The Dukes of Hazard television series is known by many in the car world as the Dodge Charger holocaust. They literally wrecked tens of brand new '68 and '69 coupes just so they can film those admittedly awesome jump scenes where the General Lee manages to escape its pursuers.
Because Bo and Luke Duke wrecked so many cars, there weren't enough left to ship over to Eastern Europe. That's why this passionate stunt driver had to use a huge tanker truck in order to get his kicks. It's a crazy story, we know, but it's the one we're sticking with for now!
How else could we possibly explain the weird crash that just took place a couple of days ago in the Ukraine. An old car, which by the looks of things could be a Lada, is trying to make a left turn onto a secondary dirt road when suddenly a truck crashes into its side, runs up a hill and almost hits a house.
Excessive speed and bad brakes are probably the reason for this crash. It could just be that the trucker tried to avoid another car in his lane, couldn't brake and decided to slow himself down by hitting a very big hill instead.
Regardless of the reasons behind this incident, seeing a heavy vehicle like this one flying through the air and stirring up a giant dust storm is spectacular. Thank god for the invention of the dash cam, otherwise these unbelievable aerobatics would never have been seen.
Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida. Full profile
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