Just a mile away from the showroom, a new Porsche supercar worth £200,000 ($250,000) was smashed up in a crash.
The buyer who was taking the test drive wasn’t injured but the vehicle suffered serious damage to the front wing and wheels, near Cardiff in Wales.
The German-made Porsche 911 GT2 RS is one of only 1,000 in the world, the other 999 are safe and shining in the garage somewhere.
This supercar, on the other hand, was involved in a five-car pile-up in Penarth, near Cardiff.
The car had just been picked up from Porsche Centre Cardiff and was caught up in the red-faced prang after few minutes.
Fellow driver Hywel Williams said: “The guy had only just picked it up from Porsche around the corner and he claimed the brakes failed.”
The 700bhp Porsche was ranked at the highest point of Top Gear’s fastest lap table, racing around the test track in 1:13.7 – 0.3 seconds faster than the McLaren 675LT.
According to the South Wales Police spokeswoman, reached the scene of a five-vehicle RTC in Penarth and all vehicles had been recovered from the scene.
A police spokesman said: “No injuries were reported.”
Porsche Centre Cardiff didn’t comment on the incident.
Earlier this year a similar incident happened when a driver slammed his friend’s £560,000 ($715,000) Ferrari into another car, just minutes after hitting the road.
The driver, known as Jin, was making his way down the main road in the Wujiang District of Suzhou City, China, when this unfortunate incident happened, causing more than £30,000 ($38,000) worth of damage.
CCTV cameras showed the footage where the white supercar lost its direction before crashing into a black Toyota, forcing it off the road and over a traffic island.
The local authorities said the Toyota owner had minor injuries. Jin, then told authorities that he was driving the Ferrari, which he had borrowed from his friend Zhang.
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