Unfortunate if it is indeed true. Another CGT lost with actor Paul Walker at the wheel. Wouldn't be surprised if the facts changed as the story develops:


http://jalopnik.com/fast-and-furious...-ca-1474200748

 

So sad. Unconfirmed reports say this was the vehicle.

 

Its confirmed by his reps and family now. Twitter and Facebook.
Passenger in a CGT.

RIP PW!!!!!!!!!
He was a real life car enthusiast too.

 

Now confirmed by his media representative. Rest in peace, sad to see another fellow car enthusiast pass away in a CGT.

 

Confirmed.
The Widow Maker strikes again. This car has a reputation for being wildly uncontrollable in the hands of anything less than the most skilled drivers and killing its occupants if they goof up just a little.

RIP

 

 

This the Carrera GT GMG just did a service on back in November? See a few posts down.

 

Here's what has me somewhat perplexed. The CGT is, for intents and purposes, a race car. The car started its life as a LeMans factory race platform. In the 11th hour, Porsche management decided to step back from LeMans and canceled the race project - however since the car was well past 90% developed, they repurposed it as a special edition road car.

Now, forgive me if I'm mistaken, but aren't race car's body structure designed to be even more robust and crash worthy / occupant survivable than road cars? Engineers are factoring that should an accident occur, it will most often happen North of double digit speeds. So what or why does the CGT appear to have such poor survivability rates compare to other modern super cars?

 

law of physics, something moving at extreme speed hits a poll its going to destroy it, i dont care who designed it

 

Who's the driver, im sure he was apart of this forum…...

 

It is being reported Roger Rodas, CEO of Always Evolving (Performance shop for high end vehicles) was the driver. Paul was the passenger.

Paul Walker, Santa Clarita CEO Reportedly Killed In Fatal Single-Car Crash | KHTS Radio

 

True enough. However, consider the other CGT deaths. Many of them were glancing blows or seemed easily survivable.

 

Very very sad....prayers to his family.

 

+1




They hit that tree head on likely going close to 100mph or more which means no chance of survival regardless of the vehicle you're in. Even if you miraculously survive the impact you'll burn to death while you're unconscious in a matter of minutes. RIP Paul Walker and Roger Rodas...terrible loss.

 

Just before the crash...