Motorists near Chertsey in Surrey may have witnessed the world's costliest car crash.
One of the vehicles involved was an £840,000 eight-litre Bugatti Veyron, the world's most expensive and fastest street-legal car.
The incident happened in heavy rain at around 3pm on Sunday on a 40mph section of the B375.
It is understood that the hand-crafted Veyron - which has a top speed in excess of 250mph - went out of control while doing about 100mph.
The supercar collided with a Vauxhall Astra before crashing into trees on a roadside bank.
Police said the Bugatti's male driver, who was with a younger male passenger, was reported by officers for driving without due care and attention.
Pictures of the damaged Veyron - thought to be one of only about 12 in Britain - displaying its badly damaged front end were taken by a passer-by and sent to The Sun newspaper.
Insurers are now deciding whether the car is repairable or whether in fact it will be a contender for the most costly write-off in history.
The 1,000 horsepower Bugatti - which can do 0 to 60mph in 2.5 seconds - is owned by a businessman in his forties who runs a car hire and management company with his brothers, it was reported.
It is claimed the vehicle was being rented to the driver for £20,000 a day. Nick Lancaster, chief executive of dealer HR Owen, which sold the car, told The Sun: "It is the first Veyron I have heard of being damaged. We cannot say yet whether it is written off or not.''
And I'm moaning because I've had to spend out £800 so far this year on things for my car including 3 MOT tests and an ECU and a flipping Oxygen sensor (not Tesco, but BP Ulitimate Unleaded - be warned). And I've not been able to drive it all this time
Why can't I meet a man who can afford to rent a car for a day at four times the price I paid for my car ?
I'm sure my husband wouldn't mind if I had a lover who could rent a Veyron for me to run around in.
thats only a light front ender, probably won't even need any jig work - 1 Bonnet - 2 Wings - 1 Bumper - 1 Front X-member - maybe a wishbone a rad and a track control arm - a few clips and bits - paint - fixed in about 3-4 weeks
Thank God that happened out side my area, don't fancy trying to get an approved repairer to take that sort of repair on
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