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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 08:51 PM
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Toyota test driver did not survive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5r292B87M8
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 09:07 PM
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Damn, that sucks! R.I.P. I wonder what the reporter was saying?
We need an Interpreter..
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 09:16 PM
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I read about this last night.

"According to reports, Toyota's chief test driver, 67-year-old Hiromu Naruse, has died in a crash on highway 410 near the famed Nürburgring race track in Germany. He was driving the recently spied Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition (above) at the time of the accident, and reports say he veered into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with two others test drivers in a BMW. The two BMW test drivers survived the crash, though one is reportedly still in critical condition. German video of the crash scene after the accident took place can be viewed below. Police are investigating the crash and have yet to determine its cause.

Naruse was heavily involved with the development of the Lexus LFA supercar he was driving, along with many other past sports cars from Toyota's history since he joined the company in 1963. Enthusiasts today call him the "Godfather of the LFA," though he was involved in the development of sports cars for Toyota going as far back as the storied 2000GT from the late 1960s. The prototype of a special edition version of the LFA that he was driving when the accident occurred was reportedly worth 1.5 million euro."
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Old Jun 24, 2010 | 09:18 PM
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LMao i was thinking the same.
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 03:56 PM
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Damn tragic!
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Old Jun 25, 2010 | 04:07 PM
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Gees a LF-A Already?!?!?!?!??
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 02:36 AM
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Damn already A LFA Totaled, also sucked that the driver was one of the ppl in charge of developing such cars
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Old Jun 27, 2010 | 12:37 PM
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LFA for me was a disappointment, short on performance, high on price. I would have hoped it could protect her driver in a crash. Why people want this car, I have no idea.
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