Sport These 5 cars are so dangerous to drive that they created widows. Their fame precedes them and in some cases they could become a death trap.
The engineering in a car is just as important as the design. A vehicle that is not perfect can end up becoming a death trap in the event of an accident. In other cases, its benefits are at such a high level that the driver requires certain skills behind the wheel to control it, hence its high dangerousness.
Regardless of the factor that determines your high degree of risk, we have selected 5 dangerous cars to drive that have a reputation for creating widows. These five models that you are going to discover below are classics that, luckily, are no longer for sale, but those who have been able to drive them have found that they are quite dangerous.
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Sport 5 cars so dangerous to drive that they created widows
Porsche 996 GT2
The first of this particular list is the Porsche 996 GT2. This 483 CV sports car is an analogue car, that is to say, without any type of electronic aid that allows the driver to tame such benefits, not to mention that it has a power-weight ratio of 2,96 kg/CV.
The British RAC Motor Club described this car as the most controversial version of the 996. According to the club, “is the fastest, scariest and most expensive”. He also argues that some were of the opinion that it is “a car that Porsche should never have built”, while others consider that “it is a proper Porsche that credits its driver as a talented and courageous driver”.
Renault 5 GT Turbo
Of the Renault 5 GT Turbo There is a myth that your turbo would go off when downshifting, although this was not entirely true. What was proven is that it was a dangerous car to drive if you did not have some experience and a certain degree of skill behind the wheel.
And we are talking about a car that many drove inexperienced youth They just got their driver’s license. This, together with the turbos They were not exactly progressive, delivering power brutely and without warning, which caught those behind the wheel off guard, were the two main factors that caused certain accidents with this model.
Daihatsu Terios
The design of the Daihatsu Terios It was the reason this model was considered dangerous to drive. And it is that we were talking about a kind of small SUV that only measured 3.84 meters long and 1.71 meters high. Also, it was 1.55 meters wide, so it was taller than it was wide, and that’s a problem for stability.
If, in addition, we add a somewhat soft suspension and a reasonable ground clearance, we have all the ingredients for a unstable car that was quite easy to tip over. In the second generation of the Terios, Daihatsu corrected this problem by increasing its width and reducing its height.
Porsche 930 Turbo
In the case of Porsche 930 Turbo We have something very similar to what happened in the Renault 5 GT Turbo. The car was especially powerful for the time, with a supercharged engine that developed 260 CV.
Although it was well adjusted at a dynamic level (something typical of Porsche standards), its performance and the way in which the turbo entered could catch the driver off guard, which was likely to end in an accident.
Mercedes-Benz 300 SL
The fifth and final dangerous car to drive known as the “widowmaker” is the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL. Today a cult classic valued in the millions, the first SL was an unusual car in 1954, when it was launched on the market.
It came with a powerful straight-six engine and 243 CV with which it was possible to reach a maximum speed of 245 km/h. This was a lot for the early ’50s, although its danger did not lie in its benefits, but in the design of its mythical gull wing doors.
And it is that, in the event of a rollover, the occupants of the Mercedes sports car were left trapped inside without the possibility of leaving the vehicle, which, in the event of a fire, made the 300 SL ‘Gullwing’ a death trap.
