Classic Car News: Big Bangs Mean Big Bucks
The sound of a roaring engine can be described as music to your ears, but the sound of crumbling metal can drown out the harmony and bring tears to your eyes in a second. Classic motors have that certain âje ne sais quoi’, which means it’s difficult to put a price on such perfection.
There is however always a high price for repairs after a bump or collision, but in most cases, the price of losing a piece of classic history is a much higher price. One of the most memorable crashes was back in 1999, when the former star of Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson “crashed his 240mph machine after colliding with the rear of a metro”, reports the Telegraph website. I bet he wishes he was driving the Reliant Robin featured in the hit TV series, instead of having to fork out for a new bumper and front wing for a McLaren F1 supercar worth £650,000.
Bugatti Veyron supercars are iconic with speed and excellence, which is why they shouldn’t end up in the hands of an amateur driver. However, in March 2007 there were reports of a crash involving a Bugatti Veyron and a Vauxhall Astra â needless to say the Bugatti that “is one of the world’s most expensive and fastest street-legal vehicles”, took a good bashing and carried the scars to prove it.
The most expensive car to be involved in a collision was a 1962-64 250 GTO Ferrari, worth around £19 million. The estimated value was believed to have totalled an unbelievable ,500,000 in damages, and to add insult to injury it was the owners own error in judgement and lack of breaking that resulted in him ending up in the back of a car that had slowed in traffic. Perhaps brakes are an additional extra on these luxury supercars!
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