Paul Walker's Porsche May Have Suffered Mechanical Fault
This past weekend, movie star Paul Walker was tragically killed in an accident while riding in a friend’s Porsche Carrera GT. And while speed was evidently a factor in the accident, could the crash have been the result of a mechanical failure?
Representatives from Always Evolving (AE), a vehicle tuning shop co-owned by Walker and the driver of the car, Roger Rodas, are reporting that they saw evidence of a fluid burst and a subsequent fluid trail prior to the skid marks that were left at the scene. It’s raising questions that perhaps the Carrera GT had a possible steering fluid leak and driver Roger Rodas didn’t have full steering control of the car.
This isn’t the first time the Porsche Carrera GT has been in the spotlight for a fatal crash. In 2005, a Carrera GT crashed during a Ferrari Owner’s Club track day that killed two people when the exotic hit a wall at over 100 mph while trying to avoid a Ferrari on the track. The accident caused a lot of controversy and raised questions about the Carrera GT’s mechanical design and whether or not the car was prone to spinning out even in the hands of experienced drivers.
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The Carrera GT was not modified and was rarely driven. Regardless, this car has a long history of being a finicky exotic to drive, with even Top Gear going on the record on how difficult it is to control.
[Source: TMZ]
Jason Siu began his career in automotive journalism in 2003 with Modified Magazine, a property previously held by VerticalScope. As the West Coast Editor, he played a pivotal role while also extending his expertise to Modified Luxury & Exotics and Modified Mustangs. Beyond his editorial work, Jason authored two notable Cartech books. His tenure at AutoGuide.com saw him immersed in the daily news cycle, yet his passion for hands-on evaluation led him to focus on testing and product reviews, offering well-rounded recommendations to AutoGuide readers. Currently, as the Content Director for VerticalScope, Jason spearheads the content strategy for an array of online publications, a role that has him at the helm of ensuring quality and consistency across the board.
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Not a smart article at all,first wasn't his car and second the car wasn't on a track at any high speed crash fluid is going to leak!
I really think his daughter should hire private investigators and get a hold of that site the remains of the car because I do believe somebody f***** with that vehicle for them to see what they believed was power steering fluid and brake fluid and I don't care what they were doing with that vehicle. Those hoses don't just pop loose. You do understand that those companies can lose everything no matter what happens. So if you think that any company is really going to put a vehicle like that on the road and especially knowing who they're selling it to and not make sure that those are absolutely 110% safe for them to be doing what they're doing in them. You got another thing coming. More than likely when that guy bought the car. Roger, he was told to put a cage in it because no they don't come standard but I guarantee you everything else on that vehicle was correct. Roger and Paul, I guarantee somebody was after one of them because mistakes like this don't just f****** happen out of nowhere and I can always guarantee you no one's looked in this as much as I should have. These were two very famous people. How many enemies did they have that would have gladly f***** with one of the vehicles that they knew what they were going to be doing in it and just hoping everybody was stupid enough to buy it as a f****** accident