OT: Another Enzo tragedy

http://www.kommersant.com/p725048/Suleiman_Kerimov/

Why do Ferrari's break into 2 parts on hard collision? Is that how they are designed to be? I've seen several other crash pics of Ferraris and they were also broken into 2 parts.

In a serious impact, you'd probably be happier if the heavy engine section could break free and be off away from you. I'm thinking it's a design feature - based on the fact that it seems to happen this way each time someone totals one.

wow probably had to be doing at least 80mph do do that. The other guy was doing 150+ on PCH and it looked teh same. I wouldnt be doing that speed when theres snow/rain/ice present either... the enzo is a carbon fiber shell that is designed like a race car to split apart and keep the energy from entering the cabin where the passengers are.

"maybe the car was defective" Yeah. We all know these rich guys who think they know everything would never be at fault for driving like a maniac in a car he cannot handle at a high rate of speed on an icy road showing off. THat would neeeeevvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeerrrrrrrr happen, but certainly Ferrari builds defective Enzo's.

That's not snow - it's foam from the fire department! You don't get snow and ice in Cannes/Nice - it's warm like California.

That is funny! Hahaha....I thought it was snow as well...

The Palm trees were a clue...

Damn, now I feel my hair turning blonde! The damn leaves are all green!!!!

It looked to me like a local snow storm!! the other side of the street was clean.....but man does it hurt to see those beauties broken in half!!!

how did the guy get burnt if the car was in half? i imagine only the rear was on fire.

Anybody find it comical in the story that they reported that the F-Car "unexpectedly crossed the sidewalk and struck a tree" WTF does unexpectedly mean in this story? What it should of read like was: "........driving at a high rate of speed without training behind the wheel and owning an Enzo becasue he can, the Enzo expectedly crossed the sidewalk and struck a tree."

I totally wondered the same thing.

I just find it sad that seemingly the more money you have the more idiotic you become behind the wheel. Why does one work so hard to be successful only so that he can be more careless with his life and that of the passenger? Does wealth somehow make one larger than life? Sigh...

That is exactly what I was getting at. Funny that is isn't snow! OOPS! Oh well the rest still applies.

I sent my daughter and her boy friend to a BMW teen driver school. The instructors spent a lot of time in the classroom explaining that there was really no such thing as an accident. Very helpful for me in my instructions to her

I don't think that has much to do with it . . . really. I think that there are thousands of wrecks every day that nobody hears about. When there is one wreck with a true supercar, everyone knows it. The true supercars are so much more capable that I assume it is easier to get in trouble. Specifically, you could drive exactly the same way in a Prius and an Enzo and you would probably die in the Enzo. I am sure the true supercars are merely cars to the people who can afford them. It is all a matter of perspective. So, I doubt that their attitude or intelligence levels are all that different from the rest of us. Their mistakes are just a lot more public and interesting. Just my two cents.

The local municipality will be liable for planting that unsafe tree in a autoright of way.

I thought the foam was soap suds since you really never see a dirty Enzo. They owners detail guy probably detailed it for these pics but snapped the shots before they washed away the soap.

You don't seriously think that most Enzo owners, worked for their money do you? I'll bet inheritance played a bigger role in the payment for the car than "work"... (Especially in Cannes/Nice)

You've gotta be kidding. They'll say, "stupid idiot!", light up another cigarette and retire to the sidewalk cafe for another glass of wine.

Truely a tragedy for the Enzo. Idiots should not be allowed to buy these cars.

Yep -- pretty much either the car failed, or the driver failed (maybe the OTHER driver). A long time member of my PCA region is very fond of saying "You don't have to be smart to own a Porsche." There have been some funny moments at parties, etc. where someone does something really silly and he just stands there and makes this remark in a way that almost sets you over laughing. I am sure the same adage applies to the Ferrari owners... It would be interesting to know how many of these turkeys who roast their CGT's and Enzo's on the street can get it around a decent road track in one piece. In other words... i wonder a lot how many of them "Got Track?" And it looks like another CGT bit the dust today too... http://www.wnbc.com/news/10439357/detail.html

So he makes it seem that the CGT is so poorly designed that it will go out of control at 30mph...

Yeah, 30mph and swerved to avoid a truck and crashed.... right. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

And even if one does lose control of a CGT at 30mph and crash, I don't know how you can total it really, at that speed.

Yeah, well, the laws of physics would argue against doing enough damage to total a car travelling at 30mph. Pretty weird. Do I smell insurance fruad?