Topic: Is that an Impreza?

[Triple Bob]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-30167098

 

[tortoise]

Well, that back half was.

Amazing they more or less walked away from that.

[Snowman]

Wow... a clean cut at 90 degrees?

[tortoise]

A cousin of mine was involved in a terrible crash that killed two of his friends.

They were driving in northern Ontario and spun out into the path on an oncoming transport.

The car was cut clean into two pieces.  His brother said it was as though someone had used a pair of tin snips. 

[HeliDriver]

My guess with the lack of info is that it may have been two car halves welded into one. Not unheard of in the UK.

Good point. Saw a show on that a few years ago on TV: get two totalled cars, one with a destroyed back end, one with a destroyed front end, then cut them in half and weld together the good bits of each. For some reason, these cars aren't flagged in the U.K. system as "salvage" or whatever, and unsuspecting buyers are none the wiser (not that a cursory inspection wouldn't make it obvious.)

[Triple Bob]

My guess with the lack of info is that it may have been two car halves welded into one. Not unheard of in the UK.

Good point. Saw a show on that a few years ago on TV: get two totalled cars, one with a destroyed back end, one with a destroyed front end, then cut them in half and weld together the good bits of each. For some reason, these cars aren't flagged in the U.K. system as "salvage" or whatever, and unsuspecting buyers are none the wiser (not that a cursory inspection wouldn't make it obvious.)

They aren't flagged because it's illegal, and the VIN numbers are usually stolen.

[johngenx]

I'm going to guess that the car is a stitch job.  It's super important to have any potential used car purchase inspected for this - it's not too tough to spot with the car on a hoist.