Time for a recall?

[Nordic]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/11071047

Not good if you own one of these fire bombs. cancelled the order for mine now.

[6 Euros - JD]

Even a push bike would catch fire if it crashed in America!

[nopanic - neil]

Funny bit, was on the M56 the other day and saw the remains of a burnt out sports car.

With what was left all I can tell you was it was blue and nice alloys (the remaining 2), that was all left in front wheel arch.

Guess - Lotus or TVR (going for the Lotus at present)

[mgmark]

The crashes are, I imagine, down to the laws of physics overcoming the lack of the driver's recognition of them.  The fires?  Well, it probably just goes to show how far the attention of Italian manufacturers attention to fuel and electrical system integrity and reliability has progressed...or not....

The piccies do show the effects of fire upon carbon fibre and plastic quite well, rather like the days of yore with the early Reliant Scimitars, which caught fire because the fuel hose connection to the carb was not pinned and worked loose to spray fuel all over the nice hot engine and exhausts.  I seem to recall that the result was much the same - a few metal bits left at the end...
 
MG Mark 

[Nordic]

Making a link between your everyday crash and a car bursting in flames does seem a trifle odd tbh, still make a good headline on a dull day in the newsroom.

[Andy Zarse]

The piccies do show the effects of fire upon carbon fibre and plastic quite well, rather like the days of yore with the early Reliant Scimitars, which caught fire because the fuel hose connection to the carb was not pinned and worked loose to spray fuel all over the nice hot engine and exhausts.  I seem to recall that the result was much the same - a few metal bits left at the end...
 
MG Mark 

[lynxd67]

Things don't change much then. When my 348 had it's first service the dealer told me that the oil pipe at the camshaft hadn't heen secured and could have popped off anytime. One of my horror cars, that one.