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Supercars: cool, yes, but beyond that, there are hypercars - the apex predator of the motoring food chain, rarer than honest used car salesmen and about as affordable, and accessible to mere mortals, as the Queen's jewels.

Yet Sultan-like levels of wealth, and driving ability, seem to go together like cats and water.

Which means that, sadly, to the point of futile weeping, the rich have a fiercely unfortunate reputation for crashing their super-expensive, super-rare cars. So before you hit 'next', prepare for sobbing. And possibly clawing the air screaming "why!!"