#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! ![]() The expensive is cheap. - Arabic Saying Bad bread wrecks my outlook on life. - Jeffrey Steingarten Didn't he take the exercise tax off cars? - Archie Bunker There is no more expensive thing than a free gift. - Michel de Montaigne 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 best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it. - Dudley Moore We all thought we'd have flying cars by now, but we don't. - Dana Brunetti To attract men, I wear a perfume called "New Car Interior". - Rita Rudner When a police officer tells you to stay in the car, you stay in the car. - Reese Witherspoon A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately. - Eleanor R. Belmont You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't. - Jeff Foxworthy 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 You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool. - Kesha How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. - Oscar Wilde A guy knows he’s in love when he loses interest in his car for a couple of days. - Tim Allen I have nothing but troubles with my car. Every Sunday I take my family out for a push. - Rodney Dangerfield If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. - P.J. O'Rourke 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 most common addiction in the world is the draw of comfort. It wrecks dreams and breaks people. - Unknown There are only 3 true sports: mountain climbing, bull fighting and auto racing. All the rest are games. - Ernest Hemingway I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes. - Carroll Shelby There are two things in this world that don't last long: dogs chasing cars, and pros putting for pars. - Lee Travino Women are like cars: we all want a Ferrari, sometimes want a pick-up truck, and end up with a station wagon. - Tim Allen 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 Do you think you're safe in a car with your seatbelt on? Dream on. My friend thought so. Now she's pregnant. - Anke Engelke I hooked up my accelerator pedal in my car to my brake lights. I hit the gas, people behind me stop, and I'm gone. - Steven Wright 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 Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say what we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down. - George Carlin When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did, in his sleep. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car. - Unknown 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 A helping word to one in trouble is often like a switch in a railroad track ... an inch between a wreck and smooth, rolling prosperity. - Henry Ward Beecher 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 Bamboo: Eye-pleasing, but extremely expensive and difficult-to-maintain type of rod, used primarily by anglers who fish for compliments. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com My life is the land, the dogs, the car, the motorcycle, the pond, the canoe, going to pick up mail. 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