An allegedly new Lotus Exige Sport 410 has been badly broken after a slightly weird crash in Australia.
A single picture of the crash was shared to Reddit. It reveals the black Evora now resting beneath a Ford Transit van parked subsequent to a racetrack.
When trying on the photograph for the primary time, you could possibly be excused for pondering that the person driving the Ford veered off the highway and slammed into the entrance of the Lotus. Nevertheless, in the event you look a bit nearer, you’ll discover that it truly seems as if it was the Lotus that hit the van.
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Instantly behind the rear wheels of the Lotus are skid marks, indicating that the motive force of it may need misplaced management and plowed into the entrance of the parked Ford.
That’s what the unique poster, “Mynutsaremusical” (…chuckle away, get it out of your system), who acquired the picture from one in every of his buddies, claims too in a remark after talking to him:
“So, it was the Lotus at fault. Poor man slipped whereas leaving the pit. Whats worse…the automobile was model new, simply purchased and this was its first official outing. and since its a race monitor, I don’t think about insurance coverage will cowl a lot right here.”
The picture doesn’t present us a take a look at the entrance of the Lotus however some items of bodywork may be seen strewn throughout the pavement. It appears inevitable that the entrance bumper of the Lotus has been crushed as has its hood. The windshield has additionally in all probability been shattered and it appears to be like as if some severe harm has been finished to the roof and in all chance, the harm shall be sufficient for the automobile to be declared a write-off by its insurer.
Powering the Exige Sport 410 is a supercharged 3.5-liter V6 with 410 hp and 310 lb-ft (420 Nm) of torque and there are in all probability only a handful of examples in Australia.