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Top Gear crashes England's only Nissan GT-R press car

autoblog.com — Top Gear has had its fair share of mishaps. There was that time the Stig took the Koenigsegg CCX on an off-track excursion, and of course Hammond's horrific crash in the jet dragster. The latest incident involves the one and only Nissan GT-R press car in Great Britain.

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  • pinkpackrat, on 07/22/2008, -3/+49oops:-)
  • pirlok, on 07/22/2008, -5/+241***** happens
    • ghuytro, on 07/23/2008, -2/+28when you party naked
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      • spammydavejr, on 07/23/2008, -11/+2^ ^

        digging down a Bad Santa reference is blasphemy!!
    • gurellia53, on 07/24/2008, -1/+7Shift Happens
    • eviljolly, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2...and then you die.

      Well apparently not the folks at Top Gear. Richard Hammond is bound by divine will or something...that guy is too lucky.
  • bixby1, on 07/23/2008, -5/+175Nobody can wreck 'em like Top Gear. Still, nothing beats Hammond's jet crash. Epic.
    • Falldog, on 07/23/2008, -1/+64The epic part of the crash was his recovery. Long live the Hamster!
    • mllawso, on 07/23/2008, -9/+3Legos FTW.
    • noots, on 07/23/2008, -9/+2he's seems like a nice enough dude, but i find his presenting lame compared to Clarkson and May.

      i'd also like to point out that if it's a "fender bender" and they were hit in the rear, it's the person who hit them in the backs fault by UK law.
      • stk198323, on 07/23/2008, -10/+2You know car's has a reverse gear, do you?
      • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/23/2008, -2/+16stk: ENGLISH *****, DO YOU SPEAK IT?
      • LavaWarrior, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2Reverse == SMASH!!!
      • cr42yr1ch, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Unless the car was in reverse gear at the time of the accident.
  • CouchTomato, on 07/23/2008, -17/+5Repair costs should come off their paychecks I tell ya.
    • krnldmp, on 07/23/2008, -3/+1fuggit
      • jazzboyrules, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2I can salvage the car. The wheels look great!
    • hiro, on 07/23/2008, -4/+11PAYCHEQUE even! We speak English over here, none of your funny colonial lingo
      • krebcycle, on 07/24/2008, -3/+1who's the colony now? thanks for helping out in Iraq, we'll tell you where to send your army in our next war too, and you'll send it, even though with our present track record it will be immoral and illegal
    • madaday, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Top gear magazine =/= top gear tv show


      well kinda but not entirely
  • spearce, on 07/23/2008, -9/+1didn't they already do two episodes with the GT-R in this new season? I know Stig took it around the track already without crashing. I wonder what they were doing when it crashed...besides shilly for Nissan.
    • cricketsymphony, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9reading the source article or next comment would quench your curiosity
  • Falldog, on 07/23/2008, -0/+93"Description: UPDATE: The GTR was being reversed by a senor member of Top Gear magazine and the driver reversed at pace into an Audi R8 also being used on the test. This is the GTR that Top Gear used for the Stig power lap, as its the only official Nissan UK imported car. We've being doing some tapping up of contacts and found out that the bump happened in a car park in the Isle of Man just after a photo shoot for the magazine had taken place - ironically just after the journalists were warned to take it easy. The car was hastily repaired and I bet no-one except those in the know noticed that the same car went up the hill at Goodwood just a few days later. "

    From the source website.
    • andibarnes, on 07/23/2008, -1/+15So you're saying they managed to crash one supercar into another? Whoops!
    • Gaffigan, on 07/23/2008, -10/+6I feel more sorry for the R8 than I do for the GTR.

      Audi ftw.
      • BlueCadenza, on 07/23/2008, -2/+5too bad the GTR would smoke the R8
    • Wootstapler, on 07/24/2008, -1/+4Taking down an R8 in the process? Somebody needs to be fired.
    • jtbell04, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1A "bump"?!
    • eviljolly, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I didn't really think it looked that bad. Replace bumper clip and a few other parts, doesn't look too bad. Most of the money is up front in the engine bay anyway.
  • TheLastSmoker, on 07/23/2008, -18/+161
    • santaliqueur, on 07/23/2008, -8/+50***** that, George Bush was driving. Dick Cheney was in the R8, with Karl Rove in the passenger seat. Fuel provided by Halliburton.
    • protogenxl, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2It wasn't global warming it was the Honey Badgers.
    • Justice101, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1It was Fat Stig, on vacation.
  • scabbers, on 07/23/2008, -7/+21Fancy cars should come with a warning: the car behind you probably hasn't got such good brakes.
    • stk198323, on 07/23/2008, -6/+7A car goes backward and hit's the front bumper of the car behind him and it's because of the brakes on the car behind him?

