A Tesla Model S has been burnt to a crisp after catching fire at a supercharging station in Norway. Fortunately, nobody was injured in the incident. It’s understood the driver parked his Model S at the supercharging station and hooked it up to the supercharging port, at a station around […]
Crashes and Fires
Audi R8 V10 rolled during customer test drive in the UK
A would-be customer managed to roll a brand new, second-generation Audi R8 V10 Plus during a test drive in the UK. Details are still emerging regarding the exact events of how the accident occurred, however, it’s been reported no one was seriously injured in the incident. The driver apparently clipped […]
New Ford Everest catches fire, recall pending investigation
Thinking of buying a brand new Ford Everest? You might want to think again. It seems the new SUV could have a tendency to spontaneously burst into flames. As was the case with this example while it was being test driven near Newcastle yesterday, spiking an investigation by Ford Australia […]
Porsche Boxster GTS stolen, police chase doesn’t end well (video)
Here’s a story that will inspire either sympathy or schadenfreude. A brand-new, UK-delivered Porsche Boxster GTS met its untimely end recently in the hands of 20-year-old car thief. Aiden John O’Brien-Daniels, the eager criminal, was also involved in a number of other offences, including burglary, robbery, stealing keys, aggravated taking […]
LaFerrari crash in Hungary, hits 3 parked cars
Here’s a sight to match the Monday morning blues. It’s the result of a LaFerrari driver losing control in Hungary, taking out three parked cars in the process. The LaFerrari is Ferrari’s most powerful road-going production car it has ever made, capable of unleashing 708kW. So it comes as no […]
Maserati Quattroporte found, flood-wrecked & abandoned
How’s this for a sorry sight? It’s a relative new Maserati Quattroporte, damaged and abandoned after recent floods in Israel. The Italian exotic was found left to die at the bottom of a riverbed. It has suffered considerable damage, with flood water ravaging through the ins and outs of every […]
Autonomous Google car involved in crash, human error (video)
Google’s fleet of autonomous vehicles have been involved in 14 accidents since testing began in 2009. The latest of which was a rear-ender that occurred on July 1. The incident in question occurred near Google’s Mountain View headquarters in California, where the LIDAR equipped vehicle had stopped at a set […]
BMW i8 crashed & rolled by journalist in Mexico
We’d hazard a guess that there’s not a single automotive publication that hasn’t returned a press car with some sort of scratch, bump or defect. One media outlet can sleep easy knowing they’ve set a new worldwide benchmark; rolling a BMW i8. BMW was kind enough to let a journalist […]