Chris`I Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Shocking http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/23/brea ... many-ring/ We don't have much in the way of details yet, but according to a report out of Germany, Toyota's chief test driver has died in a crash on highway 410 near the Nurburgring after veering into the oncoming lane and colliding with two others test drivers driving a BMW. While the two BMW test drivers survived the crash, the yet-unnamed Toyota driver died behind the wheel of the recently spied LFA Nurburgring Edition he was driving. The report says that the driver of the LF-A was 67 years old and Toyota's chief test driver, which leads us to believe that he is Hiromu Naruse, In addition to being the company's chief test driver, Naruse is also Akio Toyoda's personal driver and the Godfather of the LFA. More information should be forthcoming. UPDATE: The two test drivers in the BMW sustained life-threatening injuries and one is in critical condition. UPDATE 2: Video of the scene added after the jump. UPDATE 3: Spiegel is confirming that Naruse was the driver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bounty78 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 My next car will definitely be German Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vik54 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Oh that's sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Terrible news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maz0 Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 Bad news man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andlid Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 RIP Might have happened him something medically to jump across to the other side of the road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted June 24, 2010 Share Posted June 24, 2010 What a pity, it did look very smart in the yellow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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