New £170k Ferrari wrecked in Marlow (From Bucks Free Press)
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New £170k Ferrari wrecked in Marlow
1:28pm Wednesday 18th August 2010 in News By James Nadal
A NEW £170,000 supercar described by Jeremy Clarkson as “one of the all time greats” was wrecked after a crash in Marlow.
The black Ferrari 458 Italia hit the barrier at the Marlow A404 bypass, smashing the front and leaving it crumpled.
Thames Valley Police were called out to the accident at 4.52pm on Thursday.
It said nobody was injured and it was not investigating.
Heavy rain during the day had left the road wet.
The Highways Agency were called at 5.55pm because about 5m of the barrier was damaged.
Agency spokesman James Wright said the barrier is “stable” but it will be about six weeks before the repairs can be made because parts have to be manufactured.
He added it was “minor” damage, but “messy”.
BBC 2 show Top Gear recently reviewed the new vehicle, with presenter Clarkson waxing lyrical about it.
He said on the programme, while testing the car: “I know this is £170,000 and that's a lot even by Ferrari standards but I don't care.
"I don't care about the bumpers, the dash, I wouldn't even care if it ate one of my legs. The 458 is one of the all time greats.
“It really is absolutely, unbelievably, mesmerisingly brilliant.”
The car can travel up 202mph and go from 0 to 62mph in ‘less than 3.4 seconds’ according to the Top Gear website.
The popular motoring website also reports six crashes involving the 458 since its launch.
Comments(25)
Mutley
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1:43pm Wed 18 Aug 10
... and it can go from 62 to 0mph even quicker!
miccles
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1:54pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Who was driving it???
How old was this person????
Was it driving itself, like the Green Morris Minor last week??????
Still one consolation i suppose, the rear of the car still looks ok.
no sympathies here i'm afraid.
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze
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1:57pm Wed 18 Aug 10
motco
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2:04pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Melanie1
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2:20pm Wed 18 Aug 10
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£170 for a Ferrari, I'll have two...
FatDuck
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2:25pm Wed 18 Aug 10
iworld
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2:51pm Wed 18 Aug 10
What a car!
What a shame!
He should have had the Traction control settings on full - if the driver set the control on sport or Race then he was asking for trouble! - especially in the wet. That car has 570bhp and Clarkson from Top Gear loved it! - it beat the 430 hands down - and that is a quick car!
Expensive repair bill though
polandking
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2:52pm Wed 18 Aug 10
It was woman driver ,no suprise there then heh heh!! I think she is Chinese and was crying by the car after crash. I never let my wife drive my 3.5liters BMW. She drive Ford KA and never on motorway.
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wonder7
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3:03pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze
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3:21pm Wed 18 Aug 10
polandking
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3:25pm Wed 18 Aug 10
wonder7 wrote:I only joke some women are much better driver than some men i see on the roads. Infact my driving instructer was a woman and she teach me well. E30 325 is lovely car. Some man would have no chance driving rear wheel drive car in rain. I let my wife drive once in my car and she scrape the wheel ,never again. I watch tv program last week about stocks car racing and there was 16 years old blond girl racing with 30 men. She did really good until she crash into grass verge.
Lol. abit sexiest on the woman driver front... I drive a BMW E30 325.. Just because it's a bigger engine car & rear wheel drive doesnt mean a woman can not drive it.. Men have more accidents than us women hence why our insurance is cheaper..
BigTommy
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3:36pm Wed 18 Aug 10
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We were told that the barrier was "stable". I would rally like to know if its condition has been lowered to "satisfactory " or "comfortable" yet.
polandking
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3:40pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze wrote:Yes and there is always a jelous idiot who say something like that. You are real prat you know that. I bet you cant even drive.
I don't know. You wait for almost two seconds for a BMW driver to tell everyone that they drive one and then two appear at once.
My Name is Earl!
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4:13pm Wed 18 Aug 10
polandking
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4:56pm Wed 18 Aug 10
My Name is Earl! wrote:Why do people think that it is boesting just because you say you drive BMW? I use to tell people i drive Volkswagen LT35 and that is a sh it dented van! You guys must have inferior complex. Nobody here been boesting about BMW.
Hold on, I am a tw*t but how come I don't own a BMW like you guys! I need to practice, start off being a kn0b, progress, then I get one, yeah boyee!
polandking
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4:58pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze
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5:32pm Wed 18 Aug 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze
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6:41pm Wed 18 Aug 10
BigTommy wrote:It's on the road to recovery
Can we have an update please?
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We were told that the barrier was "stable". I would rally like to know if its condition has been lowered to "satisfactory " or "comfortable" yet.
rooneytheking
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11:04pm Wed 18 Aug 10
I drove past soon after it had happened and the car was still in the road but straightened up. From what I saw it actually looked like a male driver still sat in the drivers seat so perhaps the female was a passenger
Milford12
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4:10am Thu 19 Aug 10
bequia
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11:23am Thu 19 Aug 10
ahahahahahhahahaha!
There is nothing better than seeing someone prove that they have more money than sense.
kaysee
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11:38am Thu 19 Aug 10
"Heavy rain during the day had left the road wet."
No Sh*t sherlock
u5r23
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12:56pm Thu 19 Aug 10
Ewartwhatyoubulldoze
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5:17pm Thu 19 Aug 10
5george31 says...
1:42pm Wed 18 Aug 10
This is almost a week ago! Why publish it now, no other news about?