Top Gear crashes England's only Nissan GT-R press car
Top Gear has had its fair share of mishaps. There was that time the Stig took the Koenigsegg CCX on an off-track excursion, and of course Hammond's horrific crash in the jet dragster. The latest incident involves the one and only Nissan GT-R press car in Great Britain. Apparently it was involved in a fender bender in the Isle of Man after a photoshoot for Top Gear magazine. It seems that the GT-R wasn't damaged too badly, despite the pic of its naked arse above, and the same exact car ran up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed only a couple days later.
Check out our own just-published review of the 2009 Nissan GT-R. We managed to keep our press car in one piece.
Gallery: Review: 2009 Nissan GT-R
[Source: CarTribe.co.uk]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
jjpg2000 3:07PM (7/22/2008)
That'll buff right out.
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Jay 3:09PM (7/22/2008)
I wonder who their insurance company is...
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bingo 9:44AM (7/25/2008)
Ask yourself who is paying the premiums.........
Alex 3:09PM (7/22/2008)
THE INHUMANITY!!!
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John Johnson 3:10PM (7/22/2008)
I'd rear end one just to get a closer look at it :D
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Keat 3:11PM (7/22/2008)
Looks like more than a fender bender.
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raize221 3:19PM (7/22/2008)
I don't know, that fender is definitely bent...
xpolarx 3:50PM (7/22/2008)
Well, what do you expect from a bumper beam that appears to be made of spiral-bound notebook paper.
Ford Wannup 6:31PM (7/22/2008)
At least we can still assume that it was treated with respect and it's damaged doing what it's designed to do: driving...unlike this one car company's currently running desperation advertising that's just unnatural to say the least...Kiss my Ass-tra?
eds g 1:38AM (7/24/2008)
Daaahahahahaha it does look like a spiral notebook bound
Torrent 3:11PM (7/22/2008)
lol. so someone ran into them? Whew! That's a relief. I thought they might have hit reverse into a wall or something.
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Frost 3:13PM (7/22/2008)
apparently it's braking was too fast for the Audi behind it or something to that effect.
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s13hybrid 3:20PM (7/22/2008)
I have heard it was run into by a R8. I could be mistaken though.
Lad 3:15PM (7/22/2008)
Hey! it's only sheet metal; but, expensive sheet metal, I'll bet.
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Vintage 3:22PM (7/22/2008)
Bumper covers are usually plastic. The metal looks pretty much okay.
tankd0g 11:13PM (7/22/2008)
What's Bondo going to do to it's 'ring time!?
Lad 12:43AM (7/23/2008)
If you work it right you could lose the bondo on the first turn, lighten the car and improve your lap time.
Purifoy 3:22PM (7/22/2008)
Unfortunately, these things do happen. But we still get to laugh at the folks at Top Gear for being such a bunch of dolts!
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Jason 3:32PM (7/22/2008)
seems like some idiot rear ended the car... not like they backed into a telephone pole or something...
David 3:46PM (7/22/2008)
Over the weekend, my wife and I were driving along I-5 and saw a bunch of GTRs on a carrier headed north.
Who says I-5 isn't the scenic route. :)