By JENNIFER SARANOW
Honey, I Wrecked the Porsche
Call it a metaphor for a prosperous, risk-embracing age or just call it bad driving
Jennifer may be on to something with this statement. Catch her article at
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118186544305536109.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
She mentions that with automakers turning out the new breed of super fast sports cars with characteristics of purebred racecars that the owners are not experienced enough to handle. These beautiful and powerful works of arts are ending up wrapped around trees, twisted with gaurdrails and totaled out completely at the hands of the inexperienced. Here are some interesting stats on this growing problem.
In the past 18 months, drivers across the world have cracked up at least six rare $1 million Ferrari Enzos — only 400 of which were built. In March, a California man rammed his $300,000 Lamborghini Murcielago into five parked cars; while in England, a 39-year-old driver caused an international stir among car enthusiasts by crashing a Bugatti Veyron — an extremely rare $1.5 million turbocharged missile with a top speed of 253 miles per hour.
According to the California Highway Patrol, the total number of accidents involving Aston Martins, Bentleys, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Lotuses and Maseratis rose to 141 last year, an 81% increase from 2002, while overall crashes declined statewide during that period. Porsche, BMW and Mercedes-Benz, which sell a wider range of models, saw a 22% increase during that time frame.
These accidents are happening so regularly that a Web site called WreckedExotics.com — which contains photos of dream cars reduced to smoking heaps — added as many as 700 new examples to its gallery last year and says it attracts about 650,000 visitors a month. Founder Gregg Fidan explains the attraction this way: “It’s like seeing a supermodel fall off the runway.”
To catch the video Jennifer has put together go to article. Alright car owners lets get it together and lets enjoy the works of art and not make them crashed sculptures. This is not what the automakers have designed them to be.
