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BMW M3 Takes Out Honda CRX in Nurburgring Crash Due to ABS Failure

Many people tend to overlook the fact that, whether we're talking about street or track driving, braking is more important than acceleration. And we want to bring you a fresh example of what happens when deceleration doesn't go as planned, with this coming from Nurburgring tourist driving session that took place over the weekend.
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The adventure involved an E46-generation BMW M3 and a Honda CRX - while we've seen a few CRX examples that could leave most M3s behind, this isn't the case here.

As such, the CRX driver was minding his own cornering business, having already steered his way into the bend, when the M3 driver, who was eager to pass, pulled a bit of a PIT maneuver on the little Honda.

The problem was that the BMW driver aimed to brake late, in order to pass on the inside, but the M3 experience an ABS failure that send it plowing straight into the CRX.

The impact caused the Honda to spin its way across the bend, with the CRX even hitting the barrier on the side of the track, albeit without serious damage for the latter impact - by the way, the final ka-bang could've been avoided had the Honda driver gone put in a bit more effort.

While we usually like to turn Nurburgring accidents, or near crashes, into driving lessons, there's not much that can be learned from this one. That's because when you mix lapping the Green Hell with an ABS quit, things will usually turn out nasty.

And if this story sounds a bit familiar, it might be because an ABS failure was also the cause of a much more serious accident that totaled the Koenigsegg One:1 factory car earlier this year.

We'll remind you the hypercar was aiming to set a new Nordschleife production vehicle lap time when the accident happened. And while the driver walked away and Koenigsegg announced it would rebuild the wrecked machine, we'll probably have to wait until next year to see the One:1 returning to its record-grabbing activities.

Don't expect the small nature of the Swedish company to be the issue, though. For instance, the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 also had an ABS-generated Nurburgring crash back in May.

Fortunately, though, Koenigsegg has also come up with a solution after the said accident, integrating this into all its modern-era cars.

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