and fuchs deform, they don't crack
 

Porsche 911 Picture

Here is one that will dampen that rumor. Could be a repo, but fuch's still crack regardless.

oh, SCHITT.

Clearly fakes....(just kidding.)

I doubt that is a forged wheel.

if you magnify the pic, it looks like it has a raised lip like a steel wheel.

Fuchs fatigue crack around bolt holes, the grain pattern of the break looks like cast aluminum, besides if the crack did result in a break it wouldn't shatter the entire center like the picture shows. Forged aluminum is ductile and this was a brittle failure.

Like John Walker noted: steel rim!

Could be a 17" Fuchs made from a 16X6 rim.
I can see how it would catastrophically fail, being subjected to loads far exceeding what a 16X6 would see, plus after being welded, and being so many years old.

I sent an email to the editor....maybe they will respond.