BREAKING: Toyota's chief test driver dies behind wheel of LFA in Germany

NYSpeed Automotive
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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.

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Gas pedal stuck.

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Had to be the first one to say it, didn’t you?

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Well, it was meant to move out, no?

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http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/lfa-crash-cap-630op.jpg

BMW crash testing 1.
Lexus crash testing 0.

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looks like every airbag went off in the BMW

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Well played.

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Wow… That yellow color sucks.

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Orange?

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Its Golden Rod

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I’ll take back my sucks comment if this is the real color below. And damn, it could be Goldenrod, lol:

http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/05/500x_special_edition_lfa.jpg

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R.I.P

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Imagine if it really did?

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That sucks

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oh sweet its that rx7 from tokyo drift. hey wait…

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R.I.P.

Looks like the BMW was cutting the curve…fuck. This has often been a fear of mine. I will never be comfortable on 2 lane “highways” for this very reason.

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Old guy could have had a heart attack and died before impact.

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lol @ newman and JayS

:bigblap:

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yeah i wouldn’t be surprised if this was the case

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Other way around, they drive on the same side we do, so the LFA is in the wrong lane if he’s cutting the corner.

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