Ouch - the world's most expensive car crash

[buksida]

Eight — count ‘em, eight — Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benzes and a Lamborghini were among 14 vehicles totaled in what the media are calling “the world’s most expensive car accident” and the cops are calling “a gathering of narcissists.”

The massive mess destroyed about $3.85 million worth of lustworthy cars and a Toyota Prius late Sunday morning on rain-soaked Chugoku Expressway. The supercars were part of a 20-car convoy heading from Kyushu to Hiroshima when the lead driver, a 60-year-old businessman in a Ferrari F430 Scuderia, lost control on the wet pavement.

“The accident occurred when the driver of a red Ferrari was switching from the right lane to the left and skidded,” Mitsuyoshi Isejima, of the Yamaguchi Prefecture Expressway Traffic Police unit, told Bloomberg. “It was a gathering of narcissists.”

The convoy speeding through the western prefecture of Yamaguchi included an assortment of Ferraris, a Lamborghini Diablo, a Nissan GT-R and a Mercedes-Benz CL 600. These weren’t kids, either. Police said the drivers were all between 37 and 60, and you know they had money — even a used Ferrari runs six figures in Japan, and no more than 500 Ferraris were sold in the country last year.

“I’ve never seen such a thing,” highway patrol Lt. Eiichiro Kamitani told AFP news agency. “Ferraris rarely travel in such large numbers.”

Full Story: Wired

[pharvey]

Not cried so much since I was a kid........

[Terry]

AND a Prius............

[JW]

Loved the Prius crack to!

[Randy Cornhole]

It's justified Karma (no pun intended) for being such rich bastards...

[caller]

The supercars were part of a 20-car convoy heading from Kyushu to Hiroshima when the lead driver, a 60-year-old businessman in a Ferrari F430 Scuderia, lost control on the wet pavement.

Silly man, should have stuck to the road!

[STEVE G]

The supercars were part of a 20-car convoy heading from Kyushu to Hiroshima when the lead driver, a 60-year-old businessman in a Ferrari F430 Scuderia, lost control on the wet pavement.

I don't suppose they'll invite him next year!