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Old 11-27-06, 08:28 PM
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The dude and the woman are in-critical condition in a hospital in the South of France.
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Old 11-27-06, 08:40 PM
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Damn!

Do Enzos tend to break in half like that?!? It seems like all the recent Enzo accidents show the cars breaking right in the middle like so...

Hopefully, the passengers recover fully.
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Old 11-27-06, 08:49 PM
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Yep, just about all of the Ferrari's split in half when in serious accidents. Someone was telling me that they are designed to do this. Its a good answer, but Im not sure I can fully believe that.

Hope the occupants are ok.

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Old 11-27-06, 08:57 PM
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that is something that i notice also. Wonder why most of the picture of Ferrari accident split in half? After seeing the National Geographic channel about making a Ferrari, i would believe no accident can cause this.. i am wrong
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Old 11-27-06, 09:00 PM
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I'm guessing its to protect u from an engine fire or what not?!
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Old 11-27-06, 09:10 PM
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I know - its for insurance purposes - when you wreck a ferrari its cheaper to total out the car and get a new one than fixing & piecing it back together.... I just can't forsee why its safer to come apart like that - quite embrassing if you ask me..
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Old 11-27-06, 09:23 PM
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Looks like the French Riviera. I wonder how many Enzo's we have left right now . . .
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Old 11-27-06, 09:48 PM
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So far 4 went bye-bye this year alone.
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Old 11-27-06, 10:03 PM
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i think its meant to split up so the cabin is protected from any possible explosions or fires
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Hope the driver and passenger are ok
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I know that the cockpit "tub" is designed to separate from the rest of the car, like an isolated cocoon. This is to help protect the passengers in the event of a crash.
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more informations
when : saturday 3:20 pm
where : Promenade des Anglais à Nice (maximum legal speed 35mph on thi road)
who : Suleyman Kerimov russian politic friend of Vladimir Poutine and a passenger girl Tina Kandelaki famous on tv (russia)
how : police investigation for the moment



more photos of the enzo
http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=15534
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A Ferrari owner told me (I don't know if this is true or not, could be a rumor), that the stress points are designed to break in an accident of that sort so the mass of the engine is disconnected from the passenger compartment. I guess it makes sense, since you probably wouldn't want a) the engine landing on you or b) to be attached to the heaviest part of the vehicle while it's out of control; I'd imagine the "motion" of the engine compartment would carry it a lot further, faster, and more dangerous than the relatively light passenger compartment.

I dunno, made sense to me.
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With that many Palm trees in the pic could be California or Florida.
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Another single-car Enzo accident? I really hope everyone is ok, but they need to stop selling Enzo's to morons. Seems as though the driver was trying to impress his lady friend with his driving skills...

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