BklynBenz Report post Posted July 19, 2005 This M5 arrived in Taiwan last week and the accident happened just a few days after it passed Taiwanese car inspection. When accident happened, the car only had temporary testing license plates and had no insurance on the car (Taiwanese car insurance is on car, rather than driver like North America). The accident happened during a magazine road test against an E55 AMG. The driver was trying to take a corner with very uneven road surface, and lost the backend, hit the divider, flipped the car 3 and a half rotations, and stopped by a tree. 3 passengers were in the car, 2 of which walked away without a single scratch, 1 has a minor scratch on his arm. Car was totaled, as it's structure is damaged beyond repair, but no one was seriously hurt. M5 is defintley a very safe car. The magazine that's responsible for this on the other hand, will have to pay for the car, which is worth a bit more than 200k USD. since their car didn't have insurance yet at the time of the accident. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
konax Report post Posted July 19, 2005 wow... looks pretty scary... Thanks for info and pics. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
j0rgen Report post Posted July 19, 2005 somebody is getting fired:P:P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPDADDY Report post Posted July 19, 2005 Car vs tree tree wins all the time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Report post Posted July 19, 2005 Ouch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z3RO Report post Posted July 19, 2005 holy shiet... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricrimi26 Report post Posted July 20, 2005 #-o #-o #-o Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan-Herbie Report post Posted July 20, 2005 :vom: :vom: That is one ugly car. If it were as fast as an Emzo, id have a hard time getting excited about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OC Report post Posted July 21, 2005 At least it's pretty safe... -Olivier Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LamboPete Report post Posted July 21, 2005 Wow...that is too bad. At least, no one got seriously hurt. Hmm...I wonder if BMW will ship another one to Taiwan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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