F40 Crash

[matc]

Friend of mine spotted this on the IoW yesterday, by all accounts the occupants were ok but the car's looking a little sorry for it's self!



Sorry for the poor photo quality!

[iandc]

Sad to see that but it does not look like anyone would be injured as "superficial" damage. A bit of T Cut and Bob's yer Uncle!

[Mini1275]

Is that a real one?.

The front looks too long...

Perhaps it's just the photo, do you know whereabouts on the IoW this happened?.

[pedrotunes]

Doesn't look wide enough to be a real one either, but again could be the photo

[Shmee]

pedrotunes said:

Doesn't look wide enough to be a real one either, but again could be the photo

Looks highly suspect to me

[Bugeyeandy]

Looks like a real one to me.

[ZOLLAR]

Can anybody see the reg properly?.

[Rollcage]

ZOLLAR said:

Can anybody see the reg properly?.

As we are all looking at the same screen grab, probably not!

[ZOLLAR]

Rollcage said:

ZOLLAR said:

Can anybody see the reg properly?.

As we are all looking at the same screen grab, probably not!

Your eyesight may be better than mine?

[Chris Peacock]

Thought they were made from carbon fiber?.......looks like smashed fiber glass on the front end....?....


Unless its yellow carbon....

[Mastiff]

The nose may look long because the O/S/F wheel has been smashed backwards?

[Shmee]

I was looking at an F40 yesterday and it was so wide, this car even just looking at the spoiler just looks too narrow, can't put my finger on it.

[bertie]

Chris Peacock said:

Thought they were made from carbon fiber?.......looks like smashed fiber glass on the front end....?....


Unless its yellow carbon....

Aren't they Kevlar not carbon, which is yellow?

[Rollcage]

Chris Peacock said:

Thought they were made from carbon fiber?.......looks like smashed fiber glass on the front end....?....


Unless its yellow carbon....

Thats how they look when crashed - pics of a couple of similarly damaged cars look almost identical.

I'd say it's real, as the wipers look right, as does the interior. Crappy perspective from the phone makes it look a little wrong.

[Shmee]

Rollcage said:

Crappy perspective from the phone makes it look a little wrong.

Probably true

[crostonian]

Looks real to me, its LHD and a lot of replicas don't have the air intake gap by the rear quarter light.

[Wanta996Gotta]

Rollcage said:

Thats how they look when crashed - pics of a couple of similarly damaged cars look almost identical.

I'd say it's real, as the wipers look right, as does the interior. Crappy perspective from the phone makes it look a little wrong.

Going from the picture alson, it doesnt look like a real F40 to me. There is another post with a Yellow Scuderia which also turns out to be a replica.

Replica F430 Scud - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by Wanta996Gotta on Thursday 15th September 17:06

[cronk-flakes]

If you actually look at the Ford Focus, the right-side of the picture is slightly warped... I'd imagine this is true from top to bottom of the photo.

[Rollcage]

F40 reps that I've seen stand out a mile - this looks OK, even the door mirrors look right.

[Wanta996Gotta]

Rollcage said:

F40 reps that I've seen stand out a mile - this looks OK, even the door mirrors look right.

Your right about the wing mirrors. Image just makes the car look slimmer than a real F40.

Similar frontal damage on other examples - http://www.wreckedexotics.com/f40/