Hatchback hate: Lamborghini chased

[Nemesis]

Reporting from Australia

 

Hatchback hate: Lamborghini chased

By Dylan Welch

March 13, 2006

 

 

The road rage incident started with a glance and quickly became one of the more bizarre pursuits on Sydney's roads.

 

As the driver of a yellow Lamborghini sat in peak hour traffic in Homebush at around 8.20am yesterday he flashed an annoyed look at the driver of a Suzuki Swift, who was booming music out of his car stereo, say police.

 

It was hardly a call to arms, but his frown provoked a 30-minute pursuit along Parramatta Road from Homebush to Glebe as the Lamborghini attempted to get away from the clearly agitated driver of the Suzuki, who tailgated the supercar and at one point even attempted to ram it.

 

"The Suzuki Swift was changing lanes, getting behind the Lamborghini and tailgating and also coming beside the Lamborghini at lights and revving [his car] and yelling at the driver," Inspector Sue Trusty of Glebe Police told smh.com.au.

 

Despite being hopelessly outclassed by the supercar, the driver of the diminutive hatchback managed to pursue the Lamborghini through heavy traffic to Glebe, where the frightened driver flagged down a police car.

Police were unable to catch the Suzuki as it sped down a side street and disappeared.

 

The shaken Lamborghini driver lodged an incident report with officers at Glebe police station, leaving his car parked in Talfourd Street in a restricted area reserved for police cars.

 

He was then given a lift home by police, leaving the luxury vehicle to be picked up by his company.

Inspector Trusty suggested the driver of the Suzuki may have been suffering from delusions of grandeur during the pursuit.

 

"When they were stopping at lights he was the one revving up. He must have been delirious if he thought he was going to drag [the Lamborghini] off."

 

The high-end Lamborghini, one of only 60 in Australia, can reach 100kmh in 4.3 seconds and has a top speed of over 300kmh. The Suzuki Swift hits 100/kmh in 10.0 seconds and has a top speed of 190kmh.

Police inquiries are continuing.

[Silver_z]

Hahaha..... I doubt the Swift is stock.

[Crummytyre]

This is even more extreme than a certain vios and 745.

[L9turbo]

Car stock.. driver fully modded. hahahaha

[Nemesis]

[reply]

Hahaha..... I doubt the Swift is stock.

 

Guess so

 

the Lamborghini attempted to get away from the clearly agitated driver of the Suzuki, who tailgated the supercar and at one point even attempted to ram it.

 

Cheers

[Nemesis]

[reply]

Car stock.. driver fully modded. hahahaha

 

Car stock.. driver fully madded.

 

Cheers

[Nemesis]

[reply]

This is even more extreme than a certain vios and 745.

 

Yup Sedan v.s Sedan, this case Hatch v.s. Super Car

 

Cheers

[Silver_z]

I bet the lambo driver was frightened not coz of the aggression of the other driver, but that a little car like swift can tailgate his SUPERCAR.

[Requiemdk]

Heavy traffic lah... My Vios also overtook a Lambo and an Aston on the ECP before... travelling at 20km/h during one of those "MASSIVE JAM TILL KEPPEL ROAD" times.

[Kaer]

It's not the car, it's the driver!

[Elfenstar]

Hahaha..... I doubt the Swift is stock.

 

Considering its aust, i doubt the swift was modded unless it was a GTI... even then still CMI. The only reason that a swift would be able to keep was would be due to either traffic or traffic lights.

[Zeruel]

yeah.. the traffic conditions along parramatta during rush hour is really bad

that might be why the swift was able to keep up so easily..

[Yc86]

 

yeah... suzuki: 1 Lambo:0

 

[Yc86]

Car stock.. driver fully modded. hahahaha

 

how to mod driver? change the chip or add on piggyback?

[Yc86]

I bet the lambo driver was frightened not coz of the aggression of the other driver, but that a little car like swift can tailgate his SUPERCAR.

 

hehe.. somemore the swift can run away from the police

really fierce n aggressive driver

Edited March 15, 2006 by Yc86

[Parkingidiot]

ha... i think the lambo driver probably has traded in his lambo for a japanese car by now...

[Requiemdk]

I think someone who can afford a Lambo can easily afford an extra cheap jap car to drive around rush-hour traffic in. Lambos belong to peak-hour jams as much as Siberian Huskies belong to Singapore. It's just cruel to drive that kind of car out in a jam...

[Crv2004]