Ding Ding Ding

We have a winner!

 

i bet even the wrecked car still goes for like 75k

 

The 360 modena with the hockey players that split in half, was reportedly travelling at 80mph (see link). Now i know thats not slow by any standard, but I would still not expect the car to shear into two at that speed.

http://www.iihf.com/news/iihfpr6203.htm

Does anyone (beltfed?) have any links pointing to ferraris splitting in severe accidents?

 

Even wrecked like that, the car still looks beautiful.

 

its a crumpled ball of metal. put down the pipe.

 

my guess is, you see that tiny bend in the background, he was going to fast around that, then hit that grass wall and split the car in two

 

that is complete BS, ferrari's are not noted for their safty features, rather their performance features....on that same note no matter what you drive, unless its a NASCAR, if you wreck at a fast enough speed you will die....but as far as this car being safer than 90% of the cars on the road is ludicrous

 

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That street sign in Italy means "right of way" The sign indicates a T intersection, with the straight road having the right of way.

My opinion is he hit another car ( not visible in the pictures which might explain the random looking tire ) or he was avoiding a motorist who just wasn't paying attention.

On a side note, maybe the driver at the intersection forgot to look in both directions and then back again in the first direction just to make sure... and pulled out infront of the enzo which just came around the turn at a high speed?

 

Good work Detective

 

I think the tire is not from the Enzo, my guess is definitely that he hit someone else.

crazy pics tho.

 

I can only imagine what body part is underneath that green blanket

 

Considering its hard to "wrap" molded carbon fiber around a tree, its easy to see why it split.

I would still expect less passanger compartment damage(let alone cracking in half) to a car designed for such high speeds.

 

That guy was suicidal.

 

That is the front tire of the Enzo.






And here is Bridgestone Potenza RE050A, which is the OEM spec tire from Ferrari; same tread pattern.

 

It is a carbon fiber tub,"molded" By the way there is some aluminum(honeycomb) in that Enzo to help it pass safety laws which goes to show just how fast he must have been going to totally split the car in half.

Ferrari was thinking about saving weight and making the car faster than the carrera GT v10 ... Safety That car is BARELY street legal.

Good eyes

 

This man knows his cars.

 

I try.

 

Is it kevlar or aluminum? Im pretty sure they used aluminum, its cheaper. Anyone know what the Enzo is exactly made of? I know its monocoque which means the shell supports most of the car rather than the chassis. More common in automobiles now, mostly predominant in aircraft engineering.

 

They used CF and aluminum.

 

Here's a picture of the monocoque. Compare this to the original pictures and you can get a pretty good idea of where and how it broke.

 

Of course... right by the front fender the thinnest part of the tub. Think about it that would take a considerable amount of force.

 

Well, the aluminum top seems to have been detached from the rest of the structure during the crash... and it split right in the middle of the cockpit. IMO, the driver stood no chance. Regardless of how it happened, he didn't have any protection whatsoever once the top split off and the tub split from underneath him... I still say he came around the bend too fast, slid and rolled... I don't see any trees or anything in the immediate area that can split the chassis like that, but a few rolls could definitely tear off the aluminum top and twist the tub to a point that it would break in half.

 

I was under the impression that the body panels were made from carbon fiber sandwiched around aluminum honey comb.





Interesting. anyone else know?

 

I thought the top was aluminum and the rest of the structure was carbon fiber.

 

he clearly hit that wall in the back ground

 

my guess as to what happened, not exactly sure, but from the pictures, and this frame work picture (Edr0e) i would say he over corrected and slammed hard into that ivy covered wall, on the right side corner, hence thats why it tore apart in that manner

 

I didnt notice all the shrubs on the floor which does indicate he came in contact with the bushes... Obviously if theres that much damage to the car there was more than just bushes. The wall is not visible but your theory does make the most sense. There must be a wall behind the bushes.




Been watching too much CSI

 

I think that the problem lies that Ferrari didn't put too much effort into safety. How many million dollar plus prototypes would you want to crash? There was a pretty well known crash of a Carrera GT a few months back on a road course out west. IIRC there were fatalities, but the cockpit stayed intact. McLarens are also very safe. I saw a crash video of one on TLC a few years back when they were doing testing. It was quite amazing to see how little damage the car had. Ferrari should be ashamed of themselves. I have heard of a few other newer Ferrari's splitting in half. FYI....Race cars are designed to shed parts off of their structure to absorb the impact. Every see an modern open wheel race car crash? Partsfly everywhere, but the protective tube stays intact. I was at Chicagoland Speedway this year and an IRL car split into two. The driver suffered a few broken bones, but lived to race again.

 

Well in a car that can go this fast I would want an eject button.

 

omg..... what did it hit???

 

I love the detective work on this board, I really do. All I know is that is one really, really messed up Ferrari.

 

At 200mph, I'm sure even random roadkill could do this.

 

same here

 

Carbon / Metal cars would rip apart in such an impact its not odd to see that.

If you want to go race car speed go get your self a steel cage, like the professionals do it.

 

Race car building 101 stuff

Even the screws are spring loaded, designed to pop up and out in case of an impact. The structure is engineered to break apart. Seeing as how the Enzo is basically Michael Schumacher's F1 in street disguise, it's not a bad thing that the car broke apart like that. It's meant to do that. However, the broken structure baffles me... but I guess that depends on how fast he was going and just how hard he hit, in order to determine if Ferraris indeed are prone to breaking apart like that.