The Weird World of Wheels: 30th June 2006
30 June 2006 Each week, we'll be bringing you the essential strangest motoring news from around the world. Don't forget to come back every Friday for your new helping. Got any stories you think we should feature in the Weird World of Wheels? Send them to us at editorial@autotrader.co.uk. This week: Another supercar bites the dust Last week we told you how two Lamborghini Murcielago LP640s and three Aston Martin DBSs met sticky ends. It seems the world's supercars should come with a health warning. Underlined. In red. This week's supercar casualty is a £425,000 Ferrari Enzo (above right) which came off worse in a collision with a wall in Seoul. That's a long way away, but I still felt it. The driver walked away with no serious physical injuries. Smash it up If you were planning revenge on someone, perhaps you'd put something in their food, or ring their doorbell and run away. But some people are willing to go the extra mile. An aggrieved man went on the rampage in Bradwell on Sea in Essex this week, causing £500,000 of damage with a mechanical digger. Robert Taylor destroyed a house, a Chrysler Crossfire and a Chrysler 300C after a row over a £1,000 debt. He wasn't going to let the police stand in his way. Local resident Vincent Frostick said: "I saw the driver driving up the road. A policewoman turned up and tried to stop him but he just smashed through the car." Left a bit... left a bit... bit more... No one wants an accident to happen - especially not on a drag strip. But sometimes the timing of a crash can be most convenient for advertisers (see right). The crash took place at Santa Pod Raceway drag strip in Northamptonshire. Auto Trader's Charlie Deards said: "The car launched itself off the track at 270mph, hit the signs and then landed back on the track. (That's the power of Auto Trader) "In the end we split the costs of replacement boards 50/50 with the race organisers because it gave us so much publicity." We plough the field and shatter There are some pictures that speak for themselves. These hulking great pieces of farm machinery are breaking the world record mass ploughing attempt near Malmesbury, Wiltshire. The organisers managed to round up 2,141 tractors, shattering the previous record by 240. Organiser Lynda Collingborn said: "It was spectacular - the biggest agricultural event the world has ever seen." There speaks a woman who's never seen The Wurzels. Missed a previous edition of Weird World of Wheels? Take a look through the archive now. Got any stories you think we should feature in the Weird World of Wheels? Send them to us at editorial@autotrader.co.uk. |
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