Did you know Mr. Bean's actor holds the title for the largest auto insurance payout in the UK- a whopping £900k!
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We’ve all seen Mr. Bean’s antics on TV, and though he might have incurred millions in damage on his infamous fictional show, Rowan Atkinson’s McLaren F1 accident surely takes the cake. So, what exactly happened?
In 2011, Rowan Atkinson was in an accident involving this famed car, and though he walked away from the incident relatively unscathed, the same couldn’t be said for his car.
You see, luxury cars like these require specialized insurance, tailor-made for the car according to the risks associated with it.
And he was wise to get it because after the accident, the bill to repair it racked up to a whopping 900 thousand pounds, making it the biggest auto insurance payout in UK history.
The reason for this inflated price was the sheer rarity and quality of the F1’s parts. From carbon fiber bodywork to gold in the engines, the supercar would turn out to be a big repair job.
Estimates say that after the payout, his annual insurance premiums jumped up to 60,000 pounds annually. But he wouldn’t pay that for long because he sold it just a few years later. How much did he sell it for?
A staggering 8 million pounds.
A staggering 8 million pounds.
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