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Showing posts with label Ferrari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ferrari. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Ferrari 599 GTO Wreck
Saturday, June 22, 2013
24 Hours of Le Mans!
Unlike most races, these vehicles must run all-out for 24 hours straight without breaking down and with as few stops as possible. At 2013 speeds we can expect the leaders to travel more than 3000 miles (5000 km)
NASCAR, Formula 1 and Indycar feature straights that can be a thousand feet long. LeMans features a straightaway that is 4 miles (6 km) long followed by a series of curves, hairpin turns and shorter straights.
It is our favorite race at Almost Everything because the cars look like real cars and the technology is often a few years away from making the cars we drive everyday safer, more fun and better performing.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Photos of 6 Exotic Cars Going Up In Flames
Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is not one wreck but 6! A car carrier in Bangkok, Thailand was transporting a Ferrari, Lamborghini, 2 Bentleys, Mercedes and a BMW. One of the exotics caught fire while on the transporter (we're guessing the Lamborghini because they seem to spontaneously combust fairly frequently.) The fire spread to other cars while the truck was moving!
Thanks as always the the guys at WreckedExotics.com for our weekly dose of automotive mayhem!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Video of 2013 Ferrari "LaFerrari"
Beautiful car. Dumb name. Ferrari has unveiled the successor to the GTO, F40, F50 and Enzo and is calling it "LaFerrari." Which as far as we can tell is universally derided. Still, we wouldn't turn one down if offered to us. . . or if we had the $1.3M needed to buy one.
It's a hybrid and the most outrageous Ferrari to date:
- 0-60 in less than 3 seconds
- 220 mph top speed
- 0963 HP
- 665 lb-ft (900+ Nm) torque.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Video of Ferrari 458 Italia Blunder
This was not a good way to start the day. Some friends decided to make a video of their new Ferrari 458 Italia flying by. It didn't work quite as planned.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
1995 Ferrari 348 vs Tree
Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a 1995 Ferrari 348 that was wrapped around a tree at high speed (yes, of course we meant the tree was speeding.) Amazingly, the driver walked away without any significant injuries. No word on how the tree fared or if drugs or alcohol were in the tree's system at the time of the collision. Police continue their investigation on rue Anatole in France.
Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for the photos and alerting us, as always, to the destruction of another exotic car.
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Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for the photos and alerting us, as always, to the destruction of another exotic car.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Not Your Typical Off Road Vehicle
Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for the photos and alerting us, as always, to the destruction of another exotic car.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Ferrari 458 Italia Wrecked in Cape Town, South Africa
Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a brand new Ferrari 458 Italia. Frank Buyanga, a wealthy property developer from Zimbabwe, lost control in the rain and crashed while driving in Cape Town, South Africa. Buyanga was not hurt in the crash.
Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for the photos and alerting us, as always, to the destruction of another exotic car. Thanks also to www.autoevolution.com for additional details and photos.
Monday, September 17, 2012
Ferrari F40 Destroyed
This is downright painful to watch. Video of Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day: a Ferrari F40. Created to celebrate the Ferrari company's 40th anniversary and designed to be the world's greatest supercar. Only 1,315 were made from 1987 to 1992. Buyers reportedly paid anywhere from US $400,000 to US $1,600,000 and the cars still trade for that much today. WreckedExotics.com reports that the Ferrari was returning from a car show in Vancouver, Canada when the driver lost control in the rain and hit a pole. The car is valuable enough that it will probably be rebuilt but the video shows that there is a lot of work that will need to be done.
Monday, April 9, 2012
Ferrari Destroys 2 Stretch Limos in Japan
A driver in a brand new Ferrari lost control in downtown Tokyo and barreled into the back of a stretch limo. The driver was going so fast that the Ferrari pushed the limo into a second limo in front of the first.
Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for sending this to us.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
Ferrari F430 Crash
Photos of horrible Ferrari crash in Malaysia courtesy of our buddies over at Wrecked Exotics. Both driver and passenger survived but with injuries. The wreck happened during a test drive gone terribly wrong. Driver lost control and went under a guard rail!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
FERRARI 599 GTB ON FIRE
Almost Everything's Wreck of the Day is a brand new Ferrari 599 GTB with an engine fire. It happened in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE.) Thanks to our friends at WreckedExotics.com who always amaze us with the supercar destruction they find.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Wreck of the Day
A crashed $250,000 Ferrari 360 Modena. Passengers escaped severe injury when they crashed it into a pole. Thanks to our friends at autoworld.wordpress.com
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Join Almost Everything at Laguna Seca Sept. 17-18, 2011!
