Parking nightmare

The owner of a high performance Lamborghini Aventador may have reason to regret trusting a valet to park the car outside a hotel in Monaco. The valet successfully reversed the car, which is wide and features limited rearward visibility, into a comparatively narrow space. However the driver then revved the 6.5litre V12 engine for the benefit of onlookers, forgetting the car was still in gear. The sports car leapt forward and bashed into the side of an SUV. Although the damage to the Lamborghini was limited t
August 14, 2014 Read time: 1 min

The owner of a high performance 3066 Lamborghini Aventador may have reason to regret trusting a valet to park the car outside a hotel in Monaco. The valet successfully reversed the car, which is wide and features limited rearward visibility, into a comparatively narrow space. However the driver then revved the 6.5litre V12 engine for the benefit of onlookers, forgetting the car was still in gear. The sports car leapt forward and bashed into the side of an SUV. Although the damage to the Lamborghini was limited to the front panel, the component costs alone are likely to be pricey and this is without including the cost of repairs to the SUV.

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