Carrera GT Crash Hits a Nerve

The ink wasn’t even dry when the email inboxes, telephone lines, mailbox, and other forms of communication got red hot

by John Draneas

The “Legal Files” column in the December 2007 issue of SCM, which discussed the $4.5m settlement of the Carrera GT fatal crash lawsuit, hit a nerve within the SCM community. The ink wasn’t even dry when the email inboxes, telephone and fax lines, and other forms of communication were humming. Most comments were critical that the column was overly biased toward the plaintiff’s point of view and challenged us to give equal time to the “other side of the story.” And here it is, in a special four-page expanded section.

Porsche, Ferrari Club complain

We received a lengthy letter from Tony Fouladpour, the Manager of Corporate Communications at Porsche Cars North America, which is printed in its entirety following this article. Efforts to contact Fouladpour to discuss this further were unsuccessful due to his travel schedule.

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