Video: Road rage driver crashes BMW into $4.5m Bugatti Veyron

We've all seen it before: driving in busy traffic, a driver wants to change lanes, but no one wants to let them in. There are only ever two outcomes, someone yields and the world moves on, or both drivers are stubborn and the day gets worse.

Such was the case this week in Suzhou (near Shanghai) in China when a road rage battle over a lane change caused a minor incident between a BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe, and a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse 'L’Or Rouge' – one of only two reported to exist with a value of approximately $4.5-million.

In dash-cam video of the incident shared online, the Bugatti can be seen trying to change lanes in front of the BMW, when the 2 Series driver aggressively attempts to block the gap.

As the traffic moves forward, the Bugatti enters the right lane, at which point the BMW lurches forward and collides with the hypercar.

Photos shared online by US website Carscoops show the Bugatti received damage to its passenger door and side skirt, but that both cars still seem driveable.

The L'Or Rouge edition of the Bugatti Veyron was produced in very limited numbers as a 'special request' follow-up to the blue and white 2011 Veyron Grand Sport L'Or Blanc, which saw the French hypercar specialist team up with the Royal Porcelain Factory of Berlin to use porcelain elements as part of the car's exterior design and construction.

However, Bugatti does not list the L'Or Rouge as an official 'edition' of the Veyron, prompting speculation that the unique red and black bodywork is a custom paint order rather than a porcelain implementation.

Whatever the case, the two L'Or Rouge cars known to exist (one in the USA and one in China) are both based on the more powerful Grand Sport Vitesse version of the Veyron, which enables open-air motoring up to 410km/h from the car's 883kW/1500Nm quad-turbocharged 8.0-litre W16 engine

For our money (and insurance rating) we would have just let the Bugatti move in front, or if driving the Bugatti, would have waited for a more significant gap...

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