Video: Bugatti Veyron crashes on test drive - embarrassingly

[camshafted]

Warning: Contains embarrassment and possible schadenfreude

A motorist test-driving a Veyron reversed it into a Toyota which was stationary in traffic.

It's probably the slowest Veyron crash you'll see - and you have to feel a bit for the driver who was being filmed as the whole event went on.

http://swns.com/bugatti-veyron-crashes-into-toyota...

Now - who pays here then? I'm guessing, with a car like this, you need to put down a deposit to drive it but surely some blame must be laid with the dealer. The slope is too steep for a car like the Veyron.

The dealer should have driven the car out and parked it on a side road maybe.

Any supercar dealers out there want to shed some light on the protocol in these situations?

[944fan]

Deduct 100 man points for doing that in the first place, plus an extra 20 for being filmed doing it.

I guess the dealers insurance will pay for it. Then the dealer will pay for it next year!!

[Garlick]

Surely the dealer should have reversed the car out for the customer?

[daveco]

Why didn't the Corolla just move forward?

Oh, it's a woman

[Munter]

Garlick said:

Surely the dealer should have reversed the car out for the customer?

You'd think wouldn't you. Also why not tell him to stop sooner! He was stood watching him presumably directing him out on to the road?

[anonymous-user]

I often wonder what the media's true intentions are when writing about this stuff.

"Ha-ha! Rich man crashes his expensive car! We'll never be able to have one but we can do the next best thing and laugh at someone who does!"

Sad really.

[peterattheboro]

Every time i've test drove a car, the salesperson has driven the car off of the forecourt, parked up and then handed me the keys. This is for insurance purposes apparently.

I know this is in America but you'd think they'd have some of the same rules!

[williamp]

It looked like the dealer was behind the car guiding him out...

In this instance, its the dealers problem. Their insuarance covers problems on test drives.

[daveco]

The Crack Fox said:

That's a rubbish crash, if you're going to crash, at least barrel-roll into a bunch of nuns or something.

[Jonny671]

Atlest he got to drive it abit

They've got our Flemkes F1 story on there too.

[Petrolhead_Rich]

why would you goto a city center to test drive a veyron?

I'd goto a dealer near a motorway and some narrow country lanes!!!

Oh, its America, erm a Desert then?

Plus the dealer needs to get their entrance sorted for selling $1m cars.....



-10 manpoints for the driver though! bet he was a bit red-faced!

[Streetrod]

Guys I think you have all missed the cause of this crash. As you can see the car was in high downforce mode with the spoiler in the full up position. He had obviously miscalculated the amount of downforce available at the time and therefore lost contol. C'mon its a mistake anyone of us could have made

[CraigyMc]

Garlick said:

Surely the dealer should have reversed the car out for the customer?

Presumably if the dealer crashed, he'd have to pay...

[Shmee]

Petrolhead_Rich said:

why would you goto a city center to test drive a veyron?

I'd goto a dealer near a motorway and some narrow country lanes!!!

Oh, its America, erm a Desert then?

Plus the dealer needs to get their entrance sorted for selling $1m cars.....



-10 manpoints for the driver though! bet he was a bit red-faced!

And where do you find Bugatti showrooms outside of big cities? I'm pretty sure across the world, they are in expensive areas of cities - the obvious reason for which is to be near and available to their wealthy clientèle.

[Garlick]

CraigyMc said:

Garlick said:

Surely the dealer should have reversed the car out for the customer?

Presumably if the dealer crashed, he'd have to pay...

Quite, but if I was the customer I would have asked him to back it out for me - assuming this is a test drive and not the owner collecting after service or something.

[Baked_bean]

is there no way they could have made it so the car can be driven out frontwards? embarrassing either way though.

[camshafted]

It should have avoided the prang but would have still scraped the floor on its way down.

Either way it's an epic fail for driver and dealer. Wherever there's a Bugatti Veyron there's a nearby camera phone. Must be a nightmare for drivers, although I'm sure they don't care too much. After all, they do have a Veyron!