Warning! The following article contains pictures which may be distressing to some readers. If you are an XR2 driver, and you finished 2003 with a big hole in your wallet, never mind your car, you might just want to look away now.

Ok, that's the disclaimer over with; onto the article! Towards the end of the 2003 season, the XR2s gained a reputation for being incredibly destructive, with several cars almost completely written off in the last two meetings, and several more gaining significant panel damage from various incidents. As myself and Mike have gained quite a collection of photos showing wrecked XR2s, we felt that it'd be interesting to put them all together here, and see just how much carnage there was!

Sadly at least half of these photos show cars belonging to members of our forum, especially John Findlay, who suffered from chronic bad luck ever since he bought his new car. Amazingly all the drivers who we have heard from intend to return this year - good on you all for not letting the bent panels put you off!