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markcharltonOld enough to know better and still young enough not to care. My '71 Pantera

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Originally posted by Terry:
http://www.sportscarmarket.com/content/carrera
Something to think about...

I agree. And that would be to think very carefully before driving a Porsche Carrera GT at high speed!

quote:
Originally posted by korina:
...I don't know how you blame Porsche on the product liability side for making a defective product...I remember there was a criminal investigation after Aryton Senna died on track. Does any one know how that ended up?

Regarding Porsche: If the manufacturer has a reasonable expectation to believe that their product can easily be misused by unskilled operators resulting in death, then there is at least some potential liability. At 2% they would have paid out $90K. Pretty light, all things considered.

In the Senna case, Williams technical chief Patrick Head and ex-designer Adrian Newey were acquitted of all charges brought against them. In the end, the judge ruled that there was 'no proof of blame'.

10/27/072:20 PM

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