For most of us winning anything is an incredible joy. Whether it’s a simple £3 in the lottery or the jackpot itself, there is a sense of excitement associated with the game that cannot be easily explained. So then when a lucky convenience store contest was awarded a £240,000 Lamborghini we can all see how absolutely astonished he and his family must have been. However, before he could properly take it out for a spin, the lucky constant unfortunately crashed the gorgeous car, making this an exciting as well as painful treat.

A frito-lay truck driver, 34-year-old David Dopp won the Murcialoga last week in a “Joe Schmo to Lambo” contest in the United States. Sponsored by the powerful convenience store chain Maverik, the lime green vehicle was, and still is, considered by many as one of the most beautify of the Lamborghini models, offering unprecedented speed and comfort.

Soon after winning it, Dopp got it delivered to his home and wanted to take a short drive. Certainly a tricky car to comes to grips with, the driver was going a mere 45 mph when lost control when he skidded across black ice. It was then that the car skipped the curb and ultimately hit a fence, coming to a full stop some 75 feet off the road. While nobody was injured, the car unfortnately did sustain some damage.

While Dopp said that the damage “wasn’t super bad” the car was hit in a variety of areas. Greatest among these was a punctured oil pan as well as one of the tires. Similarly, reports made to the Associate Press stated that there were several scratched along the front as well as back of the vehicle.

Even before the driver accidentally crashed the car The Telegraph suggested that he already concocted plans to sell it. He went on the record as saying that “rich people own them” while “poor people like [him] don’t.” Indeed, such a vehicle is very expensive to own, with taxes as well as insurance running some £2,400 every six months. The family man stated that he rather take care of his family rather than owning such a marvellous albeit very expensive animal.

Certainly a headline feature in the small town of Santaquin near Salt Lake City, there will certainly be more than a few people willing to purchase such a vehicle. While it is a shame that he has to part with it, in current economy is certainly is not a surprising decision.

Many of us have gotten into car accidents. While some are more severe than others, we can all agree that they are fairly common occurrences. Capable of happening anywhere and at any time, news channels very rarely have the time to report each and every one of these. However, once in awhile, one occurs that quickly captures our attention, changing the way we appreciate cars forever.

Such an occurrence happened this morning in Japan, where some 14 vehicles caused chaos in the south prefecture of Yamaguchi. Rather than being your run of the mill Toyota’s or Ford’s these were perhaps the most well known vehicles on the planet. Comprising of some eight Ferrari’s, a Lamborghini, three Mercedes and two other vehicles, the news of this ultra expensive crash has been reported all over the world

Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported that the accident occurred when one of the Ferrari drivers tried to change lanes but accidentally ended up hitting one of the barriers. One thing led to another and all the cars ended up quite damaged. Video footage and pictures are now spread out all over the web, documenting the event from multiple angles.

Patrol lieutenant Eiichiro Kamitani said that he’d never seen or expected such a thing. He suggested that since the speed limit was only 80 km/h and the cars were as damaged as they were, the vehicles were obviously travelling at considerably higher speeds. Recent reports suggest that the convoy was travelling between 140-160 km/h. At such, the lieutenant suggested that it only took a few seconds for all those cars to come crashing into one another.

Recent reports put cost of this now scrap metal at around 300 million yen or roughly £2.5 million. This is not surprising seeing the huge list ranging from 355’s to F430’s. Indeed, recent reports suggest that while some of the vehicles remained reparable, others were no longer recognizable.

As these vehicles were designed for high-speed collusions this not surprising of to hear that all the drivers escaped serious injury. Indeed, police reports suggest that only 10 individuals were treated for cuts and bruises.

It is certainly a fascinating and sad day to see such beautiful cars lay beaten across the road. While this accident serves as a good example of high-speed dangers, one would hardly believe that Ferrari drivers would ever limit their speeds. Nonetheless, it will certainly be interesting to see how these individuals file their insurance claims.

India is known throughout the world for being a highly populated nation. It doesn’t take a great leap to conclude that where there are people there will also be vehicles, and there are a whole lot of them in Mumbai alone. From the rickshaw to the ultra luxurious, many car manufacturers are seeing this burgeoning economy as a goldmine for their own vehicles. Surprisingly enough, Lamborghini is staking claim to the wealthy nation, trying to make their brand the most successful.

