NSX at SMMT 2014 - what happened?

[WhyOne?]

Does anyone know what happened to the NSX at this years SMMT - it's 'demise' is alluded to in this article:
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=30527

[goldtop]

Yikes! From teh thread of the day itself:

"You know the NSX got properly mangled right at the end? The driver was ok as far as I know. Looked like quite a big off. Right on the very last open lap I think."

"Having seen a picture of the NSX embedded in the trees, it certainly looks like it went in pretty hard. Did think it was inevitable though, the way some people were driving yesterday was verging on ridiculous given the weather. I was nearly wiped out by a muppet in a Wraith who was clearly travelling way over a ton..."

"Very sad to see that beautiful NSX buried so far into the undergrowth, obviously we don't know if it was a car/track/tyre problem but everyone else made the corner without crashing and it did bear all the hallmarks of a last lap hero"

Hope the driver is OK.

[NSX 2000]

This is probably why they needed to borrow my car for FoS.

[goldtop]

Was it the same car - "MY05"? If so, it only sold last year, and it probably wasn't the new owner driving it.

Hope there's insurance to help get it sorted.

[WhyOne?]

"You know the NSX got properly mangled right at the end? The driver was ok as far as I know. Looked like quite a big off. Right on the very last open lap I think."

"Having seen a picture of the NSX embedded in the trees, .......

Thanks for the research / info.

Doesn't sound good for the car, but as you say, hopefully the occupants were ok.

[NSXGB]

Shame, it looked a pretty good example at the Goodwood super car Sunday event.

[NSX 2000]

Was it the same car - "MY05"? If so, it only sold last year, and it probably wasn't the new owner driving it.

Hope there's insurance to help get it sorted.

From my understanding of SMMT, these are all press cars i.e. they are owened by the manufactures. So this would of been one of Hondas own cars. The photo used in the article may not be of the actual NSX but just a "library photo"

[flyingsniffer]

From my understanding of SMMT, these are all press cars i.e. they are owned by the manufactures. So this would of been one of Hondas own cars. The photo used in the article may not be of the actual NSX but just a "library photo"

Although, that shot is Definitely the Hill route at Millbrook (location of the SMMT event).

That NSX was in lovely condition: it was at Donington in 2013 and was for sale in this thread: http://www.nsxcb.co.uk/showthread.ph...range-2005-NSX

Maybe Honda bought it for demo purposes?

[L696ULO]

Looks like it was MY05 from this pre crash Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8FV6NLxRUQ

From my understanding of SMMT, these are all press cars i.e. they are owened by the manufactures. So this would of been one of Hondas own cars. The photo used in the article may not be of the actual NSX but just a "library photo"

[Lankstarr]

That genuinely is tragic, waste of a great example. Mine will not be leant out ever!

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