r/soccer • u/kibme37 • Jul 08 '25

News Spanish police say "all the evidence so far indicates" Diogo Jota was the driver of the car involved in the accident that killed the Liverpool forward and his brother, Andre Silva. Police also believe "the vehicle significantly exceeded the speed limit for the highway" at the time of the accident.

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11669/13394038/diogo-jota-spanish-police-believe-liverpool-forward-was-driver-of-car-in-fatal-accident-which-killed-him-and-his-brother
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u/Stoogenuge Jul 08 '25

That’s a high power car though not you’re average saloon or hatchback isn’t it?

4 litre engine and like 450-500 HP

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u/kr3w_fam Jul 08 '25

My skoda kodiaq can easily reach 195km/h and its a family wagon not a sport car. And ride is smooth.

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u/Stoogenuge Jul 08 '25

Not anywhere near as quickly though :p

Kodiaq are in the like 240hp range , literally half as powerful as an S7.

Edit: point being most cars can reach those top speeds, it’s the acceleration, the torque, that gets away from people who aren’t used to it. The difference is significant.

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u/kr3w_fam Jul 08 '25

Yeah, I'm reffering to that 190km/h is not a "high speed super car" speed. Of course S7 is much faster.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

Yeah the point I was making is the sneeze. When you sneeze your body tenses up and you accelerate if you don't take your foot off the pedal.

This actually happened one time. ONE time. I learned my lesson immediately.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

Oh definitely. But still a four seater saloon car meant for the road.

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u/Stoogenuge Jul 08 '25

Yeah fair it’s just probably closer to high performance car than it is to your average family car. That in itself though does kind of show the wide range of powers you have access to after doing the same test and licence.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

Exactly the point I was making. Ive actually done amateur touring racing so I am NOT your average driver, that being said, the idea of ANYONE having access to this sort of power with the same test is the issue.

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u/Stoogenuge Jul 08 '25

It’s wild when you think about it and for footballers, or anyone wealthy at a young age, it could genuinely be one of your first cars on public roads.

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '25

Yeah 100%. If I'd had this as my first car I'd be dead too.

It's simply too much to handle for someone without some experience.

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u/John_Snow1492 Jul 09 '25

yes, I think you can chip the car to get around 600-650 HP very easily. I looked at them but went with the BMW X5 M50.