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Toyota Chief Test Driver Dies In Crash Behind Wheel of Lexus LF-A Prototype

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#1 ·
Toyota Chief Test Driver Dies In Crash Behind Wheel of Lexus LF-A Prototype | Automotive Addicts

RIP.

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#16 ·
Since the car was a prototype, I wonder if it had all the functional safety equipment in it and if the driver was wearing a firesuit and helment. It still looks like a hell of a crash and not just some glancing blow where some of the force was dissipated during it.

Looking at it this way, if I had to go, it would be nice to go behind the wheel of a 400k prototype.
 
#18 ·
Looking at it this way, if I had to go, it would be nice to go behind the wheel of a 400k prototype.
Uhh...the Nurburgring Edition adds $70,000, so that would be a $470,000 car...if I had to choose a way to go, that'd be it. I hope the other two pull through...
 
#20 ·
Very sad to see. R.I.P.