Most Expensive Car Wrecks
The biggest loser?
#10. Bugatti EB110 ... $500,000 This 1992 $500,000 super-exotic Bugatti EB110 was being driven by a mechanic as part of its annual checkup. He claims there was an oil slick on the road which caused him to lose control and crash into a pole. The owner of the Bugatti is a famous “feel good” guru named Emile Ratelband. Not sure how good he was feeling after this wreck. #9. Pagani Zonda C12 S ... $650,000  Only 15 Zonda C12 S were ever built, but that didn't stop this owner from driving it like a mad hatter. He crashed this beauty in the wee morning hours while driving in Hong Kong. #8. Mercedes Benz SL 300 ... $950,000  The SL 300 “Gullwing” represents the very finest of Mercedes. The owner thought it would be a good idea to race this million dollar car on the streets of Mexico, at the annual “La Carrera Panamericana” race - limited to classic cars produced before 1965. #7. Jaguar XJ220 ... $1.1 Million  The XJ220 once held the record for highest top speed for a production car (217 mph). #6. Ferrari Enzo ... $1.3 Million  The most famous Ferrari Enzo crash (shown above) was at Malibu, California in 2005, when the driver, “Fat Steven” Eriksson crashed the car at 196 mph. #5. Bugatti Veyron ... $1.6 Million  The Bugatti Veyron is the most expensive production car in history. Only 300 are expected to be produced, and already two have crashed. Above is the first one. The driver thought it was okay to speed at 100 mph in the rain. He only had the car for one week. #4. 1959 Ferrari 250 GT TDF ... $1.65 Million  This extremely rare classic car, the 1959 Ferrari 250 GT “Tour de France”, crashed into a wall at the Shell Ferrari-Maserati Historic Challenge in 2003. #3. Ferrari 250 GT Spyder ... $10.9 Million  The record price for a 1961 250 GT California Spyder at auction was set on May 18, 2008 when a black one was sold for $10,894,900. So what is one doing buried in the sand? The unlucky owner had it stored near the beach when a Hurricane hit. #2. Ferrari 250 GTO ... $28.5 Million  The 1962-64 Ferrari 250 GTO became the most valuable car in the world. In 2008 an anonymous English buyer bought a 250 GTO at auction for a record $28.5 Million. The crash above represents a car worth more than the combined value of all 14 Enzos (see #6 above) involved in accidents. After a track event involving historic cars, the owner rammed into the back of another car after traffic slowed down. #1. Tiger Wood's Buick Enclave ... $55 million and rising  The most expensive car crash ever? Final estimate to be determined by Elin Nordegren!  Didn't he take the exercise tax off cars? - Archie Bunker I buy expensive suits. They just look cheap on me. - Warren Buffet Racing is life. Everything else is just... waiting. - Steve McQueen Feminism is a wonderful idea until the car goes wrong. - Nicola Zweig Auto racing began 5 minutes after the second car was built. - Henry Ford Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth. - Erma Bombeck I had to stop driving my car for a while - the tires got dizzy. - Steven Wright The new job of art is to sit on the wall and get more expensive. - Robert Hughes A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. - Eleanor R. Belmont I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars. - Erma Bombeck I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars... the rest I squandered. - George Best When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. - Prince Philip Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. - Will Rogers You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool. - Kesha The lead car is absolutely unique, except for the one behind it which is identical. - Murray Walker How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. - Oscar Wilde Drive-in banks were established so most of the cars today could see their real owners. - E. Joseph Crossman If you don't know who you are, the stock market is an expensive place to find out. - George Goodman The dent in his car is hardly cold and he's coming over here to claim his pound of fish. - Archie Bunker They say you only go around once, but with a muscle car you can go around two or three times. - Tim Allen I have to tell them that last night was a shameful train wreck filled with blind cuddly puppies. - Charlie Sheen A suburban mother's role is to deliver children obstetrically once, and by car forever after. - Peter DeVries Psychiatrist: a person who will give you expensive answers that your wife will give you for free. - Unknown The lead car is absolutely, truly unique, except for the one behind it which is exactly identical. - Murray Walker I replaced the headlights in my car with strobe lights, so it looks like I'm the only one moving. - Steven Wright When Henry Ford made cheap, reliable cars people said, 'Nah, what's wrong with a horse?' - Elon Musk I'm going to the backseat of my car with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes. - Homer Simpson I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. - Carroll Shelby When walking, you see things that you miss in a motor car or on the train. You give your mind space to ponder. - Tom Hodgkinson The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it, except they keep coming back. - Will Rogers The judicial system is the most expensive machine ever invented for finding out what happened and what to do about it. - Irving R. Kaufman The actual building of roads devoted to motor cars is not for the near future, in spite of many rumors to that effect. - Harper's Weekly Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car. - Garrison Keillor I'm not a car guy. The subway gets me where I need to go efficiently and cheaply, and I don't worry about traffic. - Joe Scarborough It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawn mower, snowblower and vacuum cleaner. - Ben Bergor Tonight we'll be talking to a car designer who's crossed Toyota with Quasimodo and come up with the Hatchback of Notre Dame. - Ronnie Corbett I have an answering machine in my car. It says, "I'm home now. But leave a message and I'll call when I'm out." - Steven Wright A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. - Theodore Roosevelt My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. It's just a rural retreat that I enjoy. - Burt Shavitz When I get real bored, I like to drive downtown and get a great parking spot, then sit in my car and count how many people ask me if I'm leaving. - Steven Wright see also Car Section Amish Speed Wagon - NASCAR Debut Hedge Race Car His First Hot Rod HoverCraft NASCAR Fan - Diehard Category NASCAR Wheelchair NASCAR's New Downhill Race Track Race Break Race Car Wedding Dress Redneck Racecar Very Hot Rod Wagon Races
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