Double Oops: Wife plows into husband's new Chevy Corvette Z06... in her Hyundai Genesis
Hyundai Genesis crashes into Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Click above for high-res gallery
We can only imagine how exciting a day it would be to bring home a brand spanking new Chevrolet Corvette Z06. Genesis Owners forum member zedbuyers was feeling that love as he and his wife left a Massachusetts Chevy dealer with a spanking new Cyber Gray Metallic Z06. Zedbuyers was driving from the dealer in the rain with his wife following behind in the couples' nine-month-old Genesis Sedan when disaster struck.
As traffic slowed from 60 mph to 30 mph in the exit lane, zedbuyers applied the brakes, but his wife evidently didn't. The Genesis slammed into the hours-old Z06, thrusting the $80,000 supercar into the vehicle in front of it. Oddly, the Genesis took the brunt of the blow, and a local Hyundai dealer estimated the damage at $16,000, including nearly $2,000 for the HID headlamps alone. The Z06 damage was $10,000, including $2,000 for a carbon fiber bumper.
Luckily, nobody was seriously injured in the accident, but we're sure the owner is smarting none the less. We're guessing the insurance company is not going to react kindly to a combined $26,000 in damages only hours after the purchase of what is likely a very expensive vehicle to insure in the first place. Peruse the gallery below to check out the carnage, and click on the link below for zedbuyers' damage estimates.
Gallery: Genesis crashes into Corvette Z06
[Source: Genesis Owners via Jalopnik]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Aloysius Vampa 1:32PM (7/02/2009)
Wow.
WOW.
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PJ 3:23PM (7/02/2009)
Indeed.
BTW, thanks, Chris, for baiting all of the bitter/single/hen-pecked Autobloggers out of the woodwork, to make sure and keep up the "knuckle-dragging car enthusiast" stereotype among non-enthusiasts. Well done.
Blackstar 5:05PM (7/02/2009)
Boy, you said it. Two for the price of one.
Just think: only three more cars to wreck and she'll officially be an "ACE".
Jake B 1:33PM (7/02/2009)
Damn you HYUNDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAI!!!!!!
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lex 5:53PM (7/02/2009)
so i guess Hyundais don't have the system that brakes for you when you're about to hit something. Even the "luxury" Genesis doesn't.
Dave 1:34PM (7/02/2009)
One Word: Divorce.
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13enS 5:30PM (7/02/2009)
Two (?) Words: Make-up sex
Jamesology 2:57AM (7/03/2009)
Three words: Slap her face.
Two words: Make-up sex. +
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Five words: Now divorce that F!@#ing B!#@h!
AC 1:35PM (7/02/2009)
that's a Genesis coupe with there in the repair bill..
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Jeremy 4:19PM (7/02/2009)
I was actually considering a Genesis, but 16G's for a fender bender?? I don't think so.
Smegley 6:13PM (7/02/2009)
You said it Jeremy. $2k for headlamps?
Striking the Gen off the list.
Dan 11:57PM (7/02/2009)
"Just a fender bender" doesn't exist for crumple framed unibodies without bumpers.
The IIHS tests routinely show 4-5K in damage from a single nudge at walking speed.
A real collision at traffic speed, a 5 figure repair bill is par for course.
tanooki2003 11:35AM (7/04/2009)
Jeremy,
That has to be the most moronic logic ever used to base a decision on buying cars. Most luxury cars these days will cost this, if not more for a typical fender bender.
Using that logic you might as well buy yourself an 88 caprice classic or a boat tank of similar dimensions.
larry a 1:36PM (7/02/2009)
HYUNDAI!!!!!!!
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Bird 1:38PM (7/02/2009)
Wow, Genesis and a Z06. This couple has good taste in cars.
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HotRodzNKustoms 1:48PM (7/02/2009)
I totally agree. This is a couple, that for lack of any good luck (or perhaps driving skill), certainly knows what cars to buy.
tuxchown 1:52PM (7/02/2009)
The tears I shed are only for the Vette.
Vizel 2:00PM (7/02/2009)
Hey, it's not Genesis's fault that he had a woman driving him. I feel really sorry for Genesis Sedan as well. I mean, just look at him! he's smexy grill is no longer in the front.
jv2k 2:06PM (7/02/2009)
I always prefer to think of cars as female.
Vizel 2:07PM (7/02/2009)
well, how it works is the car is always the opposite gender of the driver.