# World's Most Expensive Car Pile Up? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141 "2011-12-05T17:20:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/1 "2011-12-05T17:20:28Z")
I would really hate to be the insurance agent who gets this call! > **[World's most expensive accident? Eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini, and two...](https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Latest-News-Wires/2011/1205/World-s-most-expensive-accident-Eight-Ferraris-a-Lamborghini-and-two-Mercedes-video)** > > A luxury car pile up Sunday in Japan littered the highway with 13 sports cars, including eight red Ferraris. There were no serious injuries. “An outing of luxury sportscar enthusiasts in Japan ended in an expensive freeway pileup — smashing a stunning eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and two Mercedes likely worth more than $1 million together.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/2 "2011-12-05T17:27:21Z")
What I love about this was that when I first heard it, the broadcast didn’t say whether or not any _people_ were hurt. Just all them poor Ferraris and Lambourghinis. Even in the first written acount I found, I had to go quite a ways down before they reported that no one was killed or seriously injured. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/3 "2011-12-05T17:46:16Z")
Now I’ve got _Godzilla Godzilla Godzilla_ runnin’ through my head. ---
**Author:** ![TheTerribleTako](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@TheTerribleTako](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTerribleTako)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/4 "2011-12-05T19:22:07Z")
Although it wasn’t mentioned in the article you have, **DMark** , what cracks me up about this story is the Prius that somehow got involved in the pile-up as well. One of these things is not like the others… [Link.](http://jalopnik.com/5864856/massive-japanese-crash-claims-eight-ferraris-three-benzes-and-a-lamborghini?autoplay) Glad nobody was hurt though. It’d be a lot less funny if there had been fatalities. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/5 "2011-12-05T23:09:04Z")
$1 million? [Bitch, please](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJVWiGunoKU&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![zlexiss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecae2f/32.png) [@zlexiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zlexiss)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/6 "2011-12-06T00:59:20Z")
A few years back there was a pileup at a vintage car race right at the flying start. Want to say at Buttonwillow. Lots of rare old cars. Will try to find the link later. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/7 "2011-12-06T01:15:26Z")
> [@zlexiss](#): > > A few years back there was a pileup at a vintage car race right at the flying start. Want to say at Buttonwillow. Lots of rare old cars. Will try to find the link later. This is the race I suspect you’re thinking of… > **[Brian Redman Intl. Challenge 2005 by Dick Carlson](https://www.pbase.com/atrltd/bric2005)** ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/8 "2011-12-06T02:07:25Z")
From the article: > [@](#): > > An outing of luxury sportscar enthusiasts in Japan ended in an expensive freeway pileup — smashing a stunning eight Ferraris, a Lamborghini and two Mercedes likely worth more than $1 million together. Never mind the Lamborghini and two Mercedes - this would have to be about the rattiest bunch of 8 Ferraris ever assembled to be worth only a million total. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/9 "2011-12-06T03:32:09Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > From the article: > > Never mind the Lamborghini and two Mercedes - this would have to be about the rattiest bunch of 8 Ferraris ever assembled to be worth only a million total. Most Ferraris on the road aren’t 288 GTOs. Looking at the pictures, I can see an F430 Scuderia (~$200k), A 512/Testarossa (dunno, $60k maybe?) and a bunch of F355s ($60-70k ) and F360s ($70-$80k). Assuming the Scuderia is the most valuable one, it probably adds up to about that much. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/10 "2011-12-06T03:40:33Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I would really hate to be the insurance agent who gets this call! The Japanese press is reporting that because of the speeds involved, the insurance won’t cover the damage. So a few people will be out some pocket change on their own ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/11 "2011-12-06T10:40:47Z")
The estimate I saw on the BBC was 300m yen, $3.85m, £2.46m. Rumour on Radio 2 was that one was an F40. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/12 "2011-12-06T12:16:46Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I would really hate to be the insurance agent who gets this call! Insurance companies spread the risks by reinsuring with other companies. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/13 "2011-12-07T13:26:49Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Insurance companies spread the risks by reinsuring with other companies. Or by not paying for reckless driving. See post above. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/14 "2011-12-07T14:52:02Z")
Heck, I was the tail car in a 70 car pile up on I-93 in NH. With some buses and tractor trailer rigs in the mess I bet we added up to $1 million in that one alone. There have been some amazing big pile ups on interstates in the midwest due to fog and snow, I bet they ended up costing even more. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/15 "2011-12-07T20:32:32Z")
I bet the agent carrying the prius on the books was relieved … > [@](#): > > ``` > Originally Posted by **zlexiss** [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/buttons/viewpost.gif](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14534015#post14534015) > A few years back there was a pileup at a vintage car race right at the flying start. Want to say at Buttonwillow. Lots of rare old cars. Will try to find the link later. > > ``` /cries ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/16 "2011-12-08T02:47:54Z")
The Ferrari driver who caused it [admits to speeding](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8939657/Driver-who-caused-supercar-crash-in-Japan-admits-he-was-speeding.html). ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/17 "2011-12-08T11:23:37Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Heck, I was the tail car in a 70 car pile up on I-93 in NH. With some buses and tractor trailer rigs in the mess I bet we added up to $1 million in that one alone. There have been some amazing big pile ups on interstates in the midwest due to fog and snow, I bet they ended up costing even more. Indeed. There was one in Taunton (UK) only last month [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45173146/ns/world\_news-europe/t/fiery--car-pile-up-kills-several-injures-dozens/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45173146/ns/world_news-europe/t/fiery--car-pile-up-kills-several-injures-dozens/) ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/18 "2011-12-08T14:38:14Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The Ferrari driver who caused it [admits to speeding](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/8939657/Driver-who-caused-supercar-crash-in-Japan-admits-he-was-speeding.html). When I clicked on this link there were links at the bottom to several other stories about the crash including estimates of the cost of the crash: the original $1 million $2.8 million $3.8 million $4 million I think perhaps we should accept that reporters rarely know what they’re talking about 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worlds-most-expensive-car-pile-up/605141/19 "2011-12-08T15:12:49Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Now I’ve got _Godzilla Godzilla Godzilla_ runnin’ through my head. Unless you just bent your fender ------ in which case it should be “Turning Japanese”