Every car enthusiast has their favorite shows, meets, or events. For some, it’s the smell of high-octane fuel and high-heat componentry at a race track. For others, it’s meticulously cleaned and polished classics at a show. At lowrider shows, it’s routine to see cars, new and old, defy gravity with hydraulics and air systems. In this case, however, onlookers were stunned to see a classic lowrider flip over its bumper and land on the upside down, undoubtedly totaling the car. 

This lowrider went so hard at a car meet that it flipped over its rear bumper and landed on its roof

A lowrider is a remarkable bit of car culture. Most importantly, it’s one of the most distinctive expressions of Chicano culture in the greater automotive landscape. It’s also an eye-popping dose of creativity. From the custom paintwork featuring airbrushed scenes, throwback scallops, and brilliant flames to, of course, the wildly impressive hydraulic setups.

Some hydraulic applications in these traditionally “low and slow” lowriders are meant to push how far the car can hop, posture, and seemingly dance. However, leave it to that one guy to go a bit too far.

In an apparently deliberate stunt, a crew flipped what appears to be a bright-orange third-generation Chevrolet Caprice. The team prompted the car to jump so hard, that the front end passed over the downward-facing rear bumper and plummeted to the pavement. 

As you might imagine though, an old lowrider like this doesn’t feature a roll cage or roof supports to resist the impact of flipping over its rear bumper. If it had, the bright-orange show car may have suffered a different fate. No, no, not this one. This one flattened its pillars like a pancake, leaving the car supine on the pavement like a winded athlete. Boom.

Some commenters suggest the car was a sacrificial showpiece more so than a lowrider. That the builders intended to destroy the car as a crowd-pleaser. Stunt or not, that was somebody’s effort going out in a flash. One fewer lowrider to stun crowds at car shows and meets. Still, that was quite a setup.

Watch the video of the custom car going over the top and costing its owner a vehicle below!