Horrific Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Crash in Qatar

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According to reports, this hair-raising accident happened in Qatar sometime during the morning of July 15th when the 22-year-old driver of the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren allegedly lost control of the vehicle. We don’t know for sure if the driver actually made it out alive or any other details for that matter, but as you can see in the pictures after the jump, the SLR was literally torn into pieces. Shocking to say the least. -Continued




Via: Cardomain , Source: LamboPower


26 comments

  1. Anonymous // July 17, 2008  

    OMFG. I have never seen a Mercedes destroyed like that.....ever. I don't thing anything made it out of there in tact, let alone the driver. Without more clues, one can only guess how this happened. Although one thing is clear, he was going really really fast.......

  2. Anonymous // July 18, 2008  

    I read that the camel he hit survived.

  3. Kenny // July 18, 2008  

    Did it explode?

  4. Sergejs // July 18, 2008  

    I'm not a fan of MB, but I must say this can be used as a great safety AD for MB.
    Yes it looks torn to peaces, but in a high speed crash the last thing you should care is how the car looks after impact, the important thing is, even with everything completely destroyed the passenger space seems to be untouched, so the passengers had a good chance to survive, if they could take the impact force of course. The car performed fantastic from passive safety point of view.

  5. Anonymous // July 18, 2008  

    the fact that the passenger cell survive intact shows how strong it is....buti don't think the driver survived

  6. Anonymous // July 18, 2008  

    most the crazy video in internet are from Middle East, with a newly or an exotic car.

    guess it will be normal for an exotic to wrecked there.

  7. Marton // July 18, 2008  

    Agreed with above! The passenger comparment is fairly solid, so if the guys didnt break their necks from whiplash or anything, Id say theres a good chance they came out alive.

    Look at the resemblance between this wreck, and that of a Formula 1 car... notice how in both the extremities rip off, yet the passenger cell stays intact! Engineering at its finest!

  8. Anonymous // July 18, 2008  

    I still cant believe it. OMFG.

  9. Anonymous // July 19, 2008  

    Does it hit by rocket? It looks unbelievable a strong car can be like this by accident!

  10. Anonymous // July 19, 2008  

    the driver was "vanilla ice" yes vanilla ice he was driving this car and he got too cold too cold!! but he made it ok ;)

  11. Anonymous // July 19, 2008  

    yet another example that having a ****load of money doesnt make you a great driver.

    couple of qatari and saudi kids here in portland have pretty special cars: a 911 turbo and a 700-hp mustang, they dont seem to be any older than 25. if you know their culture, showing off is good. to me its scary.

  12. Nereth // July 20, 2008  

    him SLK drive like persian. my crash was more.

  13. Desert Girl // July 20, 2008  

    What to buy your kid for his last birthday...

    I hope dude was wearing his seatbelt. Looks like the passenger compartment held. Good for you, Merc!

  14. Anonymous // July 21, 2008  

    Is that Mars?

  15. Anonymous // July 21, 2008  

    I know the guy who died, We was traveling at 270 kph without a seatlbelt and in convertable. His body crashed into a rock.

  16. Anonymous // July 22, 2008  

    Quick, someone scrounge the parts, while the undeserving rich kid isn't watching!

  17. Anonymous // July 22, 2008  

    I'm pretty sure I can buff that out.

    Dick

  18. CJ // July 24, 2008  

    He died. I read about it somewhere else.

  19. alam // July 27, 2008  

    yeap, looks like another daily roadside suicide bombs victims. Scene like is quite common in the middle east. I dont think its an accident,looking at the way the car destroyed.

  20. Anonymous // July 30, 2008  

    Please, let me see a camel)))))

  21. Anonymous // August 01, 2008  

    He was traveeling at 280km/h! Insane!

  22. MM // August 02, 2008  

    Gosh ! God be with us. (Amen)

  23. Anonymous // August 03, 2008  

    Dude needed a alignment, outside tread highly worn.

  24. Anonymous // August 05, 2008  

    he didn't make it.. the radar next to our place caught him at 280 right before the crash . he had just gotten it as a present from his father. god bless his soul and be with his parents..

  25. Anonymous // August 11, 2008  

    arabs do nothing instead of sell oil and buy ocident goods. screw you

  26. Anonymous // August 12, 2008  

    Speed doesn't kill, Stupidity does

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