Eight Ferraris tangle in most expensive crash ever

In what could be the most expensive car crash ever, fourteen luxury cars - including eight Ferraris - were involved in a pricey pile-up in western Japan.

According to Police, three Mercedes Benz cars and a Lamborghini Diablo were also involved in the massive crash at the weekend on the Chugoku Expressway, in the country's south-west.

Witnesses said that they heard a "tremendous noise" just a few moments before the accident on the Yamaguchi prefecture highway amid terrible driving conditions.

While majority of the 14 vehicles, which also included a Japanese supercar Nissan GT-R Skyline and a Toyota Prius were travelling along the Osaka Prefecture-bound bended lane, at least one Mercedes CL600 was driving in the opposite direction.

Television footage showed the cars either wrecked or destroyed and spread across the highway, in a trail of crumpled metal and broken glass.

Several of the vehicles were wedged up against the metal barriers.

Miraculously, none of drivers were seriously hurt in the wreckage but the bill is still bound to be painful nonetheless.

Such was the severity of the damage that several of the luxury cars have been written off, leaving their owners with the nightmare scenario of seeing their prized possessions turned into expensive scrap metal.

The total damage bill is expected to hit several million pounds, as a new Ferrari 355 retails for several hundred thousand pounds.

The other Ferrari models understood to have been involved in the pile-up include a F512, F355, F430 and a F360.

According to the reports, the crash occurred about 10.15am (local time) on Sunday as the drivers were travelling from Hiroshima to Kyushu.

It is thought the crash occurred when the lead driver hit a central barrier after losing control of their Ferrari while trying to overtake in wet conditions.

They then reportedly hit the central reservation before rebounding into the path of the oncoming traffic.

This caused a chain reaction of accidents over several hundred yards as other drivers went around the bend and unable to avoid the accident.

The highway was closed for more than six hours while authorities removed the wrecked cars, the Telegraph reported.

An investigation has been launched to establish the case of the crash and no one has been charged over the accident yet.