Ladies and Gents....a smashed RS for sale, well part of it anyways

[SciroccoTDI]

Chances are that it was delivered to Schram as a complete undamaged car from GM. Probably a car that went on the show tour. Not uncommon at all for Schram.


Edit: now that i can actually see pictures in the link...

I still think its a GM vehicle, but it was used for testing.

Looks like a side impact test to me, and given the miles that would make sense, so either Govt test, GM test or IIHS me thinks.

 

[slitzell]

id very interested in the seats, steering wheel etc

 

[Bogus]

Ok so crash test car, not crashed brand new car...

 

[xsonicLTZx]

I want the radio!

 

[yevgenievich]

Reply that i have received from the seller in regards to rear brake assembly:

Hello
The vehicle has already been dismantled. I may have some scattered parts (calipers, rotors, cylinders) but nothing complete and no lines of any sory.
Scott

 

[theenico]

Looks like a side impact test to me, and given the miles that would make sense, so either Govt test, GM test or IIHS me thinks.

I suspect that your theory is the closest. Schram's gets 99% of the scrapped, non prototype/mule, test vehicles from the Milford proving ground. They are only a few miles away from Milford.

 

[Bogus]

Ok this isn't so unsettling anymore. Test car is ok. haha

 

[laborsmith]

Strange. I was there this morning buying a rear view mirror for the truck.

I could not get the pictures to show just now.

Laborsmith

 

[CyberGreyTURBOZ]

Why would they crash test an RS model? Its the same as all the other hatch backs? They can sacrifice all the LS and LT model cars they want. I also wonder whats up since the mileage is so low, but who knows. Hopefully there is a happy person somewhere who now has an RS front clip. Id like to see a sedan with an RS front bumper sometime soon. That would be cool!

 

[theenico]

It wasn't necessarily a controlled test.

One of the DB execs may have wrecked it while 'bating and thinking about how little they have to do until they retire.

In regular terms: It was probably part of the captured test fleet and got wrecked during someone's commute.

 

[wr_guy]

There seem to be a few "flood damaged" Sonics on ebay with Salvage titles?? Hurricane Sandy I guess. $4-6k range.

Good for a race car if not fixed for street.

I wonder how does one re-certify an salvage title for street....can you register them?

 

[$ub$onic]

You get a enhanced inspection to get a r title saying all the damage was fix correctly