What's this wrecked car?

[Beefmeister]

A mate of mine posted this image up tonight on Facebook, on the M4 apparently. He said it's a Caparo T1, but the side pods don't look right to me:



The thing is, I'm sure I've seen that paint job before, but for the life of me I can't remember on what car.

So - can anyone identify the car?

[McSam]

Not a T1, if you ask me.

God knows what it actually is, though!

[Beefmeister]

Yeah, the side pods aren't right - too angular.

I'm sure I've seen the car before though - it's the green paintwork with black edges.

Damn you memory - work!!!

[delmatt]

I saw this as well couldnt work out what it was at all. Actually a bit scary as it was well crunched up, I am just waiting for a Caterham I have bought to arrive and it made me think that some cars are not meant to be crashed! Hope the driver was ok and it looked worse than it was.

[Justayellowbadge]

I thought perhaps x-bow but again didn't think the sidepods are right.

[Beefmeister]

Radical SR3, new pic. Ouch!!

Hope the driver was ok.

[BliarOut]

Is that him in the waterproofs? Tub looks perfectly intact, I'd say it did it's job.... Hopefully!

[The Wookie]

Beefmeister said:

Radical SR3, new pic. Ouch!!

Hope the driver was ok.

Waterproofs on top and brand new driving shoes on the bottom... I'm guessing it's the guy on the right

[McSam]

The Wookie said:

Waterproofs on top and brand new driving shoes on the bottom... I'm guessing it's the guy on the right

Almost certainly!

But yes, while it's superficially fked, the safety cell looks totally unharmed, which is good to see. So it is designed to be crashed!

[soad]

Doesn't look too bad - that chap appears to be fine. Poor car though.

[Aviz]

Is that green or yellow?

Sorry I'm colour blind, but I thought it might be this one , at least the paInt job on the side is the same.


http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=23&...

[carlove]

It's green.
Haven't them people in the back of Top Gear magazine just got a bright green one?

[frontsplitter]

It uses the same chassis as the race cars which have passed the same FIA crash test as the LMP2 cars, so yes it is designed to protect when crashed.

[HustleRussell]

delmatt said:

I am just waiting for a Caterham I have bought to arrive and it made me think that some cars are not meant to be crashed! Hope the driver was ok and it looked worse than it was.

Caterhams crash pretty well in my experience, so long as you don't snap your arm/wrist in the steering wheel!

[Biker's Nemesis]

Is it me or does he have a funny shaped head?

[Shaw Tarse]

carlove said:

Haven't them people in the back of Top Gear magazine just got a bright green one?

They have (had?)

[98elise]

Most fiberglass cars look bad after a crash as the body is not normally structural. Bits tend to get ripped off, and the wheels/suspension are effectively more exposed so also get torn off. This is all good as its taking energy out of the crash. Does make minor shunts more expensive to fix, but its only money

[Jibber Jabber]

That doesn't look like the same car?

Looks like a different location as well?

[Riley Blue]

Road markings are different and no barrier in first photo.

[BliarOut]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Is it me or does he have a funny shaped head?

He went into the Armco backwards