Friends, join Almost Everything Sept. 17-18, 2011 to see Almost Everything Autobody's Goodyear Formula Car Challenge leading Mazda driven by Lloyd Read. We will be racing next during the American LeMans weekend at Laguna Seca.
If you see one race in California per year, this is the one to see! The LeMans race features the fastest cars in the world mixed with lesser Porsches, BMWs, Ferraris, Corvettes, Aston Martins, Lamborghinis and Lotuses.
The Goodyear/Star Mazda race features the drivers that will be racing in LeMans, Indy and/or Formula One in the next year or two (like our Lloyd Read!)
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 17-18, 2011
Times: Events all day both days
Saturday 1:30 - 7:30 PM American LeMans Race
Sunday 10:40 - 11:25 AM Goodyear Star Mazda Race
Place: Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca, California
More info:
http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=schedule|event
http://www.formulacarchallenge.com/index.htm
http://www.starmazda.com/
If you see one race in California per year, this is the one to see! The LeMans race features the fastest cars in the world mixed with lesser Porsches, BMWs, Ferraris, Corvettes, Aston Martins, Lamborghinis and Lotuses.
The Goodyear/Star Mazda race features the drivers that will be racing in LeMans, Indy and/or Formula One in the next year or two (like our Lloyd Read!)
Lloyd Read & Almost Everything Pro Formula Mazda |
Dates: Saturday & Sunday, Sept. 17-18, 2011
Times: Events all day both days
Saturday 1:30 - 7:30 PM American LeMans Race
Sunday 10:40 - 11:25 AM Goodyear Star Mazda Race
Place: Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca, California
Lloyd Read (center) on Winner's Podium |
http://www.americanlemans.com/primary1.php?cat=schedule|event
http://www.formulacarchallenge.com/index.htm
http://www.starmazda.com/
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
$1M Ferrari Enzo Crash
Here's a goodie from our buddies at WreckedExotics.com. The driver of this million dollar Ferrari Enzo was on a Florida street when he or she (who are we kidding, it had to have been a guy who did this) lost control and wedged the car between a couple of poles on the wrong side of the street. WreckedExotics.com has lots more like this.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Ferrari FXX Crash at Laguna Seca
We didn't see this crash while we were at the track this month. It is supposed to be the first recorded crash of a Ferrari FXX (the $1.8 million street version of the Ferrari Enzo racing car.) According to our friends at WreckedExotics.com, it happened during a special "Ferrari Racing Days" event at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca on May 22, 2011. The Ferrari went off the track at Turn 8 "The Corkscrew" and crashed into the tire wall.
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Sebring 12 Hours Looks Like a NASCAR Race
Ferrari 458 crash at 2011 12 Hours of Sebring Photo by Rick Dole for Michelin North America |
Race winning Peugeot 908 at 2011 12 Hours of Sebring |
Almost Everything Autobody watched the 59th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring on ESPN. We thought we were watching a NASCAR event instead of American Le Mans. Endurance racing used to be tough enough without worring about other racers hitting you on purpose. No longer. Drivers bumped & grinded all 12 hours. Cars were destroyed, carried back to the pits, rebuilt and went back out on the track. Favorites from Audi & Ferrari were totaled allowing Peugeot to win overall for the 2nd year in a row and BMW to win the GT2 class.
Here's footage from one of the big crashes that took out the Ferrari 458:
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Ferrari 458 Italia Totaled by Football/Soccer Star Louis Saha
Football/soccer star Louis Saha lost control of his 2010 Ferrari 458 Italia after he passed another car while exiting a tunnel on a busy road in England. The crash was at nearly the same spot where former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo also crashed a Ferrari in 2009. Saha barreled into fence on the driver's side of the car. Amazingly, he escaped without injury. The £170K ($275K USD) Ferrari was not so lucky. Saha currently plays forward for Everton in the English Premier League and also for the French National Team.
Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for keeping us up to date on very expensive crashes.
Thanks to WreckedExotics.com for keeping us up to date on very expensive crashes.
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