Another fallen brother...

[ekool]

The Audi R8 isn't even on sale yet in most parts of the globe, but already we've heard of cars going up in flames in Germany and now we have a story about one that's gone amok in downtown Moscow. From the images, it appears the driver lost of control of the car in the wet weather, skidded across onto the median strip and then crashed into a small tree before spinning to a stop. The car must have been traveling at some speed because the crash managed to rip out the car's headlight out, projecting it several meters away onto a small patch of grass.

Every time we see a crashed exotic, we wonder when more car companies will start offering some kind of advanced driver training course as part of the car's purchase. Then again, there's no way to prevent the stupidity that makes someone want to speed in a built-up urban area in the wet. We hope the driver was at least smart enough to have insurance because it appears this R8 will have one very hefty repair bill.

There are plenty more photos at English Russia. Click the "Read link" or either pic shown here to head over. If you're easily saddened by exoticar wreckage, keep a box of Kleenex handy.

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[Source: English Russia & http://www.autoblog.com]

[dascrow]

wow, I wonder why this is happening.. Do the cars just not handle that well? Hmm.. maybe just real bad luck

[R8 England]

The cars are fine.

The problem is inexperienced, over confident drivers.

Or those that mis-judge the road and/or weather conditions.

And yes, in UK, all R8 owners are offered the chance to drive the car on a track to get an idea of its (and their) abilities.

Put this one down to the driver..............

Russian driving is not good by any standards.

[AnOutsider]

why are you bumping all these old threads to say nothing?

[randombloke]

they're a forum spammer - promoting the wow gold link in their sig