# BREAKING: Toyota's chief test driver dies behind wheel of LFA in Germany **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [June 23, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933 "2010-06-23T12:11:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/1 "2010-06-23T12:11:02Z")
> **[BREAKING: Toyota's chief test driver dies behind wheel of LFA in Germany](https://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/23/breaking-toyota-chief-test-driver-dies-lf-a-germany-ring/)** > > Click above to view the video after the jump We don’t have much in the way of details yet, but according to a report out of Germany, [Toyota](http://www.autoblog.com/make/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](http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/22/spy-shots-lexus-lfa-nurburgring-shows-up-at-namesake/) [LFA](http://www.autoblog.com/model/lfa) [Nurburgring Edition](http://www.autoblog.com/2010/05/10/lexus-announces-lfa-nu-rburgring-package-only-50-available/) 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. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/2 "2010-06-23T12:13:24Z")
Gas pedal stuck. ---
**Author:** ![jimmyfloyd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimmyfloyd/32/3077_2.png) [@jimmyfloyd](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jimmyfloyd)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/3 "2010-06-23T12:25:18Z")
Had to be the first one to say it, didn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![08GT500](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/08gt500/32/5417_2.png) [@08GT500](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/08GT500)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/4 "2010-06-23T12:29:03Z")
> [@jimmyfloyd](#): > > Had to be the first one to say it, didn’t you? Well, it was meant to move out, no? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/5 "2010-06-23T12:58:20Z")
![http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/lfa-crash-cap-630op.jpg](http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd75/jsears77/lfa-crash-cap-630op.jpg) BMW crash testing 1. Lexus crash testing 0. ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/6 "2010-06-23T13:11:20Z")
looks like every airbag went off in the BMW ---
**Author:** ![Justin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justin/32/7459_2.png) [@Justin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Justin)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/7 "2010-06-23T13:47:38Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Gas pedal stuck. > [@JayS](#): > > BMW crash testing 1. > Lexus crash testing 0. Well played. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/8 "2010-06-23T14:51:43Z")
Wow… That yellow color sucks. ---
**Author:** ![burnt\_toast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/burnt_toast/32/7518_2.png) [@burnt\_toast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/burnt_toast)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/9 "2010-06-23T14:56:50Z")
Orange? ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/10 "2010-06-23T15:13:20Z")
Its Golden Rod ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/11 "2010-06-23T15:28:13Z")
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](http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/12/2010/05/500x_special_edition_lfa.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Re\_Ameyami](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/re_ameyami/32/5676_2.png) [@Re\_Ameyami](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Re_Ameyami)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/12 "2010-06-23T15:53:30Z")
R.I.P ---
**Author:** ![blk99z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@blk99z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/blk99z28)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/13 "2010-06-23T18:11:06Z")
> [@newman](#): > > Gas pedal stuck. Imagine if it really did? ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/14 "2010-06-23T18:41:01Z")
That sucks ---
**Author:** ![Ciaran](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ciaran/32/5612_2.png) [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2010, 6:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/15 "2010-06-23T18:47:58Z")
oh sweet its that rx7 from tokyo drift. hey wait… ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/16 "2010-06-24T04:47:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![jay\_g](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jay_g/32/111288_2.png) [@jay\_g](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jay_g)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/17 "2010-06-24T05:21:03Z")
Old guy could have had a heart attack and died before impact. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 6:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/18 "2010-06-24T06:35:23Z")
lol @ newman and JayS :bigblap: ---
**Author:** ![NoSkillz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/noskillz/32/5606_2.png) [@NoSkillz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NoSkillz)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/19 "2010-06-24T07:14:52Z")
[quote=“jay\_g,post:17,topic:156933"”] Old guy could have had a heart attack and died before impact. [/quote] yeah i wouldn’t be surprised if this was the case ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2010, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933/20 "2010-06-24T10:23:38Z")
> [@LUKE\_L](#): > > 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. 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. X… [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/breaking-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-behind-wheel-of-lfa-in-germany/156933.md?page=2)