Insurance fraud foiled by YouTube video of owner crashing Nissan GT-R

While YouTube allows people to access entertaining videos, the service is also making the work of insurance investigators that much easier, by hosting footage of various incidents. This is what happened to a 21-year-old Nissan GT-R owner, who crashed his beautiful Japanese sportscar while racing down a hill against a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX MR. He... ...read the full post

Video: Brad Keselowski goes airborne at Nascar Kobalt Tools 500 Atlanta race

The world of motorsport definitely has a lot of specific championships, but Nascar has a pretty special place. While Americans are huge fans, Europeans aren’t that into racing around oval tracks and turning left every now and then. But with the change in rules at the beginning of the 2010 season, Nascar officials hoped that excitement would return... ...read the full post

Hitman driving Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 crashes into Ferrari F430 in South Africa

Here’s something you don’t hear everyday, a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 crashed into a Ferrari F430 at a South African VIP event in the town of KwaZulu-Natal. But even though the nature of the crash is quite exotic, we haven’t gotten to the best part. It seems that the Lambo was being driving by a convicted hitman, which was charged... ...read the full post

10 Most Stupid Luxury Car Crashes

  • February 9, 2010 |
  • Car Crashes Special |
  • 1 Comment |
  • Car crashes happen every week, that’s why we dedicated a special category here on RPMGO, but every once in a while, some accidents happen which make everyone scratch their heads. Whether they are justified by absurd explanations, caused by crazy people or are just plain stupid, they will always happen, much to our disappointment and compassion... ...read the full post

    Man drives Toyota truck into dealership, woman drives Camry into laundromat, both blame unintended acceleration

  • February 2, 2010 |
  • Car Crashes Toyota |
  • 1 Comment |
  • Toyota is in a lot of trouble these days as it has recalled a huge number of vehicles, from almost everywhere around the world either due to faulty gas pedals, which get stuck, or because of floor mats which wind up pushing on the accelerator pedal. But while this gave the Japanese company a lot of problems, it also seems that it has given some people... ...read the full post

    Video: Ferrari F430 Spyder falls off truck at dealership

  • January 29, 2010 |
  • Car Crashes Ferrari Video |
  • 3 Comments |
  • You’d think that problems for powerful sportscars begin when the owner takes control of the vehicle and starts pushing it until he gets into a crash. That’s what usually happens when we report exotic accidents, but this time, a Ferrari F430 Spyder didn’t even reach the dealership from which it should have been sold, and it was already... ...read the full post

    Nissan 370Z crashes into a … church

  • January 18, 2010 |
  • Car Crashes Nissan |
  • No comments |
  • We cover quite a lot of crashes on our blog, but this recent one involving a Nissan 370Z roadster is quite unique. Not that such cars don’t crash, but that not a lot of cars crash into churches, like this Japanese model did.No concrete details were given, but it seems that either the 370Z is the devil’s work, or maybe its driver was really... ...read the full post

    Lamborghini Gallardo also picks on Saab, crashes into a 9-5 wagon

    Saab can’t catch a break these days with all the termination rumors floating dangerously around the Internet. Now, a Lamborghini Gallardo driver decided to punish a few of its neighbors in Laurel Canyon in Los Angeles, starting with a Saab 9-5 Wagon.Hard to say just how the car crash happened, but the result is the Gallardo right under Saab’s... ...read the full post

    Porsche 911 GT3 RS crashes severely in Hong Kong

  • January 5, 2010 |
  • Car Crashes Porsche |
  • No comments |
  • After seeing a Pagani Zonda F get into a crash in Hong Kong, a new, more severe accident has happened in the Asian territory, involving a 2004 Porsche 911 GT3 RS. It seems that its driver, a tutor, crashed roof first into a pole and then rolled around the road in the car, effectively crushing the roll cage (scaffolding, as some would call it) of the... ...read the full post

    BMW X5 M flips due to snow in mountain resort

  • January 5, 2010 |
  • BMW Car Crashes |
  • 2 Comments |
  • You would think that with such a large and heavy car like the BMW X5 M, with its wide stance and all-wheel drive system, would have no trouble on a snowy road. But not for this driver at least, which managed to flip the steroid-enhanced Bavarian behemoth on a road to a mountain resort in Europe. It seems that due to black ice, he hit a guard rail which... ...read the full post

    Video: Maybach 62 trades paint with Bentley Continental in Russia, repairs to cost as much as a new car

    Let’s say you’re a rich Russian man. After years of being forced to blend in and drive some awkward cars, capitalism has brought forth a wide selection of luxury vehicles, like the Bentley Continental or the Maybach 62. But when it snows, leave those cars in the garage and just use the spare change for an SUV or something, and prevent incidents... ...read the full post

    Audi R8 gets impaled by guard rail, driver miraculously escapes

  • December 21, 2009 |
  • Audi Car Crashes |
  • 2 Comments |
  • Guard rails are used in order to protect cars and their drivers but given the wrong circumstances, they can turn things from bad to worse. Such is the case with a Greek driver of this Audi R8, which supposedly fell asleep behind the wheel. As a result, the car veered off the road and went straight into a guard rail, which impaled the R8 right through... ...read the full post

    Pagani Zonda F crashes in Hong Kong

    Ugh, these pictures bring a tear to my eye. It seems that a Pagani Zonda F owner from Hong Kong crashed the beautiful and rare vehicle in a row of parked cars while coming home from a track event. While details are scarce, it seems that the man tried to avoid an out-of-control truck, and had no other choice but to crash the million-dollar Zonda. Only... ...read the full post

    Italian police Lamborghini gets into huge car crash after reckless driver cuts it off

  • December 1, 2009 |
  • Car Crashes Lamborghini |
  • No comments |
  • We’ve been seeing multiple and interesting police cars lately, from Abu Dhabi’s Nissan GT-R to the US Dodge Challenger R/T, but they still can’t take on Italy’s Lamborghini Gallardo taskforce, which was constituted by two models donated by the supercarmaker to the Italian police force. But sadly “was” is the correct... ...read the full post

    New video shows an Aston Martin loose control, crashes into tree on wet road

    Wet roads can be extremely hazardous, and when you add in a powerful sportscar like an Aston Martin DB9 probably running on summer tires, you’ve got a recipe for disaster. This is what happened to in Warsaw, Poland, to a driver which lost control of his car and crashed into a tree, which then split in half. Luckily, it didn’t fall anywhere... ...read the full post