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Old 29th December 2009, 11:42   #4336
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It actually was. The car was in a mangled state and rescuers had to cut through the mess to get to the passengers. Obviously, the photographer couldn't click any snap with the bloodied passengers in the car.
So, there we have it, the reason why the i10 looks like it was torn to shreds. The little car couldnt take the might of the Audi's impact owing to the momentum it possessed at those crazy speeds, and it resulted in one of the occupants losing his life. Why blame the i10 alone?
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Old 29th December 2009, 13:32   #4337
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No car on Indian roads is expected to take a side on crash at 100 kmph without any ramifications.
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Old 29th December 2009, 15:12   #4338
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You can see the euro NCAP test video for side impact, again NCAP measures the impact at 50 KMPH, and the Audi was more than double the speed, hence you may expect the same for any B-C segment car
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Old 29th December 2009, 16:03   #4339
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As per Indian regulations Full Frontal Impact tests are carried out at a speed of 56kmph and Side Impact tests are carried out at 50kmph.
I believe that the Audi must have hit the i10 at much higher speeds as a result of which i10 rolled over twice or thrice before coming to stand still.

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Old 29th December 2009, 22:12   #4340
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I feel bad about this. I think Car companies, dealers, Insurance & GOI (may be), local bodies should allow TD in specifc area of city. May be they can book a ground buy piece of land where TD can be done. Near my home, we have Maruti showroom, lot of newbies come there and try their hands on demo cars & our lives too. Maruti showroom guy check their driving license before allow them to drive, but that's not enough. If someone makes mistake, people and sometime some other cars take hit. we have schools, marriage halls next to showroom. I knew case where someguy tried to drive new demo car near by hill, he could not control car & it went down in vally, that guy died. In one of showroom of Maruti on Pune-Mumbai high way, I met with sales guy who said, he don't drive anymore because he met accident while he was sitting next to the newbie drive on TD. TATA motors dealer last week sent someone forTD with me, who tells me (after we done TD) he don't know driving, he just comes with people for TD, provide info and come back & hand over customer to sales guy. Toyota dealer always have driver & sales guy as pair. If you book TD, they will send this team, driver & sales guy. When you do TD, driver will be either handover keys to you & leave the car or sit next to you, sales guy will give all sales speech only.

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Old 30th December 2009, 00:13   #4341
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conflicting reports. And I seem to believe the version where it says Mittal borrowed the car for a day's use. which puts a question on the all the cars in that dealership. They are selling cars used for joy rides?
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Old 30th December 2009, 02:51   #4342
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^

Where did you read/hear this?

If true, its a shocker!
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Old 30th December 2009, 08:21   #4343
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Where did you read/hear this?

If true, its a shocker!
Please go through the link posted by Khan75 on this accident

Massive accident in Gurgaon yesterday that claimed the life of an innocent person. Here's a link to the article in today's HT.
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Old 30th December 2009, 10:57   #4344
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Scorpio Accident

Posting pics of a Scorpio Accident recently. It belongs to an online acquaintance from Yahoo groups.
Looks like the vehicle has taken the impact pretty well.
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Old 30th December 2009, 11:04   #4345
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From the looks of it ^^, just enough impact so as not to reach the cabin. Very lucky/responsive IMHO.
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Old 30th December 2009, 11:14   #4346
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The grille on that Scorpio looks intact! That's quite surprising!? It looks so intact, that it almost looks like it has been replaced after the accident!

I mean, you see the bonnet completely ripped off, half the bumper damaged, the fender shredded and one headlight destroyed and you'd expect the grille to be slightly damaged!

Looks like the Scorpio has taken the impact very well! I'm with Prince Pervez on that!

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Old 30th December 2009, 11:15   #4347
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Seems like the Scorp rear-ended a truck or something.No damage to the passenger compartment though!
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Old 30th December 2009, 11:17   #4348
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^^ seriously how didn't the grill cave in ? the bonnet looks like it's been shredded and the fender is also torned. But look at the grill, it looks so much in peace.
Hope no one was injured in the accident.
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Old 30th December 2009, 11:50   #4349
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As per the limited information that I have, the Scorp had to ram into a truck coming from the wrong side in order to avoid falling into a ditch to its left. This happened on the NH-7 (location not known). The driver has fractured his thumb and has a bruise on his head. All the passengers are safe.
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Old 30th December 2009, 11:55   #4350
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You forgot to mask the number plate. Out of curiosity, i checked the reg on the BTIS website and find the number is registered to a Bolero 3dr!
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