Zonda sports car in Photo from Wheels24
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Earlier today I have come across an interesting story on Wheels24 titled “Zonda crash nets £300 000 claim”.
I would like to quote from this story:
“This exclusive sports car is said to have lead to a rather extraordinary insurance claim tallying up to a neat £300 000. The (unsurprisingly) anonymous test driver spun the Zonda on a narrow back road before colliding with a telegraph pole and smashing through a fence.
The driver’s insurer – Avivia – optioned to ship the car back to Pagani’s Modena factory to have repairs done, instead of writing the £528 000 supercar off completely.
An Avivia spokesperson admitted the Zonda repair is a rather hefty calculation on the company’s balance sheet. “This is the biggest insurance pay-out we have had for repairs to a private car in the UK. This is out of the ordinary for an insurer.”
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