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

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Old 03-02-2011, 12:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I think this may be old news....
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Old 03-02-2011, 12:36 AM   #3 (permalink)
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that sucks.... theres goes $350k..
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He was killed in June of 2010.

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such a sad loss for the LFA
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Apparently the LFA's crash-ratings mirror it's early 2000's era performance.

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old news, happened about a year ago
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LFA will on display at the up-coming Auto show here in Vancouver.
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