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Sir Jackie Stewart Reportedly Crashes Pagani Zonda in Scotland

The unfortunate reality is that possessing the money required to buy a big-ticket exotic supercar doesn't always come with the skill necessary to drive them. So it seems that every day come reports of the nouveau riche crashing Ferraris and Lamborghinis. But this one stands out. Not only because the car is so rare and expensive, but because the driver certainly doesn't lack the skills.

A Pagani Zonda was crashed recently near Aberdeen, Scotland. Now that's reason enough to cry, because the Zonda is a rare beast even in the rarified field of Italian supercars. But as if to make the story more compelling, reports suggest that it was none other than Sir Jackie Stewart behind the wheel of the crashed Pagani.

Sir Jackie is well known, both to locals and to racing fans around the world as one of the most accomplished drivers who ever lived. Over the course of his career, he's won the Formula One World Championship no less than three times, putting him on par with the likes of Niki Lauda, Nelson Piquet, Jack Brabham and Ayrton Senna and behind five-time world champion Juan Manuel Fangio and seven-time champ Michael Schumacher in the record books.

Sir Jackie's spokesperson has denied the report, but with the Zonda heading back to the factory in Modena for repairs that could amount to some $450,000, we doubt the supercar cares who was driving.

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Betting On The Next Ferrari Model's First Crash

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Exotic car crashes always attract attention. Just a few weeks ago, Autoblog managed to witness the crash of a $8 Million Ferrari 250 TR. But is predicting the first crash of a new Ferrari model humorous or ghoulish? Wrecked Exotics, which traffics in images of beautiful cars meeting an untimely end, is sponsoring a contest that has entrants guessing the date of the first crash of Ferrari's new 458 Italia. The 458 Italia is set to be unveiled at the Frankfurt auto show later this month. The winner earns $500. The contest rules also state if the first Ferrari F458 crash results in any fatality or serious injury the contest will be null and void and prize will be donated to a road safety charity. Prototype or test vehicle crashes are eligible but a F458 being driven by a professional race car driver during an official race is not.

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$8 Million Ferrari 250 TR Crashes in Monterey

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Last month while reporting for our sister-site Autoblog on the Ferrari Challenge race from the Mont-Tremblant circuit in Quebec, I got the chance to see a pair of multi-million-dollar Ferrari 250 GTOs racing flat-out against each other and a handful of other classic Ferraris, and I couldn't help but think to myself, My goodness, what if one of them crashed? Well that's pretty much exactly what happened during the Monterey Historic race which ran during the Pebble Beach this past weekend at the famous Laguna Seca race track. Only instead of a GTO, it was the even more valuable Testa Rossa.

Laguna Seca is known the world over for its most infamous corner, known as the Corkscrew. The left-hand turn is followed by an immediate near-vertical drop and then by another quick right-hand turn, and has been known to swallow up and spit out drivers who try to take it too fast. That's what happened to the owner of this 1958 Ferrari 250 TR, similar to the one which recently set the all-time auction record at $12.2 Million, only this one is reportedly worth $8 million. And our man Drew Philips at Autoblog was there to catch it all in frame. Follow the link to view the photos, but only if you can stand to witness the carnage.

Photo copyright ©2009 Drew Phillips / Weblogs, Inc.

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Eddie Griffin Drives a Ferrari Enzo...Into a Wall

by Rigel Celeste (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Maybe it's because he's rich, or maybe it's because he's an actor and spends so much time "faking" emotions, but I don't think Eddie Griffin looked nearly upset enough in this video when he accidentally ran a Ferrari Enzo into a cement wall during a practice lap for an upcoming charity event promoting his newest movie, Redline. I realize that sad things like this happen all the time in Hollywood and in the movie-making industry, but that doesn't mean I have to like it -- especially when it happens by mistake!

At least no one was seriously injured - that is, if you're not counting the car, which is (was) valued at over $1 million dollars.

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First Bugatti Veyron Crash

by Matthew Collins (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Don't you hate that sick feeling you get when you have some motoring mishap. You know, the nauseous feeling that repairs are needed and are gonna be expensive. Well, try having those feelings about your million dollar Bugatti Veyron of which you just lost control. Our brethren over at Autoblog have all the details about this sad event. My question is, "Why would you drive your supercar in the rain?" Apparently, the crash occurred in the U.K. and there isn't much choice about driving in the rain. We want to warn you, the pictures may be disturbing to some. Luxury super car carnage!!

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Lamborghini Murcielago Totaled in Crash

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

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It's been a while since we had a spectacular Southern California exotic car crash. Nope, not Paris Hilton, who surrendered her Bentley this week after driving down Sunset Blvd. without her lights on. This crash involves a $275,000 Lamborghini which was totaled when the 26-year-old driver drunkenly careened into five parked cars in Santa Monica on Thursday. Witnesses reported that the 2004 Lamborghini Murcielago may have been doing 75 mph. Both driver and passenger were treated for minor injuries and the driver was arrested for drunken driving.

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Another Rolls Ripped Up

by Trey Evans (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Fellow Luxist blogger Nicole pointed out that there should be some sort of prerequisite driving exam before some one is able to buy a Rolls. I'd expand that even further to say not only a Rolls Royce but any exotic, due to the many crashes we've seen before. Hell, there's even an entire site devoted to exotics that have bit the dust. So it should really come to no surprise that not even two months after a Phantom on the Gumball crashes, some Brit drives their classic Silver Cloud through some concrete poles. How they managed to back it through a concrete pole and over the sidewalk into a fence is beyond me, but at least the damage isn't horrible. Sybarites has plenty of detailed pics.

[Thanks to Richard.]

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