Owned by Volkswagen, Lamborghini has recently opened the second dealership in the nation. Already supplying the thirsty economy, the cars certainly don’t come cheap. For example, the new Aventador, which sells in the UK for around £450,000, has a rather steep 36.9-million rupee price tag attached to it.

While this certainly looks like an unreasonable amount, the rising number of millionaires in the nation can easily pay for the high fee. To be more specific, there are currently around 173,000 of these individuals will turn into nearly 400,000.

Recent reports mentioned in Bloomberg suggest that this quantity of millionaires will double by 2015.  Juxtaposing this, the World Bank suggested that while this may be true, roughly 75% of the nation live on less than $2 a day. An example of a widening of economic classes, it seems like India is following instep with the rest of the world.

While the vast majority of the nation won’t ever come close to owning a Lamborghini, the company sees this small number of individuals as potential clients. Certainly a well thought-out business model, A.T. Kearney suggested that this growth will mean over a 30% growth in this luxury market.

Many millionaires are already part of the popular “Supercar club:” a club in which owners make their way down to Pune using an expressway. Ironically enough, such straights are very rare in an otherwise extremely deprived nation. Roads throughout the country are very poor, which means that vehicles of this nature are quite difficult to drive. It is an oddity that investments are made into 36 million rupee vehicles and not in the infrastructure.

There are without a doubt many individuals in the nation that will be able to purchase such vehicles. With a now wide range of distributors from Aston Martin to Bentley, the wealthy fraction of 1% will certainly be able buy whatever they desire. As the wealth distribution widens and infrastructure problems continue to grow, the only real dilemma facing these individuals is where they’ll be able to drive them.

Exotic cars usually make our jaws drop. Whether it is due to their amazing performance or design, they speak to us on a primal level, whispering to us to come hither. Whenever one of these beautifies is born it is indeed quite an event, ultimately ushering in a new fan base all to itself.  It seems that now Lamborghini has a new creation to unveil, but unfortunately you’ll probably never see it or own one.

The car in question is called the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento and looks to be the sexiest car yet. Originally debuting at the 2010 Paris Motor show, the concept car was something to be in awe of due to its tremendously advance technological achievements.

The company chose to build the car out of the popular carbon-fiber material, managing to curtail the weight considerably to 999 kg. The carbon is found virtually in every part in the car, adding strength and detail to a flawless creation. It is due to this overwhelming presence that the company decided to call it the ‘sixth element’ which, for those who don’t remember their chemistry lessons, is carbon.

Lighter than a feather, it comes armed with a 5.2-liter V10 engine. Producing 570 hp, it’s one step away from being a rocket-propelled armchair. Impressive in the same way, this vehicle can go from 0 to 62 in 2.5 seconds; roughly as quickly as you reading this entire sentence.

There is however some bad news: there will only be 20 of these cars produced. Even worse is that it will never be road legal, which means that you’d never likely to see it on the fair streets of London. Even more disheartening than all of this is the fact that this car comes with a £1.7 million price tag that would make even the wealthiest of individuals jealous, assuming that they could even get their hands on it.

The launch comes at the heels of the Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale preview. Indeed quite a mouthful, it was unveiled at the Frankfurt show only a few days ago the president of the company Stephan Wikelmann. Both these cars will certainly go on to sell immediately and make some lucky individuals quite happy.

Absolutely stunning form every angle, it is certainly a vehicle for greatest of car enthusiasts. While it won’t be coming to a store near you, we may well catch a glimpse it if appears on Top Gear in the near future.

The luxury car market is filled with brilliant vehicles yours for the taking, assuming you can afford them. With some costing as much as several homes, it seems that with every passing year an even more expensive model surfaces. The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, costing around £1.5 million, has turned many heads, so too as the more modest £1.1 million for the Pagani Zonda Clique Roadster. But now it appears that they have a new contender that will put them to shame.

You may be expecting a 1,000 bhp, 0-62 mph in 2-second car but unfortunately you won’t find one. The car is so small that it can fit on your dinning table with room to spare and unfortunately doesn’t come with an engine. Slightly shocking that it would cost nearly £4 million, the vehicle in question is nothing more than a model of an Lamborghini Aventador.

