Christopher Cox, a US businessman was driving his \u00a320 million classic Ferrari 250 GTO with his wife in central France when the car was in a collision with another vehicle.<\/p>\n
This is believed to be the most expensive car crash in the world-not something Mr Cox would like to be known for in the Guinness Book of Records.<\/p>\n
His wife Ann is believed to have received a broken leg as a result of the accident which is most unfortunate.<\/p>\n
The Cox\u2019s had been participating in the Ferrari 250 GTO\u2019s 50th<\/sup> anniversary tour.<\/p>\n Only thirty nine of the Ferrari 250 GTO were ever built which does rather make this outstanding sports car a collector\u2019s item. The scarcity obviously adds many millions to its value which is believed to be in excess of \u00a320 million.<\/p>\n This most unfortunate accident happened near Blois outside Saint-Etienne-des Guirets,\u00a0 whilst the convoy of classic cars, reportedly having a total value of around 500 million pounds, were on route to Le Mans.<\/p>\n Unfortunately two people in the other car involved in the accident were taken to hospital.<\/p>\n Sir Anthony Bamford who is the boss of JCB and Nick Mason the Pink Floyd drummer were also two of the 21 groups involved in the event.<\/p>\n Between 1962 and 1964 the thirty nine Ferrari 250 GTOs that can reach 174mph were built at a time when the car sold for \u00a36,000.<\/p>\n It was only last month that a Ferrari 250 GTO that was built for Stirling Moss sold for \u00a322.7 million.<\/p>\n It is also believed that the DJ Chris Evans has sold his Ferrari 250 GTO for about \u00a318 million not too long ago.<\/p>\n Following a crash in 1976 the classic car was fully restored with Mr Cox buying it in 2005.<\/p>\n The Ferrari 250 GTO has a V12 3-litre engine producing 300bhp and is capable of rocketing from 0 to 60mph in a mere 6.1 seconds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Christopher Cox, a US businessman was driving his \u00a320 million classic Ferrari 250 GTO with his wife in central France when the car was in a collision with another vehicle. This is believed to be the most expensive car crash in the world-not something Mr Cox would like to be known for in the Guinness Book of Records. His wife … Continue reading