Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn crashes his Porsche (?!)

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Hmmm. Did I hear midlife crisis??

Nissan boss crashes Porsche into motorbike(Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Feb. 9, 2004)
Nissan Motor Co. President Carlos Ghosn escaped unharmed after he crashed his Porsche into a motorbike in downtown Tokyo....the accident that happened shortly before 11 a.m., Sunday, on Gaien-Higashi Dori avenue in the capital's Minato-ku.

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Nissan boss crashes Porsche into motorbike(Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Feb. 9, 2004).

To answer my own question, this is the Nissan "party line"/official excuse....

Nissan CEO Ghosn in accident driving PorscheReuters, 02.08.04, 10:02 PM ET.
Carlos Ghosn, the celebrity chief executive of Nissan Motor Co <7201.T>, was involved in a minor accident on Sunday when the Porsche he was test-driving was in a collision with a motorcycle as he was making a turn.....
"It's not uncommon for executives to test-drive competitors' cars on weekends to evaluate them," he said, adding the Porsche belonged to Nissan.