True but a lot is luck, some crashes a much lower speeds would have easily killed them.

 

See for yourself, you get used to speed pretty quick..

First time you go 150mph you feel like you're in a F16 breaking the sound barrier, after a few runs it is a nice cruizing speed and you want to try 200mph

 

Yeah, rapid deceleration usually results in ruptured organs or torn aortas... Lucky people, they are.

 

120Mph and you see a grandma driving. That's Germany. And despite accidents, they have good lane discipline.

 

"Following the M5 were an M6 and an M3 being driven by the driver’s sons."

LOL

 

and that`s what the real problem is...you can`t engineer away Newtons axioms,..
and no matter how great the chassis is and how great this and that is.
from 180 mph to a rapid stop in minimal time/distance will oppose your body to deadly forces...I guess those guys simply had luck by the way the car crashed and decelerated as a result.
But nontheless,BMWs crash safety is top notch and a lot of energy can be absorbed by the chassis upon impact - even with the smaller cars like Mini and 1 Series.
Plus the fact that rescue forces are trained on BMW cars and know the best points to begin a cut when they have to cut somebody out of a wreck

 

True as that may be, the CAR and BODY are moving forward at 186 mph. The car may absorb energy, but the body being "stopped" by the seatbelt, chassis, etc. will still be moving forward even as those safety mechanisms attempt to save you. Hence the ruptured organs, aorta, arteries, etc. Those people are alive by the grace of something else, not BMW's engineering. Just my $0.02.

 

No matter what the circumstances, they are still alive...and alive for a concoction of reasons that will never really be able to be quantified. And Im just fine with that!

 

Little More than luck......more like fate....

 

Good to hear that they survived! Incredibly lucky chance I believe.

Reminds of those kids that went off the end of that private runway in an e60 M5 and ended up in a tree... If I remember right, not one of those kids survived though...