With a fully functioning Aventador costing £240,000, you may be asking yourself: why am I going to pay so much for a model of a car? Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is no ordinary car model that you can find at your local shop. Rather it is a bejewelled copy, lined with the most expensive materials on the planet.

Revealed at the Frankfurt Auto Show, at one-eighth scale it is certainly a lot smaller but certainly not less exquisite than the original. The German model maker Robert Gulpen created it, working with Lamborghini to fashion the best replica possible. Initial reports suggest that it took nearly 500 hours to create the piece, and looking at the details it’s not surprising to see that it took so long to finish.

The models body is a composite of carbon fibre and woven gold lacework. Mr Gulpen embedded nearly £1.7 million worth of previous stones that make the entire car shine and sparkle. The wheels are made of gold and platinum, the seats of diamond, even the headlights are adorned .

The car is going on sale at Sotheby’s in December with the opening bid starting at £3 million. It is certainly not something that most of us will be able to afford any time soon. If you’re particularly adamant about purchasing this vehicle for your home you can get it now for the low, low price of £4 million.

It seems that the recession has hit some less than others with such exquisite chattel being sold. The model looks absolutely astonishing regardless of how expensive it is. While one lucky will, at some point, add this to their vast car collection, the rest of us can only dream.

Ever wanted to be Steve McQueen in ‘Bullitt’? remember those ‘Starsky & Hutch’ and ‘French Connection’ car chases? Were you the driver in your dreams?

Back in 1998, Atari tried tried to emulate that feeling with a computer game called ‘Driver’ (that spawned a couple of sequels), but it actually ended up as, if I was being kind, a pretty rubbish version of Grand Theft Auto if GTA had been half as good as actually was.

But now, under the guiding auspices of Ubisoft our hero, cop John Tanner, has had a load of development cash thrown at him to try and get a criminal called Charles Jericho to jail.

So far, so good. But Jericho escapes and rams Tanner’s car with the prison van, putting our hero in a coma in hospital. End of game?

No, just end of belief.

In hospital Tanner discovers he can leave his body and put himself into the bodies of different drivers around San Francisco, enabling him to do almost anything. Whereas we, as normal immoral human beings with the ethics of a polecat, would rob banks and raid pubs, Tanner decides to find Jericho and return him to custody.

Just like real life then?

Driver: San Francisco this time round has managed to get a licence deal on 125 cars, from a classic 1951 Hudson Hornet to the Pagani Zonda Clique, with (deep breath) Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Cadillac, Dodge, Ford, Chevrolet, Lamborghini, Maserati, VW, Ruf, Pontiac, Nissan and McLaren amongst a few others. And amongst that there’s a plethora of cars that you’ll never be able to drive in real life, but here, it’s paaaaarty time!

208 miles of road include the Golden Gate Bridge, Bay Bridge and parts of Mavin County and Oakland, and 9 different game modes in Multiplayer too!

Of course, there’s plenty of people trying to stop you catching your man but you can use other drivers in other cars to block them off as you zoom around the streets; and you’ve always got your trusty sidekick Tobias Jones alongside you.

Every completed story chapter opens up a new part of San Francisco to ‘play’ in and you buy garages, cars and upgrades (complete with supernatural boosts, obviously) all through Tanner. Movie tokens can also be gained that you can use to action special missions and those garages that you own can earn you money; – well, sort of. You actually earn WP (willpower) which you can use to get Tanner out of his coma.

So, whatever vehicle you decide on, from police car, camper and taxi to monster truck, rally car and tow truck, you’ll have to learn how to use them, drive them and utilise them for your own needs to complete missions, tasks, dares races and pursuits.

(There’s also a collector’s edition available that offers a toy replica of a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Six Pak (which is actually Tanner’s car), a map of San Francisco with details of the 80 dares that you can access around the city, an in-game multiplayer mode with 3 exclusive cars (1963 Aston Martin DB5), 1972 Lamborghini Miura and 1966 Shelby Cobra 427) and 4 single player race challenges: – Mass Race where you try and escape the whole San Fran police force, Relay Race where you change cars mid race to win, Russian Hills Race and Taxi Race.)

Tonight, the Streets of San Francisco are yours – at least for a few decades.

In our minds we all have our own personal dream garage filled with a fleet of Bugatti Veyron’s or Ferrari 458’s. We fantasize about having these fantastic cars yet few of us have the resources or the passion to truly become great collectors. A select few of course do manage to get their dream collection and Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno appear to be the Kings of them all.

