A 998 convertible crashed this morning in slight rain on the german Autobahn.
The reasons for the accident are still unknown,as the driver was one of the most experienced test drivers of the company and did not do high speed tests,since he was going to do a long distance testing that night.
The driver,a 51 year old test driver with 25 years of experience with P-Cars,was killed in the accident.

 

I wonder if the car would have crashed different if it would have been a coupe with a stiffer roof and a overall stiffer chassis

 

thats a shame.. i wonder what happened.

 

That's very sad. It shows there's a price to be paid for developing an improved version of the car we drive.

 

Terrible guardrail design.

 

Agreed...

Sad story, RIP for a driver testing the cars we all love

 

What a shame. RIP.

 

Show us that driving is dangerous, even a spirited drive on the freeway and none of us are half the driver he was.

Like I tell people, I think driving on the road is more dangerous than driving on a track .

 

Thats just sad!

Jason

 

Agree. There is no way a car should be able to go under a guard rail like that.

 

I was thinking the same thing. Jesus.

 

That's probably what killed him. Unless the guard rail collapsed. In any case it does not look good, as the car was squeezed by that structure.

 

That is a stupid railing design. RIP for the driver.

 

Guys,

I don't think that's how the guard rail was designed. It looked as though it had fallen after the impact. If you look further down the road, there's another guard rail standing up, I believe. Regardless, RIP.

 

oh my - that's awful. What a tragedy that someone loses there life in the course of developing the cars we love. RIP, and condolences to his family, friend and colleagues