SUPERCAR PILEUP!
December 05, 2011, a fateful day for the eight Ferraris, three Mercedes Benz cars, a Lamborghini Diablo, a Nissan GT-R Skyline and a Toyota Prius, which were involved in a massive crash over the weekend on the Chugoku Expressway in Japan - among others - among others — that resulted in what may be upwards of $3.85 million in damage.
Miraculously, none of drivers, the majority of whom are reported to be foreign car enthusiasts, were seriously hurt in the wreckage, but the bill is still bound to be painful.
The drivers of the Ferraris were lined up with one another as driving in "couples" when they rounded the Chugoku Expressway heading towards the supercar meet-up in Hiroshima.
Driving in such close formation the cars behind the Ferrari 430 Scuderia all reacted, but their proximity created a chain reaction. The white Ferrari 512 hit the back of the black Mercedes and crashed into the guardrail. The other F430 in the group managed to avoid the accident but the two red Ferraris (an F355 and a F360) behind weren't so lucky. Then the next Ferrari F355, attempting to avoid the accident, also crashed into the guard rail.
December 05, 2011, a fateful day for the eight Ferraris, three Mercedes Benz cars, a Lamborghini Diablo, a Nissan GT-R Skyline and a Toyota Prius, which were involved in a massive crash over the weekend on the Chugoku Expressway in Japan - among others - among others — that resulted in what may be upwards of $3.85 million in damage.
Miraculously, none of drivers, the majority of whom are reported to be foreign car enthusiasts, were seriously hurt in the wreckage, but the bill is still bound to be painful.
The lead driver was the Ferrari F430 Scuderia, which was driven by a 60-year-old businessman from Fukuoka.
He came across a slower moving car (probably the Prius seen in the photos) and attempted to pass. While doing so he spun out. A TV eyewitness told broadcaster NHK that "the front car crashed into the left embankment and bounced off towards me."
The drivers of the Ferraris were lined up with one another as driving in "couples" when they rounded the Chugoku Expressway heading towards the supercar meet-up in Hiroshima. 
Driving in such close formation the cars behind the Ferrari 430 Scuderia all reacted, but their proximity created a chain reaction. The white Ferrari 512 hit the back of the black Mercedes and crashed into the guardrail. The other F430 in the group managed to avoid the accident but the two red Ferraris (an F355 and a F360) behind weren't so lucky. Then the next Ferrari F355, attempting to avoid the accident, also crashed into the guard rail.
Regardless of how it all happened it's a sad way to see $3.85 million worth of exotics destroyed.
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