5 of the Most Expensive Supercar Crashes
Supercar dream... to supercar nightmare
Most people dream of owning a brand new supercar. No-one dreams of being the person who bends it. For some people this nightmare becomes high-cost reality. Here are the most expensive moments of supercar driving:
1- McLaren 570S in London
If you are going to crash a supercar, don’t do it in central London in the Summer - you’ll go from cool to uncool as quickly as it takes someone to post it on Instagram. Last week a fuchsia pink McLaren 570S ended up as mincemeat after a crash outside Montagu Mansions in Marylebone, in a 20mph zone. Bystanders reported the £120,000 car lost control while speeding and smashed into a VW Golf. The car goes from 0-60 in 3 seconds so it’s understandable how a little too much pressure on the pedal from an inexperienced foot may have led to this hot pink mess.
2- Bugatti Chiron and a Porsche 911 Cabriolet
Two supercars for one crash special? The only thing worse than crashing one supercar is crashing two - especially when one is a Bugatti. The Big Bang happened on the Gotthard Pass in Switzerland, which is probably as dramatic as it gets for a supercar crash backdrop. The Chiron, 911 and a Mercedes C-Class car were stuck driving behind a caravan. The Bugatti tried to overtake by flooring it in the opposite lane - at exactly the same time as the 911 pulled out. The Bugatti rear-ended the Porsche, which rear-ended the Mercedes. (and for good measure the Bugatti also hit the caravan.) The $120,000 Porsche got most of the damage but as the Bugatti alone costs over €3 million, this was no cheap pile up. Takeaway? No matter how fast your car is, always check it is safe to overtake.
3- Ferrari California
In what might be the most expensive test drive of all time, this young man crashed a Ferrari California he was trying out in the Italian streets of Maranello. The novice driver tried to floor the throttle at a junction and speed away. Unlike the movies, the drama came not from the getaway but from the back end of the car flipping out when the driver overlooked the rear-wheel drive. Unable to counter-steer, he drove the Ferrari head-first into a wall. The $200,000 Ferrari price tag meant the insurance claim for this dealership went through the roof that day. (skip to 39s)
4- Lamborghini Huracan Spyder
In terms of minutes of satisfaction gained from the new car feel, this has got to be the shortest ever. 20 minutes after leaving the dealership the driver had stopped in the outside lane of the M1 in West Yorkshire because his new Lambo was experiencing a mechanical failure when a van hit him from behind. As the car cost at least $267,000 and the driver only had the pleasure of driving it once, the cost per drive of this car probably breaks a record by not dropping a single penny. $267,000 per drive - ouch.
5- McLaren Senna LM
If anything is going to make the test driver of that Ferrari California feel any better it will be a former F1 driver crashing his supercar in front of his girlfriend. Adrian Sutil crashed his bright papaya orange $2.2 million McLaren Senna LM into a lampost near Monaco, with his girlfriend in the passenger seat. Only 24 of this model were made and Sutil owns one of 6 in this colourway. The German driver raced F1 cars for 7 years but clearly supercars are unpredictable beasts no matter the skill level of the driver.
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It really is sickening to see such awesome cars binned by Hammond imitators. For Hammond is the Real Slim Shady.