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As the weekend's supercar implosion in Japan testifies, you can buy a supercar, but you can't buy luck. And if you click on, you'll see what happens if you run out of the latter while driving the former.
This is our collection of the ten best, or possibly worst, supercar crashes in TopGear.com's recent history. Nobody was hurt in any of these, but fetch a handkerchief - it ain't pretty...Advertisement - Page continues belowWhen you give a Gallardo 1,900bhp and drive it really fast in a straight line, this is what happens. Unbelievably, the driver walked away unharmed.
Read more hereAnd this is what happens when you let your son take a £275,000, 650bhp hypercar for a spin with his girlfriend. He hasn't improved its performance, but may have improved its styling...
Advertisement - Page continues belowDistracted by a low-flying pelican, this Texan bonker allegedly veered off the road into a lagoon in his million-quid, 1000bhp hypercar. Youch.
Acclaimed ballet dancer and occasional footballer Cristiano Ronaldo bins his Ferrari 599 in a tunnel under Manchester Airport.
Read more hereVery rich woman crashes her Azure into a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Aston Martin Rapide, Porsche 911, and a Ferrari 430. Unsurprisingly, she was in Monaco, where the occasional rental Peugeot 306 is considered a rare, exotic breed. Good day to have a camera phone. Bad day to be an insurance underwriter.
Our fastest Star in a Reasonably Priced Car spun his £600,000 McLaren several times along the A605 at Haddon near Peterborough, before hitting a lamppost. Luckily, the irreplaceable national treasure survived intact. The replaceable one - less so.
Read more hereAdvertisement - Page continues belowENZO GOES FOR A SWIM
Calgary-based car dealer Zahir Rana was racing his Ferrari Enzo in the Newfoundland Targa road race in Canada before he lost control on a gravel surface. The car's been repaired. Phew...Top Gear's tame racing driver demonstrates why the CCX could really do with a spoiler. Koenigsegg, happily, agreed and fitted one weeks later.
Watch Stig crash hereAdvertisement - Page continues belowLike son like father? Not so much... Lewis Hamilton's dad, Anthony, was having a go in this £330,000 Porsche Carrera GT. Didn't go well. Did go into a bush.
What started as an innocent gathering of Japanese narcissists ended in this - a 14-strong supercar pileup. And possibly the worst supercar crash in the history of time.
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