December 27, 2007: Amazing Audi accident photos
 

http://cellar.org/2007/rs6-1.jpg

The VW Vortex forums cough up this one... the Vee Dub guys can be counted upon even when the concern is one of their German brethren.

Here we see the results of a horrific crash in Luxembourg, between an Audi RS6 and...

http://cellar.org/2007/rs6-2.jpg

...an identical RS6? No, it's only one car. This car went airborne at a high rate of speed (to say the least), hit a tree and was cut in half as a result.

http://cellar.org/2007/rs6-3.jpg

They say a true test of a car is how well it gives up its own life to save its driver's, and in this particular crash the Audi did a completely remarkable job. Here we see the driver side -- although the rest of the vehicle is practically obliterated, the driver's area is practically untouched.

http://cellar.org/2007/rs6-4.jpg

And in fact not only did the driver survive, he used his mobile to call for emergency services, and the folks from the ambulance helped him to get out and walk away from the vehicle. He was hospitalized for only a few hours and wound up with little more than a bandage on his pinky.

http://cellar.org/2007/rs6-5.jpg

Great engineering trumps horrible driving. This time.

There are easier ways to turn an Audi into an inny.

...good thing he wasn't carrying any passengers. :worried:

awwww, somebody took the time to put a bandage on the tree

[mumble grumble]/properly designed/engineered vehicle/[mumble grumble]

Me thinks, there was a shitload of luck involved.

Though I'm driving an Audi myself I'm with Bruce on this one: I guess it was more luck than engineering. No car in the world would help if the drivers side would collide with the tree. OK, maybe a Dacia Logan would fall apart just by parking it near a tree...

mike

I'm with xoxoxoBruce and StereoMike on this one and I never understand why people are so eager to discount plain old luck when it comes to surviving accidents :yeldead:

I want to drive the tree - it wasn't damaged at all.

:lol:

That is no statement for engineering. That is a statement about how stupid people drive to fast and threaten everyone else on the road. Sounds like Darwin missed another chance.

Aren't you the guy complaining about speeding fines in another thread?

Yes, but it does not mean that I speed nor does it mean that I support those who do so. It means I abhor government approved robbery of the common man that might occasionally go over the limit. There is a huge difference between going a bit over and getting popped and driving recklessly.

I WAS JOKING