A motorist who took a Pagani Zonda S supercar on a test-drive in Scotland crashed it causing £300,000 damage, it has been revealed.The accident, which happened in September 2009, resulted in an insurance claim which is one of the biggest ever recorded in the UK.
It's said the £500,000 two-seater was being taken on a test drive when the driver lost control and collided side-on with a telegraph pole before careering through a fence.
Luckily the unnamed driver was insured, and as a result the car was shipped to Modena, Italy, home of Pagani, to be repaired… slowly and expensively. Technical engineers from Aviva Insurance visited the factory in Italy to discuss repair methodology, and at this point, the car's designer, Horacio Pagani even became involved.
Pagani is famous for designing cars which are fully customised for the requirements of driver and has said 'A Zonda is like a fine Italian suit, it is made to measure'.
With so many different expensive materials such as carbon fibre, titanium and aircraft aluminium involved in the cars painstaking construction, understanding what was possible would determine whether repairs would in fact be economical.
After discussions with Horacio Pagani it was agreed that the vehicle could be repaired and work is currently being carried out on the car and completion is scheduled for May 2010, which is great news for the owner, especially given the fact that there are roughly only 10 Zondas produced per year.
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