Traditional vehicles aren’t meant to be saved, they’re meant to be pushed. Sadly, that places them susceptible to being dinged, scraped, and even worse, severely broken—as the driving force of this once-pristine 1948 Jaguar XK120 came upon.
Giuseppe Cerbone and his co-driver Nicolo Bottini Bongrani have been doing a check run for the Mille Miglia of their 1948 XK120 once they almost collided head-on with an Opel Insignia. In line with Austrian publication Kronen Zeitung, the driving force of the Opel was distracted and crossed into oncoming visitors. The proper entrance finish of the Opel smashed into the suitable entrance finish of the Jag, and each vehicles sustained severe injury.
In a video posted to X (previously Twitter), the driving force of the XK alleges that the driving force of the Opel was her cellphone when the accident occurred. The 23-year-old lady admits that she “had a name” and seemed down at her cellphone briefly. Fortunately no one was severely injured within the crash, however the driver and passenger of the XK did maintain minor accidents.
As for the Jag, it is nonetheless unclear if it is a whole loss or not. However the injury appears to be like extreme. A basic XK120 may set you again as a lot as $100,000 or extra, relying on the situation and mannequin yr. The one little bit of silver lining for the proprietor is that the following Mille Miglia would not happen till June of 2025, which supplies them sufficient time to restore the car for the race. If it is even capable of be mounted, that’s.