I simply cant belive both passengers and a dog survied this crash...



Brand new BMW M5 F10 300km/h crash on the autobahn... are you kidding me



If this was my evo the picture above of the wheel/strut assembly would be my head and there would be nothing left that resembles a car lol

More info here
http://www.bmwblog.com/2012/04/20/f1...-the-autobahn/

 

I saw this on car buzz earlier. Agreed that an EVO would give you less of a chance of survival but I reckon that it's all circumstantial. I've been in several accidents at over 100kmh and walked away without a single mark on me, not one. However I had a friend who was killed in a 50kmh accident. Of course speed and the vehicle's safety play a big part, but luck is also a big player.

 

I agree, the Germans may be expensive but they engineer some safe cars!

Recently saw the aftermath of an Audi A5 rear end a parked Big Rig at 85mph, driver opened the door and got out under his own power, not unscathed but better than dead.... not even the Panorama sunroof was broken.....

 

see my album, rollover x3 and hit a tree. its a good thing I had the ralliart grp N, fuel tank crash plate.

 

he should sell the car in parts now the body parts still look salvageable you can tell he was already thinking about it by the way he popped open the hood to check if the engine was okay

 

because the people involved are safe, I will lighten the discussion....dibs on turbos and wheels in part out thread. : )

 

Can't believe no one said anything about an Evo not getting in a crash in the first place.

 

Lol funny indeed but he popped the hood because of a fire. The white stuff is from the extinguisher...

 

well that too

but on a serious note, its a bit silly to over-generalize that a Lancer/Evo wouldnt protect its occupants in the same manner as a bmw 5 series. perhaps if you sample 1000 different accidents, the outcome would yield results from which you can draw generalizations...
however, in a single crash, no matter the circumstances, its anything goes. "luck" is whats its about.
i've seen people walk away from 100mph crashes in civics, while i also saw a young guy die in a 40mph crash in a 7 series, near my house last summer...

 

I wish our evos didnt get in many accidents but just when looking at copart alone, one can say alot of evos get written off!! Sad true story

Ultimately this crash survival was all luck..

But our Evo is very basic when it comes to safety...end of story their..

 

thats not hard to imagine, just look at the average age of an Evo owner/driver.

 

From what I heard on Jalopnik, the 60 year old driver had a 20 year old female friend in the car. Also, his sons were following close behind in an M3 and M6.

Plus the car did slide a lot instead of hitting like, a tree at 180+.

 

crazy man, evos will hold there own though