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06-23-2010, 10:55 AM
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| LFA test driver dies in accident
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According to reports, Toyota's chief test driver, 67-year-old Hiromu Naruse, has died in a crash on highway 410 near the famed Nürburgring race track in Germany. He was driving the recently spied Lexus LFA Nürburgring Edition (above) at the time of the accident, and reports say he veered into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with two others test drivers in a BMW. The two BMW test drivers survived the crash, though one is reportedly still in critical condition. German video of the crash scene after the accident took place can be viewed below. Police are investigating the crash and have yet to determine its cause.
Naruse was heavily involved with the development of the Lexus LFA supercar he was driving, along with many other past sports cars from Toyota's history since he joined the company in 1963. Enthusiasts today call him the "Godfather of the LFA," though he was involved in the development of sports cars for Toyota going as far back as the storied 2000GT from the late 1960s. The prototype of a special edition version of the LFA that he was driving when the accident occurred was reportedly worth 1.5 million euro.
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06-23-2010, 10:58 AM
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#2 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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ouch... RIP 
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06-23-2010, 10:58 AM
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wow...
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06-23-2010, 10:59 AM
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#4 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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My condolences to the Naruse family and everyone involved. At least he was able to see his dream car come to fruition.
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06-23-2010, 11:03 AM
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06-23-2010, 11:06 AM
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#6 | | manage the cap you say????
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RIP
at least he died doin what he loves
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06-23-2010, 11:15 AM
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doesn't the wing only go up when it goes pass a certain MPH?
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06-23-2010, 11:19 AM
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#8 | | Hopeless Romantic
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RIP...
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06-23-2010, 11:26 AM
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so sad
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06-23-2010, 11:32 AM
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RIP...reading the link it says that he was also the personal driver of the president of Toyota.
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06-23-2010, 11:44 AM
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#11 | | I don't get it
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the lfa did not kill the test driver. speed most likely did.
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06-23-2010, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by remak3  the lfa did not kill the test driver. speed most likely did. | Noted; guess I can't change the thread title.
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06-23-2010, 11:57 AM
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the speed did not kill the test driver. stopping quickly most likely did.
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06-23-2010, 12:01 PM
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Pretty eerie when you see a hearse at a crash scene.
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06-23-2010, 12:06 PM
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Ohh crap... RIP. Wonder why he veered into the oncoming lane?
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06-23-2010, 12:10 PM
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ohh shit
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06-23-2010, 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Gumby Ohh crap... RIP. Wonder why he veered into the oncoming lane? | floormat got stuck to the pedal
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06-23-2010, 12:28 PM
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wow..
he died while doing something he loves the most...
RIP dude.
new edition of LFA out already..? even sooner than the Spec V GTR in japan
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06-23-2010, 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by OhSoGood doesn't the wing only go up when it goes pass a certain MPH? | on the regular LFA it does, but he was driving a Nurburgring edition, and if you look at the wing, it looks like it's just a stationary wing 
i'm guessing something happened behind the scenes (ie - he wasn't feeling up to weather) cause if he was Toyota's chief test driver, he had to be a hell of a good driver
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06-23-2010, 12:36 PM
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that color is awful lot like that farenheit (sp?) edition GTI orange...
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06-23-2010, 12:37 PM
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06-23-2010, 12:47 PM
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06-23-2010, 12:57 PM
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06-23-2010, 12:59 PM
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fuck.... thats too badd
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06-23-2010, 01:14 PM
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#25 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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the two guys in the bmw survived. Its probably because he was old (67) but does say something about the safety of bmws as well.  | |
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