Porsche driver dies when testing 998 Cabriolet prototype

What a rediculously stupid comment!

Wtf do you think testing means? He was trying to max out the car to see what improvement can be made. It is also a prototype. Not even close to production.

LexusBeautyQueen, At least like he looked fabulous while it happened. If it were a Lexus it would not be so. A Lexus cannot go fast anyways.

sounds like everyone needs a hug..

way to go with the smiley face you moron, a man died !! My regards to his family

Crap barrier design, and dangerous handling car, i'd rather buy an Aston Martin or Jaguar XKR convertible thanks.

Agree with you on the barrier design.. WTF is that anyway?

NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE FACT THAT YOU WOULD RATHER BUY A JAGUAR. You say that in EVERY FRIGGING ARTICLE. We know that you're a Jaguar salesman. Time to shut the hell up!

Aren't they essentially the same cars? Doesn't some Chinese or Indian company own Jaguar now?

man.. that is very unfortunate. Of course someone like lexusfuglyqueen won't understand the morosity of this news since she is socially and intellectually underdeveloped.

Sad news - best regards to the family. The first comment was a disgrace.

thats an Irish flag, not Italian, bimmermike.

My condolences to the family. I think his friends and family should take comfort in the fact that he at least did what he loved doing, even if it unfortunately killed him. Perhaps his death can even lead to newer safety measures that will make this particular Porsche model (and eventually other vehicles in the entire industry) safer.

Some people on this board should be ashamed of themselves (LexusBeautyQueen).

horrible news...truly sad to hear. my condolences to his loved ones.

and LexusBeautyQueen is an instigator. "she" purposely writes the most obnoxiously revolting things whenever "she" can to get people to hate "her". also notice that every time "she" posts, BMWGino is not far behind. i say we all try to ignore these 2 morons.

horrible news...truly sad to hear. my condolences to his loved ones.

and LexusBeautyQueen is an instigator. "she" purposely writes the most obnoxiously revolting things whenever "she" can to get people to hate "her". also notice that every time "she" posts, BMWGino is not far behind. they are probably the same instigator.

a real person with family and loved ones dies testing a prototype car with no safety features and all u losers can do is make racist kraut comments or talk about fugly japanese cars...

sad...

A driver that drives fast in a non closed circuit racing track is not the smartest. I'm glad no other drivers were involved.

Never heard of a performance testing in the open road for a prototype

That might be because you live in a country where risks of any sort is banned for fear of Lawsuits. Over here in Europe Road tests of Prototypes are not banned as there is no test track in the world that can truly mimic real world road & driving conditions.

An idiot was trying to max his new toy on a public road in uncontrolled conditions and results came quicker than he thought.

Fortunately he didn't manage to harm innocent road users.

Autobahns are not for driving too fast. Even on derestricted bits the advised speed is 130 kp/h and even lower limit is enforced when it's raining. Drive faster, cause an accident and insurance agencies have right to refuse payments.

If the title was "Paris Hilton dies when testing a 998 Cabriolet prototype at high speeds", most would leave hatred comments. Swap "Paris Hilton" with "Porsche driver" and some start writing that "at least he was doing what he loved".

downtoearth - can you read??
A Porsche EMPLOYEE TESTING A PROTOTYPE 911 crashed.
It wasn't his new toy at all! Are you blind?

I can read. I'm just annoyed how awfully biased and blindfolded people are.

I only can't distinguish between an idiot speeding down the Autobahn and exposing other road users to risk and an employee/test driver doing the same for any purpose. For me, these two are the same entities.

Normally, the former would be heavily criticized. Meanwhile, the latter is nearly praised.

whats up with like like like!?

Are you some kind of transgender with some sort of extreme mental condition? I don't care if you are just trying to get attention or a rise out of viewers. These kind of comments make you completely irrelavent!

take off the stupid mask please...you are not convincing anybody.

Any sport car will be unsafe in an accident laike that , just see the picture, beside that it was a test.....and I am sure at very high speed.

ya thats right plus porshes r built 4 precision and looks and speed and that doesnt say anything about porsche.


R.I.P

Any sport car will be unsafe in an accident like that , just see the picture, beside that it was a test.....and I am sure at very high speed.

Another good reason why not to buy an over rated Porsche, if I wanted the best performance car in the world, i would look at something like a GTR or a Lotus etc... S4cabriofoxone is a retarded loser aswell btw.

Better photo. It seems the car was going at such a high speed and that the front bumper was (unfortunately) slightly too low. This caused the guardrail to ride up the hood when it was deflected upon impact. You must consider the guardrail was probably designed for a wide spectrum of motor vehicles including trucks.

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090213.013/mini1/porsche-test-driver-dies-testing-pre-production-911

Why doesn't this site have some sort of karma system yet? something where if you get deboosted enough your account just gets automatically banned? And if you keep getting banned (same IP address on multiple accounts) your whole ip address gets permanently banned.

We REALLY need something like this. Really getting tired of the trolls on here.

Truly a tregedy. Seems the barrier design is poor at best. I wonder how many vehicles have ended up like this. Also, a speed run in the middle of the night on public roads is an exercise in poor judgement.

Bad deal. Regards to the family. Porsche is still an excellent performance vehicle.