carbon fiber is strong, but it ain't that strong.

 

Guys, you can't really tell how damaged the SLR is - for all we know, it buckled a door panel or something (which isn't unrealistic)...

 

the volkswagen looks like it hit something thin(pole) in order to have damage like that. see how sharp the crease is? i mean, if you t-bone something, you'll just have one big crumple.

and the more i look at it, the benz is unscathed.

 

It's possible. It really depends on the type of CF & epoxy/resin that was used as well as the amount of epoxy/resin per unit area. Composite matrices have very high resistance to elongation/deformation (modulus of elasticity) which means that it can endure much more a beating before it deforms. This is not necessarily good in automobiles as the force of the impact from an accident is not absorbed by the body of the car but by it's passengers.

My material science is rusty though, so feel free to correct me if I'm off.

 

Yea, first time i saw the pic, it look as if the slr simply parked his car really close to that recked vw

 

Now that I looked at it again, the VW definitely hit something sharp, like a pole or something; not from a side of a car.

 

but what is that near the MB badge? It looks like something is going on there but it blurs out if I enlarge the image

 

I don't see the damage on the SLR?