Retiree wrecks rare luxury car – 300,000 francs in damage

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• On a rain-slick road in Germany, a 75-year-old man crashed his luxury sports car into a guardrail.
• The resulting damage is estimated at around 300,000 Swiss francs.
• Fewer than 200 units of this extremely rare 550-horsepower supercar were ever built.

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There are only a few of these sports cars in the world—one of them crashed into a guardrail on a rain-slick road in Germany. No one was injured, but the damage is enormous.

The accident involving this collector’s item is proving particularly costly for the driver. A 75-year-old man crashed a rare luxury sports car into a guardrail, causing damage of around 300,000 Swiss francs.

Speeding in the rain proves fatal

The driver lost control while speeding on a rain-slicked road in Bad Waldsee, in the Ravensburg district, and crashed into the guardrail, according to a police spokesperson. The driver was uninjured. Several media outlets had previously reported on the accident.

According to the police spokesperson, the luxury sports car was a rare collector’s model. The 550-horsepower Wiesmann GT MF 5 was built in fewer than 200 units, according to the automaker’s website.