Porsche Boxster Destroyed For Finnish Radio Promo

Jun 21, 2008 2 Replies

Finnish radio station "NRJ" has done what many Porche 911-o-philes only dream of: They destroyed a Porsche Boxster in spectacular fashion. The station held a contest to determine whether to give away or destroy the baby Porsche, and 56 percent of the voters decided the Boxster was marked for death. NRJ decided the best way to carry out the execution was to drop the car from a 100-foot crane, ass-first. The resulting collision was the equivalent of a hitting a wall at 54 MPH. In reverse. Ouch. [C... Read More:

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Talk about "biting the hand that feeds you." I wonder if the Finns know that most Boxsters are assembled in Finland?

This ranks right up there in stupid things. How is it better to destroy a perfectly good something once it is made? Better to get something out of the resources used and consumed to create the thing, but now it's all for naught for this car. And for 30 seconds of 'entertainment' for the rabble. What a waste.

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