No official story, just pics.
Bunch more pics.

Ouch. Looks like the driver/passenger survived though assuming that's them sitting on the ground.

Yeah, the passenger cell really held up well. I also find it interesting that the brake rotor didn't crack just along the holes...a testament to Porsche's unique drill pattern I'd say.

Absolutely unbelievable how well the interior held up.

The windshield isn't even broken! And the interior looks fine. Wow, this really proves a point on Porsches crash safety.

Wow .. that is one nasty accident .. any ideas on how fast they were going at the time of impact? And, the engine out of the car is amazing! I'd keep the brake rotor as a souvinier

Holy shit, is this a rotor?!?!?

Nope.

Usually the armco poles should be strong enough to withstand an impact by a truck. Being completely sheared off on several meters length I assume the Porsche must have been going at something near topspeed.

if not a rotor, then what is it? flywheel?

It's a brake rotor, Cyclones just throwing some sarcasm

why are there so many holes? wouldnt you just start slotting them? the slots heat them up right? so is the holes to cool them down quicker? and thus they opted not to have slots cause they dont need to warm them up?

Yeah, you generally want brakes to run cooler so they have a higher capacity to turn kinetic energy into heat (aka, slow the car down). Slots are basically there to relieve the film of superheated gas that develops and prevents the pad from making optimal contact with the rotor, while holes perform the same function as well as reducing the weight of the rotor and helping it cool better (they also help braking performance in the wet). Their main downside is that the holes act as stress concentration areas so the rotor tends to crack around the holes under heavy use but porsche uses specially countersunk holes arranged in a unique pattern to avoid that issue as much as possible.

I read somewhere that in ceretain applications holes can atcually be a bad thing...as there is less mass to the rotor it will hear up sooner...

That tends to be offset by the better airflow.

anyone got a mirror?

Here ya go....

Link to Mirror

Quite comical art thou, PHiX

That shit'll buff right out, no problem.

PD, here's ya a nice 996 for the cheap

Oh yeah! Definately worth the money! Speaking of which, I found a C4S for $64,000CDN. Just a small question, if I ask the seller of a vehicle for his VIN number, am I entitled to have it? Because i'd like to do a Carfax report on the history of the car, it was imported from the USA and the seller says he's looking for something "nicer". Sounds suspiscious to me.

I'd be suspiscious if he didn't provide one.

Yeh, with any car you're allowed to check it's background. Or, any major purchase for that matter. Like, real estate companies aren't allowed not to tell you that your newly purchased mansion had a fire damaging it's structure a few years earlier

So, PD, link us!

True in many cases, like the small thermally inefficient OEM rotors and many "weekend racer" aftermarket kits. But on true racecars, most rotors used have solid sides as the design of the airflow vanes inside the rotor are more important for heat dissapation than crossdrilling.

Jesus, a testament to prosche safety and the stupidness of so many drivers out there. those people are extremely lucky

That was a big one. I like the "Mega Crash" headline on that German website. lol

I wonder how they did it.

Wow, I just watched Top Gear "Try" to detroy a Porsche yesterday and then this. Porsche seems ot have their act together, no real suprise there they have been doingit for years.