Supercar repairs to cost £300,000
An insurance company could be facing a £300,000 repair bill after a professional driver crashed a supercar in Scotland.
The Pagani Zonda S was damaged when its driver lost control on a narrow country road near Aberdeen.
The £528,000 car, which can reach speeds of 220mph, hit a telegraph pole before careering through a fence.
A spokesman for insurer Aviva said the repairs could cost more than £300,000 in what is believed to the largest pay-out in the UK.
The firm sent the car for repair to Modena in Italy, where the vehicles are made.
A spokesman said: "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.
"An Aviva representative was asked to inspect a badly-damaged supercar after the insurer's policy-holder, who had been test-driving the supercar, lost control on a narrow country road and collided side-on with a telegraph pole before careering through a fence.
"Although the vehicle was badly damaged, Aviva decided that the car may be repairable and set about making arrangements for the car to be shipped across to Modena, Italy, home of Pagani, the vehicle manufacturer.
"There are roughly only 10 Zondas produced per year and they are painstakingly constructed."
The insurance claim was lodged by the test driver, not the owner of the car.
Work on the vehicle, which is made out of carbon fibre, titanium and aircraft aluminium, is expected to be completed by May.