Footage of a multimillion-dollar hypercar crashing in a high-speed check has been launched by car producer BYD.
The video, which has been extensively circulated on social media, reveals the YANGWANG U9 Xtreme hitting a fence while on a closed circuit.
According to BYD, the car was travelling between 420-450km/h when the collision occurred.
After the first influence, the car ricochets from one aspect of the highway to the other before coming to a stop in several items
Footage of a multimillion-dollar hypercar crashing in a high-speed check has been launched by car producer BYD. CarNewsChina/youtube
Miraculously, the driver was medically assessed and did not endure critical accidents as a end result of the incident.
BYD’s official account on Chinese social media web site Weibo first uploaded the dramatic video.
The accident occurred in the lead-up to BYD’s world-record-setting drive in September last yr at the ATP Automotive Testing Papenburg check observe in Germany.
Despite the setback, the YANGWANG U9 Xtreme still set an spectacular pace document of 496.22 km/h, making it the world’s quickest car, albeit unofficially. CarNewsChina/youtube
Despite the setback, the YANGWANG U9 Xtreme still set an spectacular pace document of 496.22 km/h, making it the world’s quickest car, albeit unofficially.
To qualify as a world document, a car’s pace wants to be averaged across two separate runs in reverse instructions, which was not doable at the banked Papenburg check observe.
The YANGWANG U9 Xtreme takes the present technical structure of the U9, which is at present on sale in China, and updates the powertrain, battery, tyres and suspension.
The video of the crash seems to have been launched in the build-up to the YANGWANG’s upcoming attempt to crack the 500 km/h barrier. CarNewsChina/youtube
The car is left-hand drive only and is not formally for sale in Australia.
The YANGWANG U9 Xtreme was bought for $3.9 million {dollars} ($5.6M USD) at the 2026 Beijing Auto Show. There are only 30 models accessible globally.
Although the clocked pace was spectacular, BYD thinks there’s still more efficiency to be discovered in its 2,977-horsepower hypercar.
The video of the crash seems to have been launched in the build-up to the YANGWANG’s upcoming attempt to crack the 500 km/h barrier.
BYD’s government vice president Stella Li has beforehand said that Dubai will be the location of the world-record run. Originally deliberate for November, BYD was looking out for an applicable 15-km stretch of highway and was reportedly working with officers.
It’s yet to be confirmed whether BYD will meet its November deadline, or the exact location of the run.