $2 million Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport (above) and a Lamborghini Murciélago Roadster, involved in separate incidents mere hours apart. The Lamborghini was driven by a 32-year-old who lost control of the car in Vaterstetten in lower Franconia but miraculously walked away unharmed. The driver of the Grand Sport lost control while passing another car at 125 mph, causing some $560,000 worth of damage. Then a black Lamborghini LP670-4SV driven by a couple of mechanics who'd just performed an oil change on the vehicle spun out and got pretty badly banged up. And finally a limited edition $200,000 Audi R8 GT, one of only 333 built, burned to cinders after crashing near Denkendorf on the A9.

Tags: Audi R8, Audi R8 GT, Autobahn, Bugatti, Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, car crash, Germany, Lamborghini, supercar

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Crimes and Misdemeanors

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mm Oct 13th 2010 10:55PM

How do you lose control at 125mph? I'm not being flip, but seriously, if you can't handle that relatively average speed, you shouldn't be driving that car.

reallytorkedoff Oct 14th 2010 12:15AM

Wow. Tough weekend. And I agree with MM. How do you lose control of a Veyron at "only" 125 mph? Those cars are designed to go fast as is the Autobahn.

Did someone pull out in front him?

verdegrrl Oct 14th 2010 12:44PM

Totally agree. 125 mph is nothing. Especially for a car of this caliber. Either there were outside influences or the driver really screwed up.

Hans Franz Oct 14th 2010 1:38PM

Press release:
http://www.polizei.bayern.de/unterfranken/news/presse/aktuell/index.html/124287
Translation:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.polizei.bayern.de%2Funterfranken%2Fnews%2Fpresse%2Faktuell%2Findex.html%2F124287

reallytorkedoff Oct 15th 2010 7:34AM

If I'm reading the translation right (and I'm unsure about that) the Bugatti got caught between another driver and a large truck while overtaking the truck and could not slow down in time.

Them's the breaks, dude.

DukeGanote Oct 18th 2010 7:59PM

"Apparently the Veyron was stretching its legs when another motorist pulled out to overtake a 16-wheel juggernaut. The Veyron driver couldn't react in time, tried to push through between the gap of the truck and the overtaking car, and ended up merging with the left corner of the truck...All three drivers came away unharmed. "

http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/crashed-veyron-2010-05-10