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Lexus's chief test driver, Hiromu Naruse, has died in a head-on collision near the Nurburgring.

The 67-year-old was driving a Lexus LFA Nurburgring Edition prototype when the car collided with an oncoming BMW 3-series on highway 94. Both Naruse and his passenger were pronounced dead at the scene. The two occupants of the BMW - also apparently a test car of some sort - were seriously injured.

The exact cause of the accident is unknown, but is currently the subject of an investigation by police.

It appears that the Lexus was on the way back to Toyota's nearby engineering facility after a test session at the 'Ring: according to a police spokesman both driver and passenger were wearing helmets, while both cars were 'packed with electronics equipment'.

Naruse had worked for Lexus parent company Toyota since 1963 and worked on many projects ranging from the iconic Toyota 2000GT to the LFA - his latest baby.

The thoughts of the whole PH team - and no doubt the whole of PistonHeads - are with Naruse-san's family, the family of his passenger and the two BMW occupants


im pretty sure it was "THAT" road, for those that have been there between the rind and adenau
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doesn't say much about the safety of the Lexus does it.
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RACEN IST OUT
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i dont recognise the stretch, maybe its the bit just before the bit with the rocks either side of the road
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ya its the windy road between the two places! Lexus was filled with all the recording equipment ... and I was wondering if they were wearing their belts? I've been guilty of having a loose belt after the track cause I'm so fucking knackered.
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i dont recognise the stretch, maybe its the bit just before the bit with the rocks either side of the road


i'd say its the very top or the bit in the middle where its all open.
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that stretch that we know is the L92
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the L94 is past the welcome center and left, kind of towards the sudschliefe
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L94 Multimap

[Edited on 24-06-2010 by Steve]
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I think we briefly touched on the L94 last year when we went to the the remains of the sudschliefe
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just looked, l94 is the one where you arrive oppersite the gp track and go down towards the breakers yard
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Sad story tbh

I bet they got killed by loose equipment flying about the car..
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our group came in on the l94 this year
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Lexus looks like he was on the wrong side of the road.
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quote:
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Lexus looks like he was on the wrong side of the road.


I thought that, he was doing a me
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hi
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you a pricktwat?
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doesn't look too bad, suprising that its fatal.

maybe Willay is correct and they had no seatbelts
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i was very surprised the lexus people were killed, especially wearing helmets too
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http://www.skiddmark.com/sad-news-toyotas-chief-test-driver-dies-in-lfa-crash-near-nurburgring/

Looks like the whole dash section etc has been pushed down into the occupants of the lexus. It's probably what killed them
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quote:
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i was very surprised the lexus people were killed, especially wearing helmets too


This. Presumably wearing normal seatbelts, plus a helmet you'd think it would take a pretty serious collision to kill both driver and passenger, yet neither car looks *that* bad.
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who knows but that lexus was slammed :O
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Depends on the speed cars were travelling, with normal belts on necks could of snapped?


I might get a ride out in a LFA soon
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look at the guy on the right having a nosey with his Himmler cap on

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