      Want a cookie for your logic?
      • scabbers, on 07/23/2008, -1/+7You can keep it as reward for your apostrophe abuse. I didn't see where it said the thing went backwards.
      • counterplex, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2Regardless of how the accident happened, I agree with scabbers' idea of the warning :)
      • Quake120, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1@stk
        http://mark.tranchant.co.uk/2003/01/apostrophe-usa ...
        For the sake of everybody on Digg who knows English, please read the above linked article before posting a comment again.

      • stk198323, on 07/24/2008, -1/+2@quake120

        For the love of everyone who talk another primary language then English, please respect the fact that this sit is looked by people from all around the world! And beside it was a typo, typed to fast, didn't taught about it, could have spell checked yes, but for Christ sake, could yo stop being a grammar zealot please?

        Note: I made sure to put Christ and not christ and English not english, did I made enough effort now?
      • tnoy, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Logic? on Digg? You must be new here..
  • Robopath, on 07/23/2008, -15/+3THIS is why I am a Top Gear fan!

    They convey what every car enthusiast should have, a love of a production car actually being run to its limits.
    • olddirtycr, on 07/23/2008, -1/+15Because reversing a car into another car is pushing it to the limit, right?

      Top Gear is awesome but please, read the articles
    • Robopath, on 07/23/2008, -2/+1I came back and read my comment, Its impossible to convey sarcasm.
  • xero69, on 07/23/2008, -5/+7As much as I enjoy seeing shots of the GT-R on the track it's cool to finally see one or two with the rear bumper removed so we can all see what's under there
    • d1a1s1, on 07/23/2008, -0/+11Yeah because there's so much technology under the rear bumper?
  • timdastis, on 07/23/2008, -2/+30That car is just sexy...
  • Obsession88, on 07/23/2008, -5/+151Top Gear, best thing on tv!!
    • bistor, on 07/23/2008, -0/+19you mean bittorent!!
      • WNW3, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1HA! You beat me by 2 minutes! I have to refresh more often.
    • WNW3, on 07/23/2008, -9/+4TV? You mean torrent?
      • bluezinc, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1Well, yeah, considering we can't get it in the states.

        What's wrong with that?

        Also, this new Adam Corolla Top Gear ***** is probably gonna go down in flames, leaving us back at square one.
    • workharderscum, on 07/23/2008, -9/+4I used to like top gear - it was about cars that people might actually buy, and was informative to watch.

      Now its just some entertainment program, where cars are just the incidental theme.
      • bluezinc, on 07/23/2008, -0/+10Which is exactly why its the most popular show in the world. The "car audience" is a very small audience. Anyways, they can go watch fifth gear or some such.

        If you had your way, you'd deprive the world of it's favorite television show.
    • 2shae, on 07/24/2008, -5/+1Boring British *****!!

      if this is your favorite show, no matter where you're from...you are a boring.
      • trousercustard, on 07/25/2008, -0/+4a boring what, *****? don't leave us hangin', cockstain.
  • PoserDad, on 07/23/2008, -16/+4Stupid George Bush- ruins everything...

    /sarcasm
    • ZimbuTheMonkey, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1I don't see the sarcasm. It's off-topic though.
  • Niz1, on 07/23/2008, -0/+21Story does not deliver on title expectations! I was expecting a right off with a trashed car in parts.

    "It seems that the GT-R wasn't damaged too badly"
    • cricketsymphony, on 07/23/2008, -0/+10an inaccurate digg title. imagine that.
    • smacksaw, on 07/23/2008, -0/+7Well, it's a Nissan, not a Lada.
    • wentwj, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1Title says "crashed", which in no way implies the car was entirely totaled or anything.
  • ElectroStep, on 07/23/2008, -1/+17I want that car
    • Treoinmypocket, on 07/23/2008, -1/+9the damaged one?
    • iloveliberals, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1US dealers are commonly asking for a $20K markup for these cars...bastages.
  • icexe, on 07/23/2008, -3/+27"It seems that the GT-R wasn't damaged too badly..."
    That pretty much makes this an irrelevant story.
  • ieatpizza, on 07/23/2008, -2/+18I'd still hit it.
  • Spartan225, on 07/23/2008, -9/+4Top Gear, Ambitious but Rubbish!
    • samh14, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1top gear is the best thing on tv you arse
    • Muffinhunter, on 07/24/2008, -0/+0he's quoting jeremy directly, you arse.
  • haentz, on 07/23/2008, -10/+1Top Gear? Crashed GT-R? DUGG!
    • cricketsymphony, on 07/23/2008, -0/+6apparently you hit the comment button my mistake. the digg button is a feature which allows you to digg a story without announcing it to everyone who doesn't care.
  • smacksaw, on 07/23/2008, -7/+2Some say The Stig...fixes cars with nothing but the will of his mind? I got nuthin', I'm so sad for the GT-R.
    • jamie191817, on 07/23/2008, -0/+13Some say, he can reverse a GT-R without crashing into a R8, and that he even had a one-night stand with Amy from the dashboard computer....
      All i know is, he's called THE STIG.
  • iamandyb, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2if they don't want it anymore... ill take it
  • mrMunchies, on 07/23/2008, -6/+48That's why Top Gear's the best. They REALLY test the cars
    • cricketsymphony, on 07/23/2008, -1/+19by accidentally backing them into other cars?
    • Yndis, on 07/23/2008, -0/+4and now we test how good the GT-R is at backing into an audi R8.

      read the article atleast
  • mm911, on 07/23/2008, -15/+2BURIED: Next time a Top Gear car crash lands on the front page someone better have died in it.
  • HouseofEl, on 07/23/2008, -0/+11The headline makes it sound like it was crashed by one of the hosts or the Stig. It was crashed after a photo shoot. I was hoping for something a little more exciting.
    • HesNikke, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1The headline only says, "Top Gear" and since "Top Gear" magazine had possession of the vehicle at the time of the incident, I would deem the headline accurate. Now the summary otoh is a piece of ***** that needs to be rewritten.
    • protogenxl, on 07/24/2008, -0/+1I am sure that the person responsible will be brought-out during this week's news segment and rotten produce will be distributed to the audience.
  • greeniemeani, on 07/23/2008, -4/+3That's coming out of someone's paycheck.
    • tnoy, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2Its called insurance. Someday, when your parents stop paying for everything, you'll know what I mean.
  • uthallan, on 07/23/2008, -0/+1Looks pretty banged up to me -_-
    • badjoke, on 07/23/2008, -0/+2You must not know what you're looking at, then. The bumper is removed and you're looking at the underbody.

      It looks like just the plastic bumper was probably cracked and the metal bumper underneath was bent.
    • h4ppymac, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2'Tis but a flesh wound
  • annapieps, on 07/23/2008, -1/+0Goose was the brains of the whole operation anyway.
  • Raoulduke310, on 07/23/2008, -4/+5i guess that's why Bugatti won't let the Stig take the Veyron for a Power Lap
  • Junkey, on 07/23/2008, -1/+5I bet he said "How hard could it be" right before.
  • nevetssav, on 07/23/2008, -1/+11"It was a funny angle!"

    -Snatch = win.
  • d3c4y, on 07/23/2008, -0/+4Im sure that will buff out!
  • aolshove, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9'Tis but a flesh wound!
  • Icetype, on 07/23/2008, -0/+9That'll buff right out.
  • calebian, on 07/23/2008, -9/+3we're digging this? really?
  • medfreak, on 07/23/2008, -1/+1Looks salvageable.
  • madmondo, on 07/23/2008, -0/+4I'd hate to have to make that phone call.
  • Zedian, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2Those cars are simply awesome. Hell I'll take that one and salvage it.
  • nusmas, on 07/23/2008, -3/+0http://8in.org/nissan-gt-r-crashes/
  • amilo000, on 07/23/2008, -1/+29Stig, James May, Richard Hammond and Jermemy Clarkson = Legends

    Sorry for going a bit off subject.
    • kevdotbadger, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4Off topic?
      • WaveyRavey, on 07/23/2008, -1/+4dictionary.com

        Subject: That which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc.: a subject of conversation.

        Topic: A subject of conversation or discussion
    • Ingestre, on 07/24/2008, -0/+2what about top gear stunt man?
    • Pusod, on 07/24/2008, -1/+1r u british?
  • kinstray, on 07/23/2008, -2/+4Bet it was Clarkson driving!
  • 223Sniper, on 07/23/2008, -0/+8They have such awesome jobs.
  • Impeller, on 07/23/2008, -0/+10The performance of the GT-R is staggering. Same time as the 430 Scudería round Top Gear's test track. I hate when RH calls it "just a Datsun" it's an amazing car and this is just the beginning, we're still waiting for the Spec-V.
    • MrBobyMan, on 07/24/2008, -2/+0I thought it was the "V-Spec"...

      Meh, who cares. Still a kick assory car.
  • somberlaine, on 07/23/2008, -9/+3Dugg for TOP GEAR!!
  • uberfu, on 07/23/2008, -1/+2Awesome!

    This might tell them to put someone in the car that actually knows how to drive_
  • samimnot, on 07/23/2008, -6/+1IN RELATED NEWS: Nissan is investigating the person responsible for issuing a drivers license to these guys!
  • kansai22, on 07/23/2008, -0/+5Right after they did the amazing review with it achieving the fastest lap time for a non modified production vehicle, tied with the F430 Scudería.
  • bundwallah, on 07/23/2008, -3/+5Cue Nelson: Ha-Ha
  • wigginz, on 07/23/2008, -0/+12What's the VIN? I imagine it's going to end up for sale in Florida with a "clean" title pretty soon.
  • Totz83, on 07/23/2008, -2/+3Blood wall, came out of nowhere
  • Sourhomenj, on 07/23/2008, -6/+1I'm not too sure if that is real.
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