The year didn’t end well for the owner of a Ferrari F12tdf in Japan who crashed the supercar on December 31. The picture of the vehicle being transported with duct tape all over its deformed front end posted on Twitter by user @hodo_momo is indeed a sad sight.
As noted by the Twitter user @boeing767300PW who photographed the crashed Ferrari on the scene, the incident occurred at the Shibaura junction in the direction of the Rainbow Bridge. It appears that the driver of the Ferrari is to blame since no other cars were involved. Our guess is that the driver lost control after the car slipped and ended up hitting the concrete barrier. Judging from the aftermath, there shouldn’t have been any serious injuries.
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芝浦ジャンクション レインボーブリッジ方面の事故渋滞。事故を起こしていたのはフェラーリ。おそらく単独。ドライバーの無謀な運転で事故渋滞で迷惑を被ってるんで二度と運転してほしくない事を祈りつつ安全運転を心がけようと誓いました。 pic.twitter.com/ILlOdwJ44Z
— くんにちはキリン信者クラシックジャンボ (@boeing767300PW) December 31, 2021
The limited-production Ferrari, of which 799 units were sold between 2015 and 2017, will need a new front bumper, front fenders, bonnet, and likely some parts of the V12 engine which seem to be affected by the crash, as well as new airbags. However the damage doesn’t appear to be extreme and if the frame is not bent, then the supercar will be likely saved. In any case, the bill for the repairs won’t come cheap since the carbon fiber parts are quite expensive.
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It may seem like yesterday but the Ferrari F12tdf (Tour de France) was introduced in October 2015 as a more powerful track-focused variant of the F12berlinetta. The naturally aspirated 6.3-liter V12 produces 769 hp (574 kW / 780 PS) and 705 Nm (520 lb-ft) of torque, sending power to the rear wheels through a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox. Besides the increased power, upgrades over the regular F12 include the extensively redesigned aero, the sophisticated rear-wheel steering system, tweaked electronics, shorter gearing, an 110 kg (242.5 lbs) weight reduction, larger brakes with one-piece brake calipers borrowed from the La Ferrari, and more.
Despite being superseded by faster and more powerful cars like the 812 Competizione, prices for pristine examples of the Ferrari F12tdf have gone up in recent years, reaching close to $1,000,000.
Ferrariが年末に事故ることないのに。 pic.twitter.com/cw61ke4tpg
— スト〜ン・リバー ⛵0912˙˚ʚ💖ɞ˚˙ (@hide_Stone_R) December 31, 2021
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