Perth-WRX.com - 2006 Bugatti Veyron Crash

March 8, 2007 - 1:18PM

Ajay Soni has reportedly strained the bonds of fraternal love after wrecking his older brother's $2 million supercar in what could be the world's costliest bingle.

He was bragging he owned the Bugatti Veyron, the world's most expensive make of car, before he spun it three times, smashed into an Astra and ploughed into a tree-lined bank.

The hand-built Bugatti, which verges on F1 performance, reaching 100kmh in 2.5 seconds up to a top speed of 407kmh, had its front end torn off in the crash, The Sun newspaper reported.

Earlier that morning, Ajay, 39, had boasted he owned the Veyron and let people sit inside, the report said.

But the car's real owner is Ajay's businessman brother, Kumar, 41, who went "ballistic" when he saw the wreck, The Sun said.

Ajay was reportedly "gobsmacked" after the crash and couldn't speak to police for half-an-hour.

The Bugatti first hit a Vauxhall Astra van carrying a pregnant woman before smashing into trees by the road, the BBC said.

A witness told The Sun that "bits of Bugatti were strewn all over the road".

"The front had virtually been ripped off, every panel was damaged and the front wheels were pointing in opposite directions," he told the newspaper.

The woman in the van was taken to hospital and released after tests, it was reported.

Police had reported Ajay for driving without due care and attention, the BBC said.