Freaky Accident With Audi A8 Cut In Half - Page 2

Maserati · 09-07-2007, 08:33 AM

I dunno if there is any NCAP torisional rigidity kind of testing but I believe that would show Audi's weaknesses.

Giannis · 09-07-2007, 08:38 AM

One question: Does anyone know at what speed did the accident happen?

If this happend with 50km/h then it is a problem, but if it happend with 250km/h then it is pretty much possible!

Yannis · 09-07-2007, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by atuv

As for the accident...so much for Audi's space frame!

That's a previous generation A8. I would like to see what a 10 year old S class or 7 series could do in an accident like this.
Probably nothing better.

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Originally Posted by Maserati

I dunno if there is any NCAP torisional rigidity kind of testing but I believe that would show Audi's weaknesses.

Aluminium is much stronger than steel. No wonder Lamborghini , Ferrari and many other top car makers are using it for their sportscars.

D3 A8 was the most rigid car in it's class when presented a few years ago ,leaving 7 series and S class far behind. I don't know if the new S class have managed to match it though.

Maserati · 09-07-2007, 10:02 AM

Yannis: its not the A8s rigidity we are questioning, its the material which's Aluminium, I've made my point clear in the rigidity thread before. I tend to believe that Aluminium is much more rigid than steele BUT it breaks after reaching its limits! while steele simply bends, got my point ? Then again, the rigidiest car posted in that thread was RR & Bentely which are purely steele with few recent models using Aluminium for door panels, hood and bootlid to save some weight.

Osnabrueck · 09-07-2007, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by atuv

According to who? as far as history of saftey goes MB pioneered most if not all of the saftey systems installed on cars!

As for the accident...so much for Audi's space frame!

You're both wrong! Buick and Mercury lead the pack when it comes to saving lives and making the impossible possible!

RICHBOY · 09-07-2007, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck

You're both wrong! Buick and Mercury lead the pack when it comes to saving lives and making the impossible possible!

Wrong?

Audi Ranks High in IIHS Safety Study.

Are you sure?

Yannis · 09-07-2007, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Maserati

Then again, the rigidiest car posted in that thread was RR & Bentely which are purely steele with few recent models using Aluminium for door panels, hood and bootlid to save some weight.

RR Phantom has an aluminium body if i remember correctly.

atuv · 09-07-2007, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Osnabrueck

You're both wrong! Buick and Mercury lead the pack when it comes to saving lives and making the impossible possible!

Maserati · 09-07-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Yannis

RR Phantom has an aluminium body if i remember correctly.

Yannis yes I mentioned in my post but not entirely like the Audi A8. They use it in the body panels not the chasis as far as I know.

bum-man · 09-08-2007, 12:31 AM

Trees kill.

09-07-2007, 08:33 AM	#11
Maserati Advocate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UAE Posts: 994 Thanks: 245 Thanked 266 Times in 115 Posts	Re: Freaky Accident With Audi A8 Cut In Half I dunno if there is any NCAP torisional rigidity kind of testing but I believe that would show Audi's weaknesses.

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Giannis Devotee Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Patra, Greece Posts: 3,934 Thanks: 255 Thanked 301 Times in 232 Posts	Re: Freaky Accident With Audi A8 Cut In Half One question: Does anyone know at what speed did the accident happen? If this happend with 50km/h then it is a problem, but if it happend with 250km/h then it is pretty much possible!

09-07-2007, 10:02 AM	#14
Maserati Advocate Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: UAE Posts: 994 Thanks: 245 Thanked 266 Times in 115 Posts	Re: Freaky Accident With Audi A8 Cut In Half Yannis: its not the A8s rigidity we are questioning, its the material which's Aluminium, I've made my point clear in the rigidity thread before. I tend to believe that Aluminium is much more rigid than steele BUT it breaks after reaching its limits! while steele simply bends, got my point ? Then again, the rigidiest car posted in that thread was RR & Bentely which are purely steele with few recent models using Aluminium for door panels, hood and bootlid to save some weight.

09-08-2007, 12:31 AM	#20
bum-man Fanatic Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,896 Thanks: 104 Thanked 129 Times in 92 Posts	Re: Freaky Accident With Audi A8 Cut In Half Trees kill.

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