Legendary comedian and star of the very popular 1990’s sitcom “Seinfeld,” Jerry is an avid collector of both old and new vehicles. Central to his car obsession is his the Porsche, seeing himself as a “porschephile,” and with some of the most luxurious models, it certainly describes him aptly. He is believed to own dozens of models, including some of the fastest on the planet. The Porsche 959 worth £500,000 is the crown jewel; however, sadly Jerry can’t drive it on the roads as when it first arrived in the US it was not properly tested and therefore can only be used as an exhibit piece. He is also said to own a 1959 GT Speeder as well as a 1955 Spider 550 which is similar to the one James Dean used. To Seinfeld sports cars represent the finest attributes available: speed, style and down-right coolness. His success and obsession allowed him to collect a fantastic array of great cars.

Even more stunning than these beautifies is his multilevel car garage in New York, which looks much like a regular building; yet, the complex lifts and electrical systems hid his collection from praying eyes. Allowing him to store a range of vehicles down below the ground, the garage has a state of the art security system that guards his vehicles when he isn’t around.

Perhaps the only person that could potentially challenge the reign of the Porsche king is the late-night talk show host Jay Leno, whose fortune and obsession for rare cars has led him to purchase not dozens but hundreds of vehicles. He is the proud owner of many Bugatti’s as well as the once fastest car tin the world, the McLaren F1. Endless supplies of Lamborghini’s, Ferrari’s, as well as old classics like the 1913 Mercer and 1955 Buick Roadster. Housing all these, much like Seinfeld, Leno built a £1 million, 20-car garage in Manhattan, keeping some of his vehicles safe.

It seems that if you have the money and interest, the vehicles of your dreams are out there to be taken. Leno and Seinfeld are the most prominent celebrities with a love for cars and speed but there are many private collects out there that too have amazing garages filled with stunning cars. It is up to the rest of us to be envious and keep dreaming the noble dream.

For those of us who have problems scraping enough money together for a week away in Tenerife, turning down the chance to get our name down for a chance to buy Lamborghini’s new concept car, the Sesto Elemento, is quite easy.

Even though there will be only 20 built, and it can hit 62mph in under 2.5 seconds utilising its 5.2 litre V10 engine and carbon fibre chassis and body that gives it a total weight of under a tonne, the price tag of £1.77 million may just be enough to put us off – unless you really want to own the most expensive car in the world*.

Well, that and the fact that its design is so extreme that it actually isn’t road legal anywhere in the world. So you’d need a nearby private racing track to take it for a very quick spin at a top speed of 200mph.

If you’re still interested, you’ll have plenty of time to save up for it. It’s not actually been built yet, the concept having been unveiled at last year’s Paris Motor Show, although Lamborghini have now decided to go ahead with production.

That’ll be some big old piggy bank you’ll need then!

And if that’s a little out of your price range, how about one of these?

Bugati Veyron. 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds; 267mph top speed and it is street legal. The cost? A snip at around £1.05 million.

Lamboorghini Reventon. 0-60 in 3.3 seconds and a top speed of 211mph. Only 20 built (is there some sort of Lamborghini pattern here?) and sleek, beautiful and only £985,000.

McLaren F1. Once top of the pile back in 1994 with a top speed of 240mph, and a 0=60 of 3.2 seconds. Relegated now to 4th in the list of ‘readily available’ expensive cars at £597,000, it is still considered one of the top performers in the world of the supercar.

Ferrari Enzo. When built these cost around £413,000 and 400 were made available and snapped up. It’s probably the best known of all supercars and you’d probably recognise it as it sped past you at 217mph. Available now at auctions for around $1 million.

 There are others in the same sort of price bracket from the likes of Mercedes Benz and Porsche as well as lesser recognised manufacturers like Saleen, Pagani and Koenigsegg, but for now it is Lamborghini sitting proudly at the top of the table, waiting to e built as well as for 20 people to open their bulging wallets to pay for the luxury of being able to say “I own the world’s most expensive car*!”

For now…

*The title of the world’s most expensive car actually belongs to a 1931 Bugati Royale Kellner Coupe that was sold for $8.7 million in 1987, but if you want the world’s most expensive NEW car, you’ll be OK with the Sesto